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Thoughts about having the DH in the National League?

craig44craig44 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭✭
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what do you guys think? I for one am glad, it was a long time coming. I know some will miss the "strategy" portion of the game. I will welcome real hitters hitting and not having to watch another pitcher flail away.

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  • orioles93orioles93 Posts: 3,474 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If the pitchers could actually hit I would be against it, but there's like 5 pitchers in the entire NL that can actually hold their own. I personally don't need to watch a bunch of guys swinging and missing, standing there looking at 3 pitches with the bat on their shoulder with no intent of swinging, or laying down terrible bunts 8 times per game.

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  • bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,231 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Will it speed up the games or slow them down?

    In the interest of speeding games up lets just mark down 1 out whenever a pitcher would have batted. In both leagues .

    @orioles93 said:
    If the pitchers could actually hit I would be against it, but there's like 5 pitchers in the entire NL that can actually hold their own. I personally don't need to watch a bunch of guys swinging and missing, standing there looking at 3 pitches with the bat on their shoulder with no intent of swinging, or laying down terrible bunts 8 times per game.

    Fine pitchers cant hit but you are allowing players to fat and/or useless on the field as DH's

    Without a DH Ortiz never even dresses for a game right? Because , and I don't want to put too fine a point on it but , he sucked in the field massively

  • bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,231 ✭✭✭✭✭

    DH rule is affirmative action for shitty fielders ;)

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,689 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I liked it, especially in the World Series. Strategy is a good thing

  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Get rid of the DH entirely in both leagues. If you can't both field and bat you have no business playing professional baseball.

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  • tommyrusty7tommyrusty7 Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭✭

    It's about time. Now if they would only make fielders top switching positions for every batter the game would be more fun to watch.

  • BrickBrick Posts: 4,984 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Having the DH sucks. That is not debatable.

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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,698 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm a traditionalist and favor pitchers batting but I can understand why some prefer to see a DH over a guy whose BA is likely to be around a buck fifty, instead.



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  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,183 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No for me.

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  • swish513swish513 Posts: 10 ✭

    I don't like the DH at all in baseball. A baseball player should both bat and field. Imagine if there had been a DH in 1914 or 1915 when the Babe was just a pitcher. Would he have ever been dealt to the Yanks?

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