The DH Argument....

[bighurt27]

Saw the thread in the Show was closed and wanted to add my 2 cents on the DH rule. I'd rather watch someone like Frank Thomas swing a bat than watch Ron Roenicke think. Discuss...

[redsox4evur]

It has been discussed in this thread before. You can always bring it back up there.

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...topic-425.html

[kehlis]

Quote: Originally Posted by redsox4evur

It has been discussed in this thread before. You can always bring it back up there. http://www.operationsports.com/forum...topic-425.html

It actually comes up frequently and then just gets dismissed for other conversation. It's better served to have it own thread.

[Master Live 013]

I think the AL is never going back to having the pitcher hit, the DH guys make too much money for the for the MLBPA to ever allow it to go away.

So it is either status quo or DH coming to the NL.

I wouldn't be too bothered by having different rules between the leagues if the NL still had 16 teams and Interleague was severely curtailed or outright done away with. But the movement is toward integration and homogenization of the leagues, even number of teams, Interleague play every damned day of the season then it starts making less sense for the leagues to play by different rules.

I just think it is a matter of time before the DH rule is introduced to the NL. Then I can be one of those cranky guys that remembers "when the pitcher actually had to hit".

[DieHardYankee26]

I hate having the pitchers hit. I'll never forget Chien-Ming Wang getting hurt running the bases in some interleague game when he was our ace and never being the same after that. I don't care about forcing the DH on the NL, it seems a lot of their fans like it the way it is and I think they should be able to enjoy their game as long as there is no real reason to change it. It's one of the things I love about baseball, just one of the random quirks like every ballpark being completely random unlike the other sports with homogenized fields. Baseball is great, leave it the way it is.

[LowerWolf]

Once upon a time, I despised the DH with all my heart. I've softened my stance a bit in recent years. I still don't like it, but I don't hate it.

I prefer the strategy of the NL, but I can see the merits of the AL game.

I do think the NL will adopt the DH, probably in the next five years or so. The AL will never give it up; the players' union will ensure that.

[55]

Designated hitters in the NL? Might as well use aluminum bats, pitch underhand and pass out participation trophies at that rate.

/getoffmylawn

[dickey1331]

I like the DH but why have different rules? It's ridiculous. Either both have it or neither have it.