Baseball traditionalists tend to freak out whenever someone mentions the designated hitter and the National League in the same sentence.
A bit of news surfaced over the weekend at the St. Louis Cardinals’ version of fanfest when general manager John Mozeliak said there’s “more momentum” to add the DH rule to the NL.
The tidbit isn’t forcing noted part-time hitters Madison Bumgarner and Bartolo Colon into retirement, but the where-there’s-smoke-there’s-fire thinking always is a consideration, especially among DH-fearing fans who prefer old-style strategies and pitchers swinging for themselves.