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Good points, Amazin, but some people might say that basketball had more strategy without the shot clock. And they would probably be right. But things change, and most fans aren't interested in the strategy. They want action.
As for the DH, I still say you need to remove it from the high schools and colleges first. Won't happen, though. I used to work for the chairman of the NCAA baseball committee back in the '80s and he told me the DH would come up for vote and the coaches overwhelmingly wanted to keep it. It was all they ever knew.
Today's fans just don't want to see a rally ruined by the 1-in-8 chance that a (starting) pitcher will get a hit. More likely, they flail at one pitch and get called out on strikes. Relief pitchers, who are in the game by the sixth or seventh inning, seldom bat. Instead we see a double switch where the team's fourth outfielder or backup middle infielder is up with the game on the line in the ninth inning.
I used to be anti-DH but have come to accept it. The AL game is still baseball, just like the shot clock has a home in college basketball. Sometimes you have to go with the flow.
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