Season 4 · Episode 6
April 6 - The DH officially debuts after 86 years of debate
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April 6, 202614m 6s
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Show Notes
April 6 1973 - Ron Bloomberg comes to the plate for the New York Yankees as the first officially DH in Fenway Park. It may surprise you though to know the DH debate was started all the way back in 1887 by Al Spaulding and the vote to have a DH narrowly failed and again it nearly took hold in 1928.
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