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Who wants to watch athletes toil with a skill in their sport they are clearly inept at? Hooray for the DH that keeps lamo pitchers from hitting.
And why stop with baseball? Shaquille O'Neal can't shoot free throws, basketball needs designated free throw shooters. Dan O'Brien screwed up his Olympic qualifiers that one year by missing the pole vault, so I say designated pole vaulters in the decathlon for decathletes who can't pole vault. Tom Watson has troubles making big putts, let's get a designated putter out their on the golf course for these guys. Chris Evert always got beat by Martina because of a weak serve, she should have had someone else serve for her.
We pay good money to see the very best performances. Let's give every athlete the option to bring in a substitute to perform that one thing they just don't do very well. We the fans demand it.
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"The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. The radical vice of all these schemes, from a sociological point of view, is that C is not allowed a voice in the matter, and his position, character, and interests, as well as the ultimate effects on society through C's interests, are entirely overlooked. I call C the Forgotten Man"
- William Graham Sumner
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