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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
Humorous? Yes, to some point. But around here, NFHS is built around baseball umpires. Softball has crept in there, but to this day, the UIC is a baseball guy first.
BTW, DP/FLEX? Ludicrous change. The DEFO was perfect as the DEFO was Defense Only. When that player went into the batting order, the DEFO went away.
Personally, I'd just rather see the rule go away. I've always thought of it as a Charlie Finley type of rule.
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Just to stir things up a bit,did you know that the NL came within ONE vote of trying the DH in 1929?? And that the idea had been floating around since the 1900's!
Also, when it came time to actually put the rule in the book, the AL actually called two umps to figure out all the details...and they chose...Bill Kunkel and....Ron Luciano of all people.