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Break from the Grind January 11, 2011
TRIVIAL PURSUITS: What Was the Biggest Baseball Change Before the DH?
January 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On this day in 1973, the owners of America's 24 major league baseball teams vote to allow teams in the American League (AL) to use a "designated pinch-hitter."
Reported by Nevin E. Adams
Some argue that the introduction of the designated hitter (Rule 6.10) marked the biggest rule change in major league baseball since 1903 – when what change was made?
Answer: When it was decided that foul balls would be considered strikes.