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From: cherson@fsleng.DEC
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Subject: Enough of DH
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Date: Fri, 3-May-85 15:38:44 EDT
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Posted: Fri May  3 15:38:44 1985
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I'd like to say just a few words about the DH rule.  First of all, let it be 
known that I've never approved of the DH from it's inception, I don't it has
put any "punch" into the game that wasn't there before.  In fact the only
benefit I can see from it was to extend the careers of some famous one-way
players (think of it, Dick Stuart could have been the ultimate DH!).

But why is it when all the National League partisans jump up and down about the
Designated Hitter, you never hear them complain about plastic grass, phony turf
and those ugly symmetrical super tv studios, sometimes called stadiums.  There
seem to be more of these abominations in the NL than the AL.  They're trying to
destroy the one remaining true ballpark in the league, Wrigley Field.

I can't help remembering the '80 World Series, the battle of the phony-turfs.
I swear that Philly beat KC solely on the basis that U.L. Washington couldn't
"jump" higher for a ground ball than Ozzie.

I've seen both AL and NL games live and the only difference I could discern
was the DH.  The DH is destined for the dustbin, the wind seems to be blowing
in that direction.  You national leaguers, don't get so high and mighty, I
wouldn't waste my money on watching the Houston Astros (outside of Dickie Thon
who plays for them?) or the Giants.

				David Cherson