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september63
Posts: 5,789
May 20, 2011 6:37pm
Do you like it? No
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rugbywrestler
Posts: 462
May 20, 2011 6:46pm
No.
wes_mantooth
Posts: 17,977
May 20, 2011 6:50pm
No.
sherm03
Posts: 7,349
May 20, 2011 6:50pm
No.
jordo212000
Posts: 10,664
May 20, 2011 6:50pm
Nope
BRF
Posts: 8,748
May 20, 2011 6:51pm
BRF is a baseball purist. No DH. Pitchers were also the best hitters when growing up. Pick up the bat.
Terry_Tate
Posts: 7,606
May 20, 2011 7:35pm
No.
JerseyBuck
Posts: 429
May 20, 2011 7:36pm
From an American League guy, no.
brutus161
Posts: 1,686
May 20, 2011 7:44pm
No
GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
May 20, 2011 8:25pm
Nope.
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
May 20, 2011 8:25pm
Love it
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
May 20, 2011 8:29pm
No.
HitsRus
Posts: 9,206
May 20, 2011 8:33pm
There's things I don't like about the DH, but more things I hate about having pitcher's bat/ run the bases.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
May 20, 2011 8:53pm
I despise it.
hoops23
Posts: 15,696
May 20, 2011 9:54pm
I'm not going to answer, but I will say this..
People who say the DH takes strategy out of the game are dead wrong.
In the NL, the pitcher is usually an automatic out. Not so with the DH.. Pitchers and managers both have to have a good approach to how they handle the DH.
I think there are good arguments for each, and I reall don't know which I like better.
People who say the DH takes strategy out of the game are dead wrong.
In the NL, the pitcher is usually an automatic out. Not so with the DH.. Pitchers and managers both have to have a good approach to how they handle the DH.
I think there are good arguments for each, and I reall don't know which I like better.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
May 21, 2011 12:49am
I dont like the DH. But it pains me to watch pitchers "hit". So Im inclined to say yes. I just wish there was a way to do it differently.
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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
May 21, 2011 7:40am
It"s just another athlete up there trying to entertain me with his skills.
Doesn't matter either way.
Doesn't matter either way.
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vball10set
Posts: 24,795
May 21, 2011 8:24am
yes
royal_k
Posts: 4,423
May 21, 2011 8:26am
Yes
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enigmaax
Posts: 4,511
May 21, 2011 11:15pm
Pitchers should man the fuck up and carry their weight with the stick. But since that is obviously never gonna happen (christ, starting pitching has been pussified so much in the last couple decades that we need "middle relievers", before the real relievers???), might as well sit their candy asses down and make the AB a little entertaining. I would like to see a rule created that forces the DH to hit in the 9 spot, where the pitcher would otherwise be.
september63
Posts: 5,789
May 21, 2011 11:29pm
enigmaax;776172 wrote:Pitchers should man the fuck up and carry their weight with the stick. But since that is obviously never gonna happen (christ, starting pitching has been pussified so much in the last couple decades that we need "middle relievers", before the real relievers???), might as well sit their candy asses down and make the AB a little entertaining. I would like to see a rule created that forces the DH to hit in the 9 spot, where the pitcher would otherwise be.
I dont like the DH and your thought about making them bat #9 is something I hadnt thought about. Interesting concept.
BRF
Posts: 8,748
May 21, 2011 11:43pm
I like your post, enigmaax. It covers many of BRF's thoughts on the matter.
OQB
Posts: 6,679
May 22, 2011 12:49am
I don't have an answer to this.....but I will say this:
In theory, pitchers should be the best hitters because they know what to expect in certain counts....but in reality pitchers spend no time working on their hitting and the result is pretty much an automatic out.
I think MLB gives us the best of both....aka American/National league and then inter-league play.
I really enjoy watching a pitchers dual that results in a 1-0 or 2-1 game....but I really enjoy lighting up the scoreboard and seeing the ball fly around and out of the ballpark, so I do like the DH in that sense.
In theory, pitchers should be the best hitters because they know what to expect in certain counts....but in reality pitchers spend no time working on their hitting and the result is pretty much an automatic out.
I think MLB gives us the best of both....aka American/National league and then inter-league play.
I really enjoy watching a pitchers dual that results in a 1-0 or 2-1 game....but I really enjoy lighting up the scoreboard and seeing the ball fly around and out of the ballpark, so I do like the DH in that sense.
Wooball
Posts: 1,325
May 22, 2011 1:37am
Seriously, Travis Buck!
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Gardens35
Posts: 4,929
May 22, 2011 7:19pm
no