Baseball purists are sure to be feeling plenty of heartache over the next few months. But I am sure even they would prefer this baseball to none at all. When MLB decided it would implement the universal designated hitter starting this year, there were plenty of groans from NL fans.
As expected, plenty of media outlets were excited to feel out how the fans were feeling about this particular rule. FOX Sports ran a poll for MLB fans, asking what they preferred. The results are about exactly what you might expect.
It’s not exact, but of the 11,339 votes cast, almost 58 percent said that they would prefer the DH hitting over the pitcher.