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The Chicago Cubs starting rotation is pretty thin already. So imagine the suspected Opening Day starter going down for the season because he tripped over first base during spring training.
I hate the designated hitter. My 11-year-old self hated it when the Junior Circuit instituted it in 1973. For decades I mocked those who argued that both leagues should, for the sake of uniformity, adopt the DH. I agreed that uniformity was important in baseball, so force the American League to drop the DH.
I believed with every fiber of my being that the DH took a large measure of in-game tactics and strategy out of the game.