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Here we go again: Should the National League have a DH?
Fox Sports ^ | May 8, 2015 | Shaun Ranft

Posted on 05/10/2015 3:35:38 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

In the world of baseball, debate of the universal designated hitter rages on. For stretches at a time that argument lies dormant, but then something happens—like Adam Wainwright tearing his left Achilles tendon during an at-bat. Suddenly that question is brought to the forefront again, and generally the views are mixed. Some managers, like Brad Ausmus, prefer the strategic side of the NL, while others, like Terry Francona, don’t think we should overreact to the rules because of one injury. Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer is adamant about the NL adopting the DH rule while Wainwright—the pitcher whose injury has spurred much of this talk—isn’t a fan of such a change:

“I wish both leagues would convert to National League baseball. The strategy and the game itself in the National is just a better game, in my opinion. I think baseball is a beautiful game and I hope it doesn’t change too much.”

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1 posted on 05/10/2015 3:35:38 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

No.

The AL shouldn’t either.


2 posted on 05/10/2015 3:37:17 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: MinorityRepublican

No everyone should play for themselves and not have Designated hitters!!


3 posted on 05/10/2015 3:37:45 PM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: MinorityRepublican

Hell no! Next question?


4 posted on 05/10/2015 3:38:32 PM PDT by Bullish (Not even a smidgeon of integrity or sanity in this whitehouse.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Here we go again:

NO.


5 posted on 05/10/2015 3:39:27 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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6 posted on 05/10/2015 3:40:57 PM PDT by PROCON (I AM PAMELA GELLER.............(but in manly guy form :-))
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To: MinorityRepublican
I have been disillusioned about baseball and professional sports in general since the Dodgers decamped Brooklyn for the left coast. I think baseball should be returned to the purity of the game as it was in my youth (but not in my father's youth) so no designated hitter and the Dodgers should be forced back to Brooklyn.

The main thing about professional sports, however, is that at all costs no matter how many congressional hearings it needs, no matter how many federal laws required, the main thing is to make baseball and all professional sports safe for gamblers.


7 posted on 05/10/2015 3:42:57 PM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: MinorityRepublican

MLB just softening the blow. With declining offense in the wake of better PED testing, daily interleague play, and a players’ association desire to add an extra above-minimum salary to NL teams, the decision has already been made. They’re hoping enough talk ahead of time will soften the blow when it’s officially implemented.


8 posted on 05/10/2015 3:43:01 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: BenLurkin
Agree. You're paying millions for someone to sit in a bullpen and swing four or five times a game? No, let them play.
9 posted on 05/10/2015 3:44:30 PM PDT by Fungi (Job 26:7 : He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Its going to and that’s the end of it.


10 posted on 05/10/2015 3:45:08 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’ve heard the arguments a million times.

Those in favor of the DH say that you generate more offense, which fans like to see. You can extend the careers of good hitters who have slowed down and become a defensive liability later in their careers. You don’t kill a rally when you see the pitcher come to bat, and he’s an almost automatic out.

Those against the DH say that everyone who is playing should have to hit also. These people enjoy the strategy such as the double switch in the National League when a relief pitcher comes in. They enjoy the strategy involved in when you change pitchers, keeping in mind that the pitcher’s spot in the batting order may come up next inning, and you may have to pinch hit for the pitcher you just brought into the game.

I’m sure there are other arguments, but these seem to be the ones which come up a lot.


11 posted on 05/10/2015 4:02:17 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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“The AL shouldn’t either.”

Agreed. You could always put a pinch hitter in if the pitcher has run his course.


12 posted on 05/10/2015 4:03:27 PM PDT by jocon307 (Tell it like it is.)
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Because as we all know, pitchers have never been good hitters.


13 posted on 05/10/2015 4:07:10 PM PDT by dfwgator
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he decision has already been made

The money interests, especially the TV people want it and so it will be. The real fight is going to be over the reduction of the length of the season, something needed to reduce injuries. The money people don't like that idea.

14 posted on 05/10/2015 4:25:21 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: MinorityRepublican
In the past, the NL should not adopt the designated hitter, but with pitchers nowadays earning nine-figure contracts in terms of dolars, that has changed my opinion, especially considering how much money in salary is tied up with pitchers (even in an uncapped salary league!).
15 posted on 05/10/2015 4:27:04 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: RayChuang88

Just put more armor on the pitcher when he comes up to bat, elbow pads and ban him from running to first.


16 posted on 05/10/2015 4:42:04 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: nathanbedford

I thin the Braves should go back to Boston, don’t you?


17 posted on 05/10/2015 4:53:31 PM PDT by Misterioso (Islam is un-American.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Until the Dodgers return to Brooklyn, nothing will be right.


18 posted on 05/10/2015 4:58:12 PM PDT by Jim Noble (If you can't discriminate, you are not free)
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To: Misterioso
Absolutely, after all they have a history nearly as quixotic as the Brooklyn Dodgers.


19 posted on 05/10/2015 5:10:17 PM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Yes. NL baseball is boring as...


20 posted on 05/10/2015 5:33:45 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper (Mi baol ach dom olcas mise)
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