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podsox
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huge blow to the cards. I think this is the final straw. 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 fully expect the nl to adopt the dh next season
huge blow to the cards. I think this is the final straw. I fully expect the nl to adopt the dh next season
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.
Having the pitcher bat is so fucking pointless. Here's another great example.
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.
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.
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.who goes to a game to watch a manager?
who goes to a game to watch a manager?
Certainly not ChiSox fans!
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.
Apples and oranges.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.