Hallelujah, hallelujah, our prayers to the baseball gods have finally been answered.
According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, Major League Baseball is considering a number of exceptional rule changes, the most important of which is the introduction of the designated hitter to the National League.
Finally.
At last, the MLB is trying to fix one of the most outdated rules in modern sports. The league is finally addressing the fact that making pitchers hit in today’s game is wildly detrimental to the sport.
How many times have we seen a potentially big inning killed by a nearly automatic out by the pitcher?