This is a great piece by Howard Megdal, truly some terrific writing. He touches upon Vin Scully, the horribleness that is the inevitable DH, but most of all tickles my whimsy with this point…
So while baseball takes steps to speed up between-innings and between-pitch periods — all while giving that time back and subjecting fans to more metal detectors upon entry, allowing young people to experience those first encounters at the ballpark the way America feels at an airport, all to prevent the next ballpark terrorist attack, which would push the number up from zero
Source: Beauty of baseball will take a hit if NL adopts DH rule
