"We've addressed that issue with the designated player rule".
More reasonably, Mr. Fontana wants to do away with the designated hitter and AstroTurf as conditions for continued fandom.
With the designated 10 a.m. start time having passed, the race organizer, Curtis Inglis, was describing the course to the gathering of nervous riders.
To encourage more offense, pitching mounds were lowered and the leagues began experimenting with the designated hitter rule in preseason games.
But the Devil Rays did not withdraw Canseco, and the Yankees were stuck with the designated hitter for the last weeks of the regular season.
Reisz, however, tried to add resonance by adumbrating a system of moral counterbalances between hero and heroine, with the designated victim finally gaining ascendancy over her nemesis.
Over the last two years his department devised the plan together with the designated developer, RPM Development Group of Montclair; the Fairview Historic Society; and other community groups.
Then look for the MiFi's name in the list of available wireless networks on a computer or a phone's network settings and log in with the designated password.
Chief Justice Roberts emphasized what he said was the limited reach of the decision, which applies only to activities coordinated with the designated groups.
But with the designated hitter not in play, Joe Girardi doubts that he can start Rodriguez in both games of Wednesday's day-night doubleheader.
"I don't like what's been done to it, with the designated hitter and interleague play and an interminable playoff," he said.
