Your Daily Cartoon: Predicting what MLB designated hitter rule change could mean for baseball

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Tbe 2020 MLB season will not only be of the truncated variety, but it will also featured a major new rule change.

It was announced by the league that the designated hitter rule will be implemented in the National League, essentially equating to a “universal designated hitter.” Each team will have one, no matter who is playing, and we attempted to make sense of the major adjustment during games.

Your Daily Cartoon: Predicting what MLB designated hitter rule change could mean for baseball

We’ll miss pitchers stepping up to the plate and giving it their “all.”

[Credit: Will O’Toole]
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