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Like it or not, the DH is coming to the National League
The Sporting News ^ | March 10, 2015 | Jesse Spector

Posted on 04/10/2015 7:13:18 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

If you’re not ready for the designated hitter to be part of National League baseball, your time to get ready is getting shorter by the day. It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when, and more than that, it’s a matter of how.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: baseball; designatedhitter; dh; mlb; nationalleague
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To: Rome2000

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


61 posted on 04/10/2015 8:09:49 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: jjotto

Go watch a slow pitch softball game and leave baseball alone


62 posted on 04/10/2015 8:09:52 PM PDT by Figment
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To: Cry if I Wanna
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?"

63 posted on 04/10/2015 8:17:36 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (It takes a gun to feed a village (and an AK 47 to defend it).)
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To: MinorityRepublican

No way!


64 posted on 04/10/2015 8:18:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: cripplecreek

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.


65 posted on 04/10/2015 8:18:53 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: MinorityRepublican
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.
66 posted on 04/10/2015 8:21:33 PM PDT by gusty
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To: Rome2000

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


67 posted on 04/10/2015 8:22:46 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: cripplecreek

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


68 posted on 04/10/2015 8:22:52 PM PDT by gusty
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To: cripplecreek

The DH is great. End of story.


69 posted on 04/10/2015 8:23:48 PM PDT by Treeless Branch
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To: gusty

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


70 posted on 04/10/2015 8:24:29 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: dfwgator

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.


71 posted on 04/10/2015 8:24:59 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: cripplecreek

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!


72 posted on 04/10/2015 8:26:56 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

TOP 10: J. Jonah Jameson Moments

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


73 posted on 04/10/2015 8:31:09 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: cripplecreek

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


74 posted on 04/10/2015 8:39:55 PM PDT by Benito Cereno
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To: Benito Cereno

Jeter


75 posted on 04/10/2015 8:41:37 PM PDT by Benito Cereno
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To: MinorityRepublican

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


76 posted on 04/10/2015 9:42:46 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: cripplecreek

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


77 posted on 04/11/2015 3:09:53 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: MinorityRepublican

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


78 posted on 04/11/2015 4:51:03 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Cry if I Wanna; All
Rick Camp's Home Run
79 posted on 04/11/2015 4:53:00 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Michael.SF.

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.


80 posted on 04/11/2015 9:10:11 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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