Here comes the firestorm, and you know exactly which firestorm I’m talking about: The firestorm from people who say, “The DH is an abomination!” “I’ll never watch baseball again if they put the DH in the National League!” And other similar sayings, I’ve heard them many times before. They don’t need to be repeated again.
In the 60-game sprint of a season we had in 2020 (and in the postseason that is continuing), the designated hitter was installed in the National League for the first time.
Along with some of the other rule changes placed in baseball in this odd year, it’s probably not going away.