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Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr
Interleague play began in 1997. So I would think anyone who was a knowledgeable fan back then and under 25 would more likely be in favor of it.
I have no prob w/IL play myself. To me, the only reasons against it are sentimentality and continuity (which is a sentimental reason in of itself). Baseball people, unlike any other sport, has a problem with things changing. Yet, when you think about it, they deal with more change than any other sport. The dimensions of the fields aren't standard, and the strike zone changes w/each umpire. Yet, they complain other changes plays havoc with the integrity of the numbers. Sorry, but the game itself plays havoc with the numbers. If any sport should be more comfortable w/fluidity than any other, it should be baseball.
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Can't argue with what you just said. I was only 9 when the AL started using the DH. Too wrapped up in being a kid to know how big a change that rule change was at the time or how big it continues to be to this day.