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From: samuels@h-sc1.UUCP (ronald samuels)
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Subject: Re: DH & Sports Illustrated
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Date: Sun, 12-May-85 20:37:52 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 12 20:37:52 1985
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The following is a copy of an article found on page 75 of the May 13th SI.

SELF-DESIGNATED HATER OF DESIGNATED HITTERS

Howie Newman, a sportsriter for the Lynn (Mass.) Daily Evening Item and a
songwriter (Blasted in the Bleachers), positively hates the DH. "It curdles my 
blood," he says. So when he found out that commissioner Peter Ueberroth was 
going to conduct a poll this season on the popularity of the DH, he went
into action. He calls his movement "Dump the DH."  Send him $2 and he'll 
be more than happy to send you a brochure and a DUMP THE DH bumper sticker.

"So far I've sold over 1,100 stickerrs," he says. "I've gotten mail from
44 states and Canada, and I got a letter last week from Saudi Arabia." A
check for $4 came with it, drawn on an American bank. Oil money, no doubt.

"I don't think I can sway the whole country," Newman says, "but I've been 
interviewed by WTBS and a TV station in L.A., and I've done a number of radio 
talk shows.  Still, the newspaper coverage is what does it.  People see 
the address that way.  When I  heard there was going to be a poll, I decided
it was a chance to make a statement."

For fellow designate haters, the address is: Dump the DH, 35 Fairview Ave.,
Watertown, Mass. 02172.  NBC by the way, conducted its own telephone poll
on April 20, and of 66,000 respondents, 58% said no to the DH.

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Sorry about any typos, but thought that people might be interested.

Go Mets!!!!

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Ron Samuels
Harvard University Science Center

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