The DH

[oc_in_fw]

How 'bout another round of this debate?
I'm anti-DH, for the many reasons listed above.

Whether it stays or goes, both leagues should have the same rules.

 

[Graybeard57]

I'm all for it. Wish the NL would adopt it. I want to see hitting.

 

[Porgy Tirebiter]

Keep the DH, kill interleague play.

 

[Billski]

Horrible idea that's screwed up the game (particularly with interleague play). If it went away tomorrow, no one but a few whiny pitchers would miss it. Go National League. Go Reds!

I'm with Gruder. Go Reds!

 

[BSAGuy]

Horrible idea that's screwed up the game (particularly with interleague play). If it went away tomorrow, no one but a few whiny pitchers would miss it. Go National League. Go Reds!

The DH is an abomination, a plague, an anathema, an evil corruption and a festering canker on the soul of baseball.

Everybody plays defense, everybody bats. Pretty dang simple.

 

[BigFoot]

I can see it both ways. In the NL the managers have to make a lot of strategic decisions not involved in the AL. On the flip side you get more offense in the AL.....hypothetically unless you are a Rangers fan.

 

[oc_in_fw]

I can see it both ways. In the NL the managers have to make a lot of strategic decisions not involved in the AL. On the flip side you get more offense in the AL.....hypothetically unless you are a Rangers fan.

I can, too. I just wish they would pick one argument and go with it. Could you imagine if there were different rules for NFC and AFC in the NFL?

 

[Heron]

This was a pretty good article. Pump the brakes on a universal DH, and MLB's next big thing

 

[John Rose]

28 posts in and still no explanation. Let me guess...
DH = "designated hitter"?
Seem like cheating to me, if I understand it correctly.

 

[Heron]

28 posts in and still no explanation. Let me guess...
DH = "designated hitter"?
Seem like cheating to me, if I understand it correctly.

Yes. It's a player who hits and doesn't play defense so the pitcher doesn't have to hit. Only half of the teams use one.

 

[Doc4]

Oddly, every single DH in the majors likes pineapple on his pizza.