Baseball is a strange game.
It’s the only sport where the dimensions of the outfield and foul grounds vary from stadium to stadium. (Imagine if the NFL allowed that? Bill Belichick would have a field day.)
In addition, baseball is the only part of sports—make that real life—where left-handers actually have an advantage. Think about it. Since they bat on the first-base side of home plate, they have a shorter run to first. On the mound, they have a huge advantage in picking off the runner at first. (FYI, right-handers conversely would have an advantage picking off the runner at third, but since no one steals home it doesn’t matter.)
Without the DH rule, would we ever have been able to witness the postseason heroics of David Ortiz? Doug Pensinger/Getty Images
