Hank Steinbrenner To Push For DH In NL After Wang's Injury

Yankees Co-Chair To Talk With Commissioner Following Wang's Injury In Interleague Game

REAX: ESPN’s Buster Olney said of the lack of a DH in the NL, "You're not going change it. We’ve had this vote over and over again, the discussion year after year. It’s not going to change” ESPN’s Chris Singleton added of Steinbrenner's comments, “Are you making the same statement if a Red Sox pitcher gets hurt or someone else gets hurt? So many times you see it's all about the Yankees. It’s not all about the Yankees. It's about everybody in baseball. So, when something doesn't go right and affects the can Yankees, you can't cry and complain that the rules have got to be changed.” ESPN’s John Kruk: “The fact that he tells the National League they need to grow up, you had a grown man running the bases and hurt his foot. It's a freak accident. He could have done it jogging in the outfield. He could have done it fielding his position, which as far as I know in both leagues that is done by the pitcher. Let me ask you this: If one of his players slips in the shower and gets hurt is he going to shut off the water off in every stadium?” (“Baseball Tonight,” ESPN, 6/16).

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