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Posted By: Bob Manning

To respond to an earlier comment, the DH rule was instituted on a trial basis in January, 1973. Which would make it a product, not of Bush and Cheney, but of Richard M Nixon (deep in the Watergate mess by then) and Zero T Agnew (deep in everything else by then). Oh, and Charley Finley had a hand in it too, when he wasn't playing with yellow balls.

No DH;
No additional roster spots;
For God's sake, no interleague play;
And the leagues alternate honors for first game home team in the WS, the way they did before Bud showed up.

Why? Does anybody else remember...

Pitcher Tony Cloninger, who hit two slams in a game? Or go check out Warren Spahn's career hitting stats, or Bob Lemon's, or Wes Ferrell's. Surely none of them would have had a chance at the plate had the DH rule been in place. (Sticklers: Yes ... Two of Lemon's homers came as a PH; on the other hand, Wes almost out-averaged his brother Rick, the HOF catcher, .280 to .281, over their careers)

Ever have the honor of watching Greg Maddux bunt?

That's enough.

B