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Originally Posted by rpriske
The style of play used to be quite different (in part due to the DH, but more than that). I mean, there was a time when the STRIKE ZONE was different! (Not officially, but in practical terms.)
By the way, for the people talking about management decisions, that is actually one of the things I like about the DH. The automatic bunt is death to an exciting game, and more importantly (to me), taking a pitcher out of a game for reasons OTHER than his pitching performance really annoys me.
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Actually the strike zone was different for physical reasons. AL umpires wore the outside chest protector and literally could not call the low strike at the knees. They compensated by calling high strikes that were balls in the NL.
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