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Chapter and verse from the article that shows the owners wanted to eliminate the DH in 2009:
"DH's are high paid, one dimensional players - exactly the kind of player that teams really don't want to pay. With attendance high and juiced players scoring plenty of runs, the need for the DH as a augmentation to the offense has been basically removed.
The league wants the DH to go away...How do they get the union to agree to this? The last thing the MLBPA wants is to see salaries go down Here's one idea. Go to a 26 man roster with a 1-man inactive slot. From the MLBPA's position, the league is going to take away 14 high paying jobs, but they will be replaced with 30 brand new jobs. Those 30 minor leaguers who are union members but stuck in AAA are certainly going to vote in favor of no-DH and yes-extra roster spot."
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I'm ignorant as to who exactly the voice of "Ivy Chat" is, but please realize that you are quoting a semi-anonymous blog post that is presenting an analysis of a fairly mundane Chicago Tribune article about the announcement of an MLB Competition Committee. It's no more authoritative than a post I could make here presenting an opinion about whether Rob Manfred really wants to shorten the MLB season or not.
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actual Chicago Tribune article reports is that two out of 14 members of Bud Selig's then brand-new Competition Committee (Tony La Russa and John Schuerholz) said when asked in a press conference that the DH rule should be on the table, along with other matters such as "scheduling, postseason format, umpiring, pace of play and instant replay."
It hardly sounds from that article like there was a groundswell against the DH. And the factors that the blog post cites as being things that would cause MLB owners to hate the DH (DH's are high paid, one dimensional players... juiced players scoring plenty of runs, the need for the DH as a augmentation to the offense has been basically removed) are mostly now irrelevant in 2015. Hulking, one-dimensional DHs are relatively few and far between, and offenses are at historic lows.