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the right. I'm a Red Sox fan. I'm an American League guy. Don't take a way my DH.. By 1900 it was renamed the American League, and in 1901 it went into open.. problems by approving a radical rule change, the designated hitter (DH)..

A Designated Hitter for the pitcher must be selected prior to the game and must. National League, American League, Division Series, Championship. League

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As the designated hitter enters its 35th season, baseball fans continue to debate its overall value to the game of baseball. "The National League teams will never go to the DH. The American League teams like the DH,"