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MLB changes the name of the 'Disabled List' at the request of disability advocates

We’ve seen quite a few rule changes discussed this week for Major League Baseball — from the universal DH to a three-batter minimum for relief pitchers. They might happen, they might not. Such is the process of baseball negotiating rule changes every year.

One thing *is* changing this year, however — and it might surprise you.

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Major League Baseball confirmed to ESPN on Thursday that it’s changing the name of the “Disabled List” to the “Injury List.” The genesis of the rule? Disability advocates asked Major League Baseball to change the name because so people wouldn’t confuse “disabilities” and “injuries” and further the thinking that a disability means someone can’t play a sport. From ESPN’s Jeff Passan:

Deputy commissioner Dan Halem said the change was made at the suggestion of advocacy groups for the disabled, including the Link 20 Network. Jeff Pfeifer, MLB’s senior director of league economics and operations, notified clubs of the name change in a memo written in December.

“In recent years, the commissioner has received several inquiries regarding the name of the ‘Disabled List,'” Pfeifer wrote. “The principal concern is that using the term ‘disabled’ for players who are injured supports the misconception that people with disabilities are injured and therefore are not able to participate or compete in sports. As a result, Major League Baseball has agreed to change the name ‘Disabled List’ to be the ‘Injured List’ at both the major and minor league levels. All standards and requirements for placement, reinstatement, etc., shall remain unchanged. This change, which is only a rebranding of the name itself, is effective immediately.”

The reasoning makes a lot of sense, especially when you consider that the other major sports don’t call their injury lists “disabled lists.” It’s the “injured reverse list” in NFL and NHL, the “inactive list” in the NBA. MLB’s “disabled list” got its name in 1915, so the jargon was a bit dated.

Still, the news was met with, as you can imagine, differing opinions. Some people thought it was a good step toward inclusion and an example of a progressive society. Others thought it was another case of political correctness run amok and people being too easily offended.


Seems like a fitting snapshot of what it’s like to live in America in 2019.

This stupidity seems to have no limits. I had to check the link first to see if it was an article from the Onion.
Have we hit rock bottom? I'm afraid we're not even close yet.

What the fuck.

Of course we did...everybody knows that words cannot have context.

Will the "Injured List" be recorded in the red notebook or the blue notebook?

George Carlin, “We’re not handicapped. We’re handiCAPABLE!”

This is what happens when everyone gets a trophy.

Really people?

Who will be the first sports person to get fired for slipping up and saying DL or disabled list?...You know, the thing they've said for years.

I guess it's sprinkles for everyone now.

I suppose it wouldn't be PC to refer to this change as retarded would it?...

The word "list" is offensive to people on the FBI's Most Wanted List.

Does this mean that my CUT needs to be changed?

Oh Lord....

Seriously, someone had to be paid to pursue that. How do I get in on that action?

Then they'll decide that "disabled" is stigmatizing and replace it next week.

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The word "list" is offensive to people on the FBI's Most Wanted List.

Not to mention people on sinking ships.

Jim

My guess is that disabled people didn't make a stink about this. Some other fools who claim to be their advocates likely did.

This is possibly akin to when the Taliban take over a country and destroy historical monuments of that culture's past. Chipping away at the fabric of America one nit at a time. Progressives never rest.

What else explains being that fucking petty?

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Yeah, but it is still early.