10-03-2006, 01:30 AM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Winnipeg
Posts: 3,919
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Originally Posted by Scoman
Actually charlie o invented the dr,not the dh.4-06-1973 - Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees is 1st official Designated Hitter in ML history.
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The designated hitter, like other experimental baseball rule changes, was in part the brainchild of A's owner Charlie Finley. It was used first in spring training games in 1969, and was later adopted by the American League beginning in 1973.
On April 6, 1973, first baseman Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees became the first designated hitter in Major League Baseball history, facing Boston Red Sox right-handed pitcher Luis Tiant in his first plate appearance. "Boomer" Blomberg was walked.
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