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It's time for the National League to adopt the DH
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| January 24, 2016
| Jim Bowden
Posted on 01/24/2016 12:03:41 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
01/24/2016 12:16:18 PM PST
by
bubbacluck
(America 180)
To: MinorityRepublican
The DH is the abomination that causes designation. The National League game is much more interesting.
To: MinorityRepublican
pitchers should have to take their turn in the box just like everybody else
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posted on
01/24/2016 12:17:08 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: Chode
Then they’ll think twice before plunking a batter.
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posted on
01/24/2016 12:17:34 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: MinorityRepublican
No.
Time for AL to dump it. But the union would freak.
If MLB wants the DH so bad, why not have all DH?
Nine offensive players and nine defensive players
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posted on
01/24/2016 12:17:44 PM PST
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: dp0622
Good question. They have all kinds of time between starts. Can’t they work on their batting skills in the meantime?
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posted on
01/24/2016 12:18:23 PM PST
by
GLDNGUN
To: MinorityRepublican
Wrong, it’s time for the AL to abandon the stupidest rule in the books. The DH is an abomination, players that can’t play on both sides of the plate should be out of the league.
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posted on
01/24/2016 12:18:30 PM PST
by
discostu
(This is a different kind of flying... all together.)
To: MinorityRepublican
The more pressing issue, however, is one of fairness and competitiveness.
If so, then the AL should ban the DH. That won't happen, because AL teams and their fans like it, and because it keeps over-the-hill players who can't field but can still swing a bat employed, which the players union loves. But there's no need for the NL to institute this corruption of the game.
To: dfwgator
Tom Glavine and John Smoltz are two “modern era” hall of fame pitchers with great batting averages.
Ugh now my blood pressure is sky high...
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posted on
01/24/2016 12:19:34 PM PST
by
brothers4thID
("We've had way too many Republicans whose #1 virtue is "I get along great with Democrats".")
To: brothers4thID
I agree, bro. I’m a Cubs fan here in the Prairie State and would hate to see a DH at Wrigley.
I get wanting to add more offense, but there are better ways to go about it. One thing I think would help is to limit teams to two pitching changes per game - that gives a starter, a middle reliever, and a closer. If a change is needed for injury and they’re already at two, that player automatically goes on the 15 day DL. This would speed up the game and boost offense (no more of this pitching specialist crap), while bringing the game closer to its roots of iron man pitchers.
I like your tagline, BTW.
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posted on
01/24/2016 12:20:57 PM PST
by
HoosierDammit
("When that big rock n' roll clock strikes 12, I will be buried with my Tele on!" Bruce Springsteen)
To: dfwgator
bingo... 100%
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posted on
01/24/2016 12:22:27 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: MinorityRepublican
What should happen is get rid of the DH in the American League.
The review rule has already ruined the game. If umpires can[’t do their job, fire them.
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posted on
01/24/2016 12:23:58 PM PST
by
upsdriver
(Palin/West)
To: HoosierDammit
Like your thinking, especially that bit on the DL.
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posted on
01/24/2016 12:24:31 PM PST
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: MinorityRepublican
Well, few things bring out passionate opinions like the issue of the designated hitter in baseball. Or the lack of same in the National League.
Another such endless debate without resolution is : Ginger or Mary Anne, for those who remember Gilligan’s Island.
To: AnotherUnixGeek
I’m a fan of an American League team, the Orioles, and I despise the designated hitter rule. And I’ll never change. One of my fondest baseball memories is Dave McNally hitting a Grand Slam in the World Series. You just can’t beat that.
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posted on
01/24/2016 12:25:39 PM PST
by
scouter
(As for me and my household... We will serve the LORD.)
To: dfwgator
And ditch inter-league play. AGREE!
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posted on
01/24/2016 12:25:52 PM PST
by
upsdriver
(Palin/West)
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To: BenLurkin
It is time for the American league to DROP the DH. Exactly. I think one of the coolest things in the game is when the pitcher gets a clutch hit or a home run. Usually demoralizes the opposition. The DH is another one of those 1970s attempts to be "progressive" -- like the EPA, for example -- that needs to be dumped. Like now.
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posted on
01/24/2016 12:27:46 PM PST
by
JennysCool
(My hyprocrisy goes only so far.)
To: MinorityRepublican
- Dump the DH
- Dump interleague play
- No games after Halloween
To: brothers4thID
In 1971, Phillies pitcher Rick Wise pitched a no-hitter and hit hit two home runs in the game.After the season the Phillies traded him to St. Louis for Steve Carlton.
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posted on
01/24/2016 12:32:47 PM PST
by
Freestate316
(Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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