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Is the designated hitter coming to a National League park near you?
Sports Illustrated ^ | Tuesday March 6, 2012 | Tom Verducci

Posted on 03/08/2012 7:35:27 PM PST by TBP

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To: jttpwalsh

I can’t imagine why.


41 posted on 03/09/2012 10:19:37 AM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: samadams2000
I will fight the dh with as much fervor as I do islam and liberalism.

Perfect!

42 posted on 03/09/2012 10:31:20 AM PST by TankerKC (Welcome to the age of "I Meant to Do That" Diplomacy)
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To: SMCC1
I don't understand why? Your pitcher can rest and you can get a nice powerful DH to hit the ball. It's a great thing.
43 posted on 03/09/2012 10:34:08 AM PST by angcat
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion
If you look at a tape of an old basketball game, you would really want to throw up - nowhere near the skill level and coordination on display back then as is standard now.

They actually had to dribble and couldn't travel or carry the ball back then.

Put the best team of today against a team from the past...and play by the rules as enforced then...and the old timers win every time. IMHO, of course

44 posted on 03/09/2012 10:35:59 AM PST by TankerKC (Welcome to the age of "I Meant to Do That" Diplomacy)
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To: saminfl
So Walter Johnson hit .235 lifetime? Unbelievable for a pitcher.

I should post at baseball fever, but I've always wondered certain things:

When did "relief pitching"come into vogue? In the olden days a pitcher was expected tofinish games, in factwould occasionally pitch adouble header. Was itconsidered unmanly to "need" a reliever?

Why were pitchers halfway decent hitters until say 40 years ago? Now it's a miracle if they hit .100

Speaking of Walter Johnson, he was known as a strictly fastball pitcher. No curves, no sliders, etc. what made him so effective? A strict fastball pitcher in 2012 would get destroyed by batters.

Why do guys in the early days of the century look so damn OLD? Ty Cobb looked 50 years old in 1920, but he was still a "young" man.

45 posted on 03/09/2012 5:45:35 PM PST by boop (I hate hippies and dopeheads. Just hate them. ...Ernest Borgnine)
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