You are so right. The DH never should have been introduced. We’re the fans ever consulted? It’s like Joe Biden and the southern border. Just do it-right?
The hard-core fans don’t count. It’s all about expansion. They’ll be happy to go that route until people stop attending. The NFL still makes big money despite the wokeness so we’re all gonna accept it. Until we don’t.
The NFL competition committee meets every year. They have to. The game needs constant adjustments. Baseball if perfect but for some reason they can’t leave it alone. Could be capitalism. Sell you the rope to hang yourself.
The National League waited a couple of decades though. They could probably have done the DH rule 20 years ago. But they knew that the hard-core fans will revolt so they did not dare to go through with it.
Today? Now it's 2022. Millennial fans are not interested in the game itself. They show up for the atmosphere so they do not mind buying expensive tickets and rip off prices for concessions.
The hard-core fans can stop watching. Not a big deal. MLB will write them off as the cost of "progress".
I agree. And now that both leagues are going to have a DH, can complete platoon baseball be far behind?