Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League decided Monday to adopt the designated hitter rule beginning in the 2027 season.The CL's six clubs made the decision at a board meeting in Tokyo. The Pacific League has used the DH since 1975, two years after the rule was adopted by the American League of Major League Baseball."It's important to take a flexible approach to global trends," said NPB's commissioner Sadayuki Sakakibara, a former chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren. "I believe the CL's decision to try a new style of baseball is a major step toward NPB's futu…READ FULL ARTICLE
