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Post by weststigersbob on May 19, 2017 15:36:57 GMT
Is it to 'protect' pitchers ?
Enhance offence?
Artifically create higher scores ?
All of the above ?
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Post by Terrapin Station on May 19, 2017 15:41:43 GMT
Protect pitchers, avoid pitchers having to bat, avoid pitchers having to practice batting, enhance offense, avoid "almost-guaranteed-outs," etc.
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Post by klawrencio79 on May 19, 2017 15:43:35 GMT
To bastardize the game into something inferior.
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Post by masterofallgoons on May 19, 2017 16:21:26 GMT
To give David Ortiz a career.
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Post by NJtoTX on May 19, 2017 16:36:58 GMT
Prevent pitchers, who would not otherwise be major league hitters, from hitting.
I prefer no DH.
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Post by weststigersbob on May 19, 2017 16:42:04 GMT
To bastardize the game into something inferior. I think this too. Instead of having a pitcher that doesn't bat, I see it as having a batter that doesn't field - which is ridiculous. The only thing I can think of which is more stupid is a double switch where a "DH" player comes in, makes first, then is switched for a "pinch runner". So not only can't he field, presumably he can't run either. And he probably earns 100 times a year what any of us mere mortals do...... |
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Post by wonderburstanger on May 19, 2017 17:45:17 GMT
So fat body hitters don't field.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2017 21:46:12 GMT
It was brought in during a period where offense was low, and pitching was dominant. I am in two minds about it. I like the traditions of the game, but nothing worse than the pitcher coming up to bat in a big spot with men on and 2 outs. Considering how many times pitchers flail at three strikes and go down meekly, I think I'm siding with the pro-DH side.
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Post by hairybuttcheeks on May 19, 2017 21:48:50 GMT
ths guy sn't serisouly asking this question. he jsut wants an argument. 2 generatons of fans have grown up wth the DH, includng me, and i am happy with the rule
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Post by xystophoros on May 20, 2017 1:54:13 GMT
It was brought in during a period where offense was low, and pitching was dominant. I am in two minds about it. I like the traditions of the game, but nothing worse than the pitcher coming up to bat in a big spot with men on and 2 outs. Considering how many times pitchers flail at three strikes and go down meekly, I think I'm siding with the pro-DH side. Except where Bartolo Colon is concerned, his at-bats are always entertaining. I think this too. Instead of having a pitcher that doesn't bat, I see it as having a batter that doesn't field - which is ridiculous. The only thing I can think of which is more stupid is a double switch where a "DH" player comes in, makes first, then is switched for a "pinch runner". So not only can't he field, presumably he can't run either. And he probably earns 100 times a year what any of us mere mortals do...... That sums up David Ortiz right there. His only skill was hitting a ball with a stick very far -- he couldn't run, he couldn't field, and he couldn't even really hit until he started dipping into the juice. |
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Post by zoilus on May 20, 2017 1:58:27 GMT
How about "Pitchers got enough to worry about"?
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Post by DC-Fan on May 20, 2017 4:07:37 GMT
he couldn't even really hit until he started dipping into the juice. So Ortiz was just another Boston cheater? |
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Post by weststigersbob on May 20, 2017 5:24:24 GMT
It was brought in during a period where offense was low, and pitching was dominant. I am in two minds about it. I like the traditions of the game, but nothing worse than the pitcher coming up to bat in a big spot with men on and 2 outs. Considering how many times pitchers flail at three strikes and go down meekly, I think I'm siding with the pro-DH side. In that situation, surely it makes sense to double switch. And as far as I'm aware, subs have in baseball for just as long as the DH. |
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Post by weststigersbob on May 20, 2017 5:27:44 GMT
ths guy sn't serisouly asking this question. he jsut wants an argument. 2 generatons of fans have grown up wth the DH, includng me, and i am happy with the rule I'm looking for reasons why a dumb rule exists. 2 generations growing up with it isn't a good reason for its continued existence. That's like saying 2 generations have grown up with leaded gasoline, better keep that too. |
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