Among the many things announced as part of the new MLB/MLBPA collective bargaining agreement this week were a number of rule changes both on and off the field. You might remember hearing during negotiations that different committees and groups representing both sides were busy sewing up “non-core economic issues” even during times when the main player and owner negotiators weren’t talking. These are the things I’m going talk about here, and that’s the reason so many of them were made and/or changed in the deal just announced; they’d been working on these all along.
The universal designated hitter
You know, I used to be very much against the DH myself.