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.
Legendary Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mackâof the National League, in factâfloated the idea of a designated hitter as early as 1906, lamenting pitchersâ inability to hit. But his attempt, as well as NL President John Heydlerâs crusade in 1928, never made it past infancy, according to MLB.comâs Anna Floch.