Has anyone else started to soften up to the DH?

[inari]

Don't get me wrong, I like watching Z hit quite a bit. I like the strategy that not having the DH brings. However, I think that the NL getting the DH is more or less an inevitability and I used to have a problem with that. Now, I kind of like what the DH offers in terms of resting players but still keeping their bats in the lineup.

 

I'm expecting that everyone here still hates it, though.

[radarluv1]

what makes you think its inevitable?

[Andy]

No.

 

And never.

[rawaction]

I wouldn't mind it as much if it was in the NL than I do that it's just in the AL. Nothing sucks more than having runners in scoring position or a situation where you could possibly score runs and your pitcher comes up to bat with either 2 outs or with less than 2 outs ands having to waste an out to sac bunt.

[Amazing_Grace]

There are pros and cons to it.

 

On the pro side, there are fewer chances for your pitcher to get hurt, you don't have to wear down your bullpen as badly because you don't have to pinch hit all the time, you get a lot more versatility as far as getting the best hitters in the lineup, and finally, it's a lot easier to break in a position prospect that's likely to have an OBP somewhere around .290 his first season when you don't have a pitcher with an OBP of .210 hitting behind him. Also, as you said, it's easier to keep guys rested.

 

On the cons side, it's not the way the game was always played. Some of the records set in the pre-DH era can't be compared to modern ones, there's a lot less strategy involved, it makes the manager have even less impact. There tends to be less running and basestealing with the DH, and finally, there are guys who spend most if not their entire career DHing who never would have been everyday players if they had to take the field every game (David Ortiz anyone).

 

I think it's inevitable because sooner or later the owners will throw that particular bone at the player's union in order to get whatever small concession they can in the way of revenue sharing/salary cap/drug testing.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

It's never bothered me. It wouldn't bother me to lose it, either. Just make both leagues play under the same rules.

[CoolHandLuke]

It's never bothered me. It wouldn't bother me to lose it, either. Just make both leagues play under the same rules.

 

This is the correct opinion.

[rocket]

Watching pitchers hit is boring. Except for Z. Bring the DH to the NL.

[OleMissCub]

NO NO NO

[CubsGM]

The DH makes bench players useless.

[SouthSideRyan]

The DH is the worst thing since Hitler.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I think when Dusty was manager I would have been warmer to the DH just so I wouldn't have to see all those double switches.

[Chocolate Milk]

Bring on the DH. Watching almost every pitcher in the National League make an automatic out is stupid. Watching dudes like Hill and Randy Johnson hit because they have to is basically a joke. I can't understand why anyone likes it. Tradition for the sake of tradition is lame.

[SouthSideRyan]

I can't understand why anyone wants to watch Ryan Theriot hit on a regular basis. Free hitter for him plz!!!

[SouthSideRyan]

I can't understand why anyone wants to watch Ryan Theriot hit on a regular basis. Free hitter for him plz!!!

 

Hahaha

[Hairyducked Idiot]

It would be awesome if you didn't have to use it for pitchers only. It'd be such an awesome badge of shame for some position player to wear.

[CubsGM]

I can't understand why anyone wants to watch Ryan Theriot hit on a regular basis. Free hitter for him plz!!!

=D>

[Ryno12]

If Adam Everett was my SS, I would bat Zambrano and Marquis over him, and just enjoy the defense.

[Flames24Rulz]

I'm all for the DH in the National League.

[rocket]

I can't understand why anyone wants to watch Ryan Theriot hit on a regular basis. Free hitter for him plz!!!

 

Hahaha

 

you mean silver slugger award winning ryan theriot? (assuming every other game the rest of the season is a carbon copy of today's)

[Soul]

It makes the game more boring. I've always thought that, and I always will.

 

AL baseball is simply more boring. And it's largely because of the DH.

[hawkeyecub]

No

[Proven Veteran]

It makes the game more boring. I've always thought that, and I always will.

 

AL baseball is simply more boring. And it's largely because of the DH.

 

Watching a sac bunt is more exciting than watching Ortiz or Hafner or Frank Thomas? :-k

[Sammy Sofa]

The thread title is ironic, since creating the DH is the softest thing baseball has ever done.

[Guest]

I'm taking names of everyone who likes the DH so i can do a mass banning.

 

:banned: