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Beanballs a National problem also

By By Jim Baker
MLB Insider

Monday, October 13, 2003

Want to put an end to headhunting? There are many calling for the end of the designated hitter as the most direct way to making the problem disappear. Is it really all that simple? If Roger Clemens had spent his career in the National League, would he have ever attempted such stunts as trying to ballistically trepan Mike Piazza of the New York Mets in 2000? And what of Pedro Martinez, the instigator of Saturday's mayhem? Surely he wouldn't dare throw at hitters if he himself had to stand in and ...

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