Fentanyl is the strongest opiate on the planet at 100x stronger than oral morphine. While it is normally used as an anesthetic, it's used in transdermal patches as a timed-release pain med for severe pain patients.
A+E Networks. On January 11, 1973,the owners of Americaâs 24 major league baseball teams vote to allow teams in theAmerican League (AL) to use a âdesignated pinch-hitterâ that could bat for the pitcher, while still allowing the pitcher to stay in the game.
While many would love the National League to adopt the designated hitter and take bats out of pitchersâ hands, purists have argued otherwise, insisting that pitchersâjust like all the rest of the defendersâshould be responsible for their own offensive output.