Nonsense. DH Rule should be universal. Most people don’t like watching batters make automatic outs. More offense and excitement if instead you have professional batters who can help get runs scored. Players like Edgar Martinez, Victor Martinez, J D Martinez, David Ortiz and Frank Thomas.
Baseball needs action. When balls are put in play, not only do you score more runs, you get great defense. Action! That’s what makes baseball fun.
The so-called strategy of using pinch-hitters for pitchers unnecessarily prematurely depletes your bench. This makes the later innings even more boring.
Better the get rid of it in the AL.
The game played in the American League is inferior in terms of defense, personnel allocation and strategy.
Baseball isn't about hitting, and only people who have a very young child's understanding of the game think it is.
Well, hell, if that's the point pf the game, why not just have a completely separate lineup for batting? Have 9 guys who just field, and another 9 who just bat. That should give you what you're asking for.
They’re not putting balls in play. We’ve just had the first season in history in which the majority of outcomes were what the sabermetricians call “the three true outcomes”: homeruns, strikeouts, and walks. We would have a LOT more action if players would stop swinging for the fences all the time.
They need to change the incentive structure. We need more good hitters to be rewarded, and not so much homerun hitters.
Professional hitters found their way into lineups before the DH, and they would find their way into lineups without the DH.
Personally, I like 1-0 pitcher’s duel. Not all the time, but I enjoy those games a lot. They’re exciting and strategic. (I like to “manage along.”)
The DH causes more pitching changes and reduces strategy, while creating an average of half a run per team per game.