BASEBALL : DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES : Vincent Wants to Get Rid of DH Rule

The American League’s designated hitter rule, 18 years old, would be declared dead if baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent had his way. “It was brought in as an experiment. It served its purpose. Let’s declare it a success and be done with it,” Vincent told San Francisco Chronicle columnist Lowell Cohn. . . . Vincent also was quoted as saying that some American League owners agree with his anti-DH sentiments. “I can’t identify the source of the interest, but a fair number of American League owners would drop it,” Vincent said. “There’s nothing going on right now. I think, at some point, we’re going to get rid of it.” The AL has had the DH since 1973.

Cincinnati Red reliever Rob Dibble came away with no decision after he finished two days of appealing three pending fines or suspensions from the National League. It may be a day or two, possibly next week, before National League President Bill White rules on Dibble’s appeals. Dibble is appealing three disciplinary actions from the league, one dating to last season when he got into a dispute with a San Francisco policeman in the Candlestick Park bullpen. This season, Dibble received a three-day suspension and a $1,000 fine for throwing a pitch behind Houston shortstop Eric Yelding on April 11 in Cincinnati, and a four-day suspension and a $1,000 fine for heaving a ball into the stands on April 28, also in Cincinnati. The ball struck Meg Porter, a school teacher, on the elbow.

The San Francisco Giants released pitcher Rick Reuschel, apparently ending a major league career that spanned nearly 20 years. The 42-year-old right-hander has spent most of the season on the disabled list after trying to recover from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee last July. He was 0-2 in four games this season.