Change Is In The Air… And It’s About Time!

I told you all about 6 months ago that the DH was coming to the NL. As usual, that was met with a lot of skepticism (maybe some mocking as well), and I have to confess that since there was nothing mentioned about it this offseason (until yesterday), I thought that maybe it was a dead deal. Well, it still may not happen THIS YEAR, but it turns out that it is a real thing and whether it happens now or 3 years from now… it’s going to happen.

Let’s just quit pretending that pitchers can hit.Oh, there are exceptions. In 13 seasons as a Dodger, Orel Hershiser had a batting average of .212 with a .240 on-base percentage. And he seemed like Babe Ruth compared to most pitchers at the plate. Don…