The Cardinals General Manager claims there is momentum building in the National League to adopt the designated hitter:
“I do feel like there were times I could look all of you in the face and say it’s a non-starter, it’s not being discussed at the owner level or GM,” Mozeliak said Saturday during an expansive discussion with the media at the team’s 20th annual fanfest. “But over the past year it has. I’m not suggesting you’re going to see a change but I definitely think the momentum (has changed).”
Mozeliak’s comments echoes similar ones made this past spring by Major League Baseball Players’ Association chief Tony Clark, who said he has heard more discussion about the DH spreading to the NL than in years past.
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Mozeliak said moving the DH into the NL by the start of 2017 “would seem to me a little fast.” There have been discussions of slowly introducing the DH to the National League by having it for interleague games played at NL ballparks.
Just take a puff, it won’t hurt you! Part of this comes from the blurring of league lines over the last 25 years. Bud Selig moved the administration of the leagues from separate offices to the commissioner. No more separate umpires, no more separate discipline. Interleague play and realignment also blurred the lines. Let’s face, the NL uses designated hitters regularly in away interleague games. I suspect the GMs see something in those games they like, so they are becoming open to the idea.
It’s also a good trading chip in the upcoming CBA negotiations. An NL DH would create 15 new high-paying jobs. The owners have plenty of money to pay for that, so they could get something they really want with the chip.
Keep puffing.
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