Posted on 07/26/2015 12:25:06 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
My position has always been the same: no DH for either league.
It’s part of the game right from Little League, it should stay that way.
No DH. Ever. If the AL wants to start playing baseball again, we welcome them back. There is no strategy whatsoever in the AL game. Far from being more exciting, it’s boring.
no DH. no artificial turf. no wild card. no unbalanced schedule. no interleague play.
The only advantage that DH ever gave baseball was the ability to keep first-basemen way past their fielding prime who could occasionally hit a home run a chance to remain on the rooster and still collect half-a-million a year.
Which contributed to skyrocketing salaries.
No, the whole point of baseball is that you have strengths and weaknesses and you build your team around that, get some good fielding and maybe you have to give up a few hits, teach your pitchers to bunt and they become an offensive key, learn to squeeze.
I mean really, who wants to see bench-sitting over-the-hill Papis waddle and grunt their way to the plate every three innings?
better idea for the NL...
every 9th batting spot is an automatic out.
would speed up the game
Yeah kind of like the Phillies-Rays game the other day where the pitcher for the Rays hit a solo homerun and the Rays won 1-0.
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/137827492/nathan-karns-hits-first-career-home-run
The DH rule sucks. If MLB wants to sit the pitcher out, why not simply use an 8-man hitting rotation for both leagues?
That's an interesting idea. Your own?
I present two words against the DH. Don Drysdale.
yes
Baseball wil never be whole again until the Dodgers return to Brooklyn.
Madison Bumgarner hit his 3rd HR of the season in a 2-1 win yesterday. Just sayin’.
“better idea for the NL...
every 9th batting spot is an automatic out.
would speed up the game”
Now THAT makes sense - never understood the attraction of manager strategy - let them play ball. Nothing worse than a good rally with the next batter a guy who hits every 5 days. This game is too hard for that.
All that hitting sure screwed up Babe Ruth’s pitching career.
All that hitting sure screwed up Babe Ruth’s pitching career.
No, no DH.
National league is more exciting.
To DH, or not to DH?
Personally, I don’t care. BUT.... both leagues need to be the same.
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