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Originally Posted by CBL-Commish
Dola,
Don't you think that bias would, in large part, be due to National League partisans telling anyone who asks that the DH is an abomination, that National League ball is true and right and just?
I think if you introduced someone to baseball today and didn't tell them the world was DH-less for 100 years, there's little chance they'd independently decide that the DH was an assult on the very foundations of the game. Most of the dislike is a historical artifact, kind of like love for complete games, or devotion to sac bunting.
The NFL, which doesn't have baseball's hidebound devotion to tradition, doesn't have anything at all like the controversy surrounding the DH. There's is no one of consequence who agitates to have regular players kick field goals and punt. They just decided it made more sense to have specialized kickers, and moved on.
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You don't think some astute people, having never been introduced to the game, would ask why one particular field player doesn't have to bat whereas one particular batter doesn't have to field?