No.
The AL shouldn’t either.
No everyone should play for themselves and not have Designated hitters!!
Hell no! Next question?
Here we go again:
NO.
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.
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.
Its going to and that’s the end of it.
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.
Until the Dodgers return to Brooklyn, nothing will be right.
Yes. NL baseball is boring as...
No, the AL should get rid of it. Problem solved.
DHs encourage the tendency to play for the homerun, which diminishes both the ability and the desire to score in other, more interesting ways. It also encourages .220 hitters to swing for the fences, causing them to strike out A LOT.
Get rid of it and by necessity, you’ll see more bunting, more hit and run plays, more stealing, more taking the extra base, and overall a more exciting game.
One idea that has been floated is to raise the roster limit to 28, but only 25 dress. (the other three still accrue “service time”.) You could cover yourself for minor injuries that don’t merit the DL, and the manager would have additional strategic options (such as using his second catcher to pinch-hit).
Yes, the NL should adopt the DH for one big reason. The DH is used in all leagues right down to middle school for the last twenty years. Nobody wants to see someone bat for the first time since LL in the majors. In the past, pitchers had hit at the lower levels, but today it is becoming rare, even in HS. If I felt pitchers had enough at bats in the lower levels, I would say no DH, but circumstances say otherwise.
Instead of tagging someone out when the runner caught between bases the players on each base should need to tackle the runner with the while holding onto the ball. Short stop can’t tackle.
Yes!
NO!
Pitchers should spend more time in the cage. They do not do a pitching work out more than 3-4 hours a day and do not pitch every day.