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Since 2010, the designated hitter has been used by both teams regardless of where the game is played. [14] For the 2021 All-Star Game, MLB granted an exception to the normal designated hitter rule because Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani was selected as both starting designated hitter and starting pitcher. Ohtani started the game as both a ...
MLB and the MLB Players Association have reached an agreement on a number of rule changes following the new ... Among them is a tweak to the universal designated hitter that will undoubtedly be ...
The universal designated hitter has been part of Major League Baseball for two full seasons and, much to the chagrin of some National League traditionalists, the sport has survived and even thrived.
Major League Baseball has reached Tuesday night’s All-Star Game, this year at Dodger Stadium, and the biggest hit among the rule changes put in place after the lockout has been the universal ...
The NL's adoption of the designated hitter rule in 2022, and the expansion of interleague play to 46 games beginning in 2023, has further blurred the lines between leagues. Though both leagues agreed to be jointly governed by a commissioner in 1920, they remained separate legal and business entities with their own president and management. This ...
The designated hitter in both leagues. The playoffs expand from 10 to 12 teams. Of the three division champions in each league, the two with the best record get a first-round bye, automatically ...
An award was given instead to the best designated hitter in the National League. The first NL Silver Slugger Award for designated hitter was given to Marcell Ozuna. Beginning in 2022, the pitcher Silver Slugger Award was retired after MLB announced the full-time implementation of the universal DH rule in both leagues.
Neither the universal designated hitter nor expanded playoffs were a part of the 2021 health and safety protocols announced this week by MLB and the MLB Players Association, but it’s still ...