Posted on 02/11/2022 11:16:10 PM PST by Impy
"No more pitchers on the bases wearing jackets. No more surprise dingers. No more epic bunts. No more awkward batting stances and related injury scares.
It’s the end of an era, but at least we’ll always have Bartolo Colon’s legendary home run.
Major League Baseball has agreed to the universal designated hitter, commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Thursday. The move ends the National League’s 48-year run that forced pitchers to take at-bats. In addition, Manfred said MLB has agreed to eliminate draft-pick compensation for signing free agents.
While nothing is official until an agreement with the players union is reached, the universal DH was always expected to be included in the new CBA. In 2020′s pandemic-shortened season, MLB deployed a trial run of what will soon become the norm. NL pitchers did the job they were hired to do, and sluggers filled their absence in the lineup. It certainly made for a more entertaining product, but NL purists lamented the departure of increased strategy in the game when a pitcher was at the dish."
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Mixed feeling honestly. Don’t h8 me.
I HATE IT!
I recall when Seattle’s Edgar Martinez was up for the HoF. Many ballots went by.
The rub was a DH isn’t a real player as he only bats and seldom plays a position.
Now the DH will be the norm? (I prefer the NL style, honestly)
the DH is not the problem....games are too long...STOP THE HITTERS FROM STEPPING OUT AFTER EACH DAMN PITCH!!!!!!!...so annoying..
Seriously? WGAF. Fans sit on their ass and pay the money. Dumbases one and all. MLB Baseball Hall Of Shitz.
Three true outcomes, Moneyball and universal DH all have destroyed baseball.
ping
Agreed
Not disagreeing with your sentiment at all, but from what I understand, the manager has already been taken out of the game by GMs using analytics to make all the decisions remotely from lineups to pitching changes.
I would make it so you could only use 3 pitchers max in a game. That way, you really would have to think about whether or not to leave a pitcher in.
Imagine MLB without moments like this one. I watched this entire game, July 4, 1985. Over 6 hours, 19 innings. The fireworks delayed until 4am but the moment of the night belonged to Rick Camp, even in a losing effort.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVpjWNfnHww
“Not disagreeing with your sentiment at all, but from what I understand, the manager has already been taken out of the game by GMs using analytics to make all the decisions remotely from lineups to pitching changes.”
The Cardinals fired Mike Schildt and the reason given was “philosophical differences”. I think the real reason was the front office was interfering in his day to day business and he told them to back off. So he is gone.
Get rid of the DH
Bad.
No DH, runner on 2nd if a game goes too long, 7 inning 2nd game in a double header, automatic walks etc. All of these things and Sabremetrics have ruined the game.
Game has gone to hell. I won’t watch it. The DH and too many players on the roster lead to relief pitchers pitching to one batter. Has gotten ridiculous. Games take too long.
Extra innings and pitchers batting were among the more interesting parts of the game.
what about drug testing?....there is nothing about drug testing.....
The players will test the drugs and get back to us.
Having said that, I’d suggest that there were a few better ways to improve the game than to introduce a designated hitter who can’t even play the field to save his life.
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