Like it or not, the DH is coming to the National League

The Sporting News ^ | March 10, 2015 | Jesse Spector

[dfwgator]

Heck the way things are going the Rangers might be able to use him.

[Figment]

Go watch a slow pitch softball game and leave baseball alone

[Michael.SF.]

Glory Days for me as a young female teenager in LA

You may know this story then:

Koufax was pitching in Philly, Drysdale was pitching the next night in NY, so he took an early train. When he arrived in NY, game in Philly was over and Koufax had pitched a no-hitter.

When told by a reporter of the feat, Big D deadpanned: "Did he win?"

[BenLurkin]

No way!

[Rome2000]

Decent and seemingly conservative guy, heard him being interviewed by Howard Stern on a repeat from a few weeks ago, he was on for about an hour.

[gusty]

It was inevitable, the use of the DH for the pitcher has filtered all the way down to the HS level. Nobody wants to see someone hit in MLB who hasn't hit since the 8th grade.

[cripplecreek]

Lots of surprisingly conservative stars come from the Detroit area. Tom Selleck comes to mind.

[gusty]

I always see him as Shillinger, head of a vicious Nazi prison gang.

[Treeless Branch]

The DH is great. End of story.

[cripplecreek]

LOL I always think of him as Peter Parker’s boss in Spiderman.

[Rome2000]

LOL

They have allowed 25 runs already.

Tied with the Marlins and the White Sox are even worse at 27.

I doubt too many major leaguers can hit the Fag Ball.

[dfwgator]

My favorite line from Spiderman:

Miss Brant: Boss, your wife’s on the line, she said she lost her checkbook.
J. Jonah Jameson: Thanks for the good news!

[cripplecreek]

TOP 10: J. Jonah Jameson Moments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgL8h_u2PHw

[Benito Cereno]

SF Giants ace Madison Bumgarner hit more Grand Slams last season than Derek Meter hit in his entire career.

[Benito Cereno]

Jeter

[onedoug]

The DH stinks. Play baseball for God’s sake.

[glorgau]

Fergie Jenkins and Bob Gibson both used to get the occasional home run.

[Timber Rattler]

Babe Ruth never had a problem batting for himself when he pitched for Boston in the early 1920s.

[Timber Rattler]

Rick Camp's Home Run

[Dilbert San Diego]

Yes, Don Drysdale was a good hitting pitcher. He hit over .300 in some seasons, if I recall correctly.

For whatever reason, the way baseball evolved, nobody cared if pitchers could hit or not. Position players in baseball don’t make it to the majors if they can’t hit. But pitchers have always been held to a different standard.