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Originally Posted by Cinnamon J. Scudworth
I wouldn't go overboard in blaming the introduction of the DH in the AL for turning pitchers into bad hitters. Pitchers in the modern era, going back to basically the beginning of the 20th Century, have always been bad hitters, as chucksabr's chart shows -- sub-Mendoza Line. They've gotten worse, but they were never good. That's why the DH had been talked about long before 1973, going back to the 1920s and earlier. |
Sure, but I'm blaming the the fact that pitchers are now being DHed for at such a young age, that now they don't get any oppurtunity to hit, therefore accelerating the downward spiral when they reach the NL. I don't know how long there have been DHs in high school or youth leagues, but I just assumed that the AL DH led to more youth DH leagues. I could be far from right, however.