NY Post · Feb 15, 2019
MLB’s DL change shows how misguided society’s concerns are
Rob ManfredI’d surrender but I don’t know where to report.
Years ago, government tried to cure us of the habit of referencing the disabled as “handicapped,” as in handicapped parking and handicapped entrances. Fine. “Handicapped” seemed cold, insensitive. So the new word for the disabled became “disabled.” Reasonable, functional, clear.
Now, MLB, so people-sensitive as to approve an ESPN Sunday night game in Colorado this April 7, has determined that disabled, as in “disabled list,” will be replaced with “injured.”
Thus, those unable to play are not disabled. Two different things. Nurse!
But to again quote Maynard G. Krebs — the G stood for Walter — “What an age we live in.”
