Quote Originally Posted by RedFanAlways1966 View Post
A big success for who? Players that are too old or not capable to play with a piece of leather on their non-throwing hand, but can still swing the stick. For the union rep? So you must think the DH in the NL will increase revenue?

Finley was a proponent for a bit of time before the other owners approved it. He was also somewhat of a crackpot with some of his BASEBALL ideas and there is nothing weird about mentioning that. So was Bill Veeck. Some were good and some were downright silly. I hope that you will agree that for every marketing success there are a lot more failures. And for every person who likes the DH, there are as many (maybe more) who do not like it.

How do you measure success relative to the DH? I am very curious. Not opinions about excitement and the like. Those are opinions like those who are excited to see a manager make decisions b/c a pitcher is due to bat. Pretty big success, you say. How is that measured?
I can guarantee you if there wasn't a DH, the Red Sox would have not won in 2004. Ortiz was BOSS in the playoffs that year. I know it's just one example but it's the clearest example I can give at the top of my head as to where the DH has been successful. I also don't think Seattle would have had those great teams of the 90's and early 2000's without Edgar Martinez.