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11-23-2011, 02:40 PM #1
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It's time for the NL to adopt the DH
With the new CBA in place it is time for the NL to adopt the DH.
I used to be against it but I am all for it now.
Interleague play will be year round next year under the CBA so it makes no sense to me to keep switching rules.
The DH was discussed in the 1920's. The AL has had it for 40 years. The experiment has been a success.
It is time for both leagues to play under the same rules and the DH is not going away in the AL.
I am sick of watching a game and knowing the 9th batter will have a 90% chance of making an out.
The NL league has a disadantage in interleague play because they don't build their rosters around a slugging DH.
Please NL adopt the DH and stop with the 2 different rules. And this comes from who would have never dreamed of saying this before.
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11-23-2011, 02:41 PM #2
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Re: It's time for the NL to adopt the DH
Should have been:
And this comes from someone who would have never dreamed of saying this before.
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11-23-2011, 06:12 PM #3
Re: It's time for the NL to adopt the DH
Snowball's Chance! AL baseball is boring because of the DH - less strategy, no double switches, no watching the pitcher hit. If the NL adopts the DH, I would seriously think about picking a different sport.
Les Zukor
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11-23-2011, 06:14 PM #4
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Re: It's time for the NL to adopt the DH
Why is it a snowballs chance?
Is that what people said when the AL did it?
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11-23-2011, 06:14 PM #5
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Re: It's time for the NL to adopt the DH
And watching the modern pitcher hit is painful.
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11-23-2011, 06:34 PM #6
Re: It's time for the NL to adopt the DH
Freddie -
No disrespect to you, but I have to strongly disagree with you.
1) The NL is the SENIOR Circuit - why should they have to change their rules to the league that hasn't been around as long?
2) The DH was supposed to be an experiment in 1973... but just like the IRS after WWI, it was an idea and experiment that got legs and doesn't look to stop anytime soon...
3) Realize that I grew up in Dallas as a Rangers fan since 1972 (1st year) so I had been watching AL (DH Powered) baseball my entire life until the Rockies started here in Denver in 1993 (I moved here in 1991). I never thought I'd like NL baseball, now I enjoy it more than AL by a long shot.
4) If you're a 'baseball' player, you should be able to HIT (regardless of position) and if you can hit, you should be able to FIELD a position. That's how the game was created and how I prefer to see it played.
All the best -
Smitty
P.S. - here's a link everyone might enjoy about Ron Blomberg - the 1st DH
History of the DH
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11-23-2011, 06:39 PM #7
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Russell Wuerffel
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11-23-2011, 06:59 PM #8
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11-23-2011, 08:47 PM #9
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11-23-2011, 08:55 PM #10
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Re: It's time for the NL to adopt the DH
All of you do make strong cases though and it brings back my strong feelings on the issue.
Thank you all for giving me a deeper reflection of the issue.