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DH to begin in 2008
Starting in the 2008 season, rosters are going down to 25-man (from 27) and we're adding the designated hitter in both leagues.
It will spike offense, yes. But..frankly, OOTP doesn't handle hitting pitchers well and short of editing it to make them better (which I've been tempted to do), this will make things more interesting generally for me.
And that's all that I care about.
On a more serious note, league average ERAs have been around 4 runs per game since the 1950s. So I'll be curious to see what the change will do, because save for the change from 4-man to 5-man rotations and the increased load of closers the past season (none of which had a noticeable impact on scoring), this will be the biggest wholesale move we've made to the rules since the league was founded in 1901.
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