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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MLB commissioner Rob Manfred ruled out the use of a designated hitter in the National League for the \u201Cforeseeable future\u201D on Monday, reports ESPN\u2019s Jerry Crasnick.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CThe most likely result on the designated hitter for the foreseeable future is the status quo,\u201D Manfred told&amp;nbsp;Crasnick. \u201CI know [St. Louis Cardinals general manager] John Mozeliak talked about it, and when you have any National League club talking about it, it\u2019s interesting. But I think the vast majority of clubs in the National League want to stay where they are.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The news comes in the wake of Manfred\u2019s comment to reporters last week that the NL could get a DH by the 2017 season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\u2022 CORCORAN:&amp;nbsp;Nats\u2019&amp;nbsp;winter better than you think&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The National League has never used a designated hitter, while the American League has used a DH since 1973.\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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