Wainwright out for the yr

[podsox]

huge blow to the cards. I think this is the final straw. I fully expect the nl to adopt the dh next season

 

[Clayton]

I fully expect the nl to adopt the dh next season

I dont but if the NL were to ever adopt the dh, it would be 2 or 3 big pitchers going down in the same year while batting.

I think Wainwright might have been a ticking time bomb regardless. Still really frustrating.

 

[HammerDown]

huge blow to the cards. I think this is the final straw. I fully expect the nl to adopt the dh next season

NL fans would be outraged. Please keep bastardized baseball to the AL.

 

[BrockForBroglio]

Nothing etched in stone, yet. Having an MRI tomorrow, so we can keep our fingers crossed.

And I am still against the DH. When a player like Edgar Martinez said that for the last 5-7 years of his career, he didn't even have a baseball glove anymore. Just something not right about that.

 

[scoutyjones2]

No DH...players blow out Achilles in all sorts of ways...shit happens. The loss of Waino is huge and you just know another starter will be hitting the DL this year also.

One can never have enough pitching depth

 

[chappee11]

Having the pitcher bat is so fucking pointless. Here's another great example.

 

[chappee11]

Nothing etched in stone, yet. Having an MRI tomorrow, so we can keep our fingers crossed.

And I am still against the DH. When a player like Edgar Martinez said that for the last 5-7 years of his career, he didn't even have a baseball glove anymore. Just something not right about that.

Watching a guy like Edgar, Papi or Frank Thomas extend their careers at DH is sooooo much better than watching Ian Kennedy lay down a bunt. It's this way of thinking that keeps baseball stuck in the past.

 

[Red_Chaos]

next man up!

 

[HammerDown]

Having the pitcher bat is so fucking pointless. Here's another great example.

 

[BrockForBroglio]

Watching a guy like Edgar, Papi or Frank Thomas extend their careers at DH is sooooo much better than watching Ian Kennedy lay down a bunt. It's this way of thinking that keeps baseball stuck in the past.

But it makes the managers job a lot easier with the DH. No decisions on when to replace a pitcher with a DH, no double switches. To each their own with their views of the DH, but mine will never change. Old fashioned, but I don't care.

 

[BrockForBroglio]

But it makes the managers job a lot easier with the DH. No decisions on when to replace a pitcher with a DH, no double switches. To each their own with their views of the DH, but mine will never change. Old fashioned, but I don't care.

replace a pitcher with a PH'er, I meant.

 

[podsox]

Watching a guy like Edgar, Papi or Frank Thomas extend their careers at DH is sooooo much better than watching Ian Kennedy lay down a bunt. It's this way of thinking that keeps baseball stuck in the past.

lets pitch around a below average major league hitter to get to the high school level hitter. strategy!!!!

 

[podsox]

But it makes the managers job a lot easier with the DH. No decisions on when to replace a pitcher with a DH, no double switches. To each their own with their views of the DH, but mine will never change. Old fashioned, but I don't care.

who goes to a game to watch a manager?

 

[HammerDown]

You like the DH, we don't. Let's keep it that way.

 

[calsnowskier]

who goes to a game to watch a manager?

I go to watch a good game. A good game uses every aspect of the game. Roster management, lineup strategy, small ball, and even the occasional Weaver Special.

The AL only relies on the Weaver Special.

 

[HammerDown]

who goes to a game to watch a manager?

Certainly not ChiSox fans!

 

[TDs3nOut]

Definitely damaging to the Cards, but their other starters have also been quite good to begin the season. Wonder who takes Wainright's spot in the rotation?

 

[podsox]

Certainly not ChiSox fans!

u can refer to us the sox. it drives boston fans crazy. only one team has the sox as their logo

 

[chappee11]

But it makes the managers job a lot easier with the DH. No decisions on when to replace a pitcher with a DH, no double switches. To each their own with their views of the DH, but mine will never change. Old fashioned, but I don't care.

Yes, and no. Starters basically only go 6 innings now, anyway. The pitch count manages the managers.

My issue with pitchers hitting is they just make too much damn money now. If I were the Dodgers, I would be afraid to let Kershaw go up there at all. So many ways for pitchers to get hurt before they even grab a bat.

Players used to play both ways in the NFL, too. In the era of specialization, that kind of thinking is just plain outdated.

 

[calsnowskier]

Yes, and no. Starters basically only go 6 innings now, anyway. The pitch count manages the managers.

My issue with pitchers hitting is they just make too much damn money now. If I were the Dodgers, I would be afraid to let Kershaw go up there at all. So many ways for pitchers to get hurt before they even grab a bat.

Players used to play both ways in the NFL, too. In the era of specialization, that kind of thinking is just plain outdated.

Apples and oranges.

There was not a rules change in the NFL dictating that if a player played DE in a game he was not eligible to play HB or TE in the same game.

Extrapolate this plan further in baseball. Why not simply hit 9 DHs? Imagine the increase in defense if we never had to worry about a speedy CFers bat. Imagine the offense if we didn't have to see a gold-glove SS bat in the 8-hole.