Re: _Getting rid of the DH_, Ed Grinnell wrote to Terry May on 04 Sep 97:
EG> Terry was waived by Sparky Anderson and then ranted:
EG>
TM>> How do you figure? The roster size would still be 25. Either way,
TM>> Murray is (presumably) taking the place of a younger player.
EG>
EG> A lot of people *assume* that without the DH, players like Murray would
EG> be long retired and a younger player would be taking his place ON the
EG> team (Which is kind of funny since Murray started out as a DH to
EG> accomodate a veteran and THEN moved to first).
Of course, with an increased roster size of 26, nobody would be taking
anybody's place.
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