<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishWanachokiunga mkono sheria hiyo wanalalamika kwamba itaondoa mashindano ya zamani, itaharibu uthabiti wa takwimu za mwaka kwa mwaka, itaharibu tofauti za kipekee kati ya ligi mbili kwa msingi, sheria ya mshambuliaji aliyechaguliwa, na kuharibu upeo wa maono ya World Series, ambayo hadi sasa ilikuwa ni uhusiano pekee wa ligi hizo.  <response>: Traditionalists complain it will dilute ancient rivalries, screw up the year-to-year continuity of statistics, obliterate the quaint differences between the two leagues principally, the designated-hitter rule, and spoil the climactic, virgin mystique of the World Series, which, until now, was the leagues only intercourse. 