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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 3989928, member: 1969"]
Interesting story.

I'm not saying the NL has it right or wrong.   Or that the AL has it right or wrong.

I am saying however that sports fans, like people in general, typically prefer what is familiar to them, learn to like what is familiar to them and are resistant to change.    NL Fans (more old school) preferred the game they grew up with, and hence hang onto this style of game.

The argument is simple:

1.  I am an Expos, Cardinals, Braves, Pirates fan etc.
2.  I like baseball the way it is played and I watched mostly NL Games because that is the league my favourite team played in.
3.  The DH changes the game a fair bit.
4.   I like it the way it is, therefore I do not want to change.

The argument would be similar for an AL Fan.

As more and more baseball is now on TV, and there is less fans that watch the majority of their games in one league only I sense the tide is changing..   At this point what is perceived as the higher quality baseball will rise to the top.   That lends its way to the DH being adopted to both leagues.

But why would you expect somebody who grew up watching more NL Games, and fell in love with baseball being played that way,  and the strategic elements that came with it, be gung ho about fundamentally changing the game they love?
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