There's some complicated stuff about mid-game pinch-hitters, substitutions, etc. that sounds like it might be possible to end a game with the DH in the lineup and a subsequent pitcher having a spot in the batting order, but the starting pitcher MUST be the player replaced in the starting batting order by a DH, if a DH is used.
<< <i>At least Don Baylor actually won an MVP as a DH! >>
Yeah, that was a brutally bad pick, too. Fred Lynn was the best player in the AL that year by a wide margin; even leaving aside the Gold Glove he won that year, he was straight-up a better hitter than Baylor, as were half a dozen others. Sportswriters have some kind of man-crush on RBIs, and it has led to even worse MVP picks than Baylor.
This is for you @thisistheshow - Jim Rice was actually a pretty good player.
FIRST TIME: Harold Baines Derek Bell Dante Bichette Bobby Bonilla Jeff Brantley Jay Buhner Ken Caminiti Jose Canseco Norm Charlton Chad Curtis Eric Davis Tony Fernandez Mark Gardner Tony Gwynn Darryl Hamilton Pete Harnisch Charlie Hayes Doug Henry Glenallen Hill Ken Hill John Jaha Stan Javier Wally Joyner Dave Martinez Ramon Martinez Chuck McElroy Mark McGwire Joe Oliver Gregg Olson Paul O'Neill Scott Radinsky Cal Ripken, Jr. Bret Saberhagen Jeff Shaw Ed Sprague Kevin Tapani Devon White Bobby Witt
RETURNING (This is Mr. Garvey's last chance for the writer's ballot): Albert Belle Bert Blyleven Dave Concepcion Andre Dawson Steve Garvey Rich "Goose" Gossage Orel Hershiser Tommy John Don Mattingly Jack Morris Dale Murphy Dave Parker Jim Rice Lee Smith Alan Trammell
Blyleven 3700 SO Baines Almost 3000 hits Murphy 2 time MVP + other productive years. Gwynn No Brainer Ripken No Brainer Rice Why Not?Better than some already inducted. Trammel Just look up the records and compare to other SS HOFers Morris As good as Hunter,Drysdale,Dean??? Gossage As good as or better than any relief pitcher already in. L.Smith ditto Gossage.
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<< <i>Actually a DH can bat for anyone in the lineup, not just the pitcher.
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(b) The Rule provides as follows: A hitter may be designated to bat for the starting pitcher and all subsequent pitchers in any game without otherwise affecting the status of the pitcher(s) in the game.
There's some complicated stuff about mid-game pinch-hitters, substitutions, etc. that sounds like it might be possible to end a game with the DH in the lineup and a subsequent pitcher having a spot in the batting order, but the starting pitcher MUST be the player replaced in the starting batting order by a DH, if a DH is used.
<< <i>At least Don Baylor actually won an MVP as a DH! >>
Yeah, that was a brutally bad pick, too. Fred Lynn was the best player in the AL that year by a wide margin; even leaving aside the Gold Glove he won that year, he was straight-up a better hitter than Baylor, as were half a dozen others. Sportswriters have some kind of man-crush on RBIs, and it has led to even worse MVP picks than Baylor.
Harold Baines
Derek Bell
Dante Bichette
Bobby Bonilla
Jeff Brantley
Jay Buhner
Ken Caminiti
Jose Canseco
Norm Charlton
Chad Curtis
Eric Davis
Tony Fernandez
Mark Gardner
Tony Gwynn
Darryl Hamilton
Pete Harnisch
Charlie Hayes
Doug Henry
Glenallen Hill
Ken Hill
John Jaha
Stan Javier
Wally Joyner
Dave Martinez
Ramon Martinez
Chuck McElroy
Mark McGwire
Joe Oliver
Gregg Olson
Paul O'Neill
Scott Radinsky
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Bret Saberhagen
Jeff Shaw
Ed Sprague
Kevin Tapani
Devon White
Bobby Witt
RETURNING (This is Mr. Garvey's last chance for the writer's ballot):
Albert Belle
Bert Blyleven
Dave Concepcion
Andre Dawson
Steve Garvey
Rich "Goose" Gossage
Orel Hershiser
Tommy John
Don Mattingly
Jack Morris
Dale Murphy
Dave Parker
Jim Rice
Lee Smith
Alan Trammell
Those are my picks.
-Ian
Baines Almost 3000 hits
Murphy 2 time MVP + other productive years.
Gwynn No Brainer
Ripken No Brainer
Rice Why Not?Better than some already inducted.
Trammel Just look up the records and compare to other SS HOFers
Morris As good as Hunter,Drysdale,Dean???
Gossage As good as or better than any relief pitcher already in.
L.Smith ditto Gossage.
Sorry Mac no can vote for you.