The DH and the Crybabies

by cofan17 on Oct 26, 2007 10:52 PM MDT

We haven't even played the first of three games at Coors yet and I'm already tired of seeing articles about how it's not fair for the NL to force these "poor" AL teams to sit their DH when they travel to an NL city. It's their own damn fault for adopting this ridiculous rule to begin with.

I've really tried to sway myself to at least accept the DH as baseball player, but I just can't. Calling a DH a baseball player is like calling a place kicker a football player. Both are called on to try and do one thing, then just sit on their ass until it's their turn to try to do that one thing again. Even when a DH has a good game, how much of a 3 to 4 hour game is he even a part of? 15 minutes? Yeah, that's a real 'team' contributor.

Hmmm...actually, nevermind...I like that idea. I wish I could only "work" 30 minutes of my 8 hour shift and still get a full paycheck too. I have been swayed. The DH's are the smart ones and all the real athletes are idiots for trying to actually PLAY THE GAME OF BASEBALL. Long live the DH!

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I enjoy watching a National League game more than the other League's games because of the strategy involved and all... however, I do not want to see the DH ever eliminated from the AL.

I like the fact that each League has a "different" game. In fact, I wish they'd go back to having Umpires who only do games in one League or the other but not both. I do like the inter-league games a little because they give us an in-season looksy of the separation between the two leagues and how they play the game.

It's unique in sports, for sure. Two Leagues with two slightly different rules, yet its the same game and can be played against each other in one of the biggest stages in sports.. the World Series.

Sure, the AFC might play a different style than the NFC in football.. but the rules are the same. And the Eastern Conference in both the NBA and the NHL may have different philosophies than the Western teams but, again, the rules are the same.

Baseball is an unique in that aspect.. and I like it a lot.

by roxhead on Oct 27, 2007 11:12 AM MDT reply actions

Did you read..

The comments about David Ortiz? He mentioned that he practices at first when he has nothing else to do, and he's worried playing first in Colorado will take away from his video watching of pitchers between innings.

There's only one Rocktober!!

by Charlie77 on Oct 27, 2007 12:20 PM MDT reply actions

Indeed....

We're having this same conversation over at the 'Pit.

Jim found a great site consolidating arguments and various sportswriters' columns for and against the DH.

As far as this goes, my disdain for the DH knows no bounds. If the AL wants to keep it, fine. But don't shove that BS down our throats in the NL. We play REAL baseball in the Senior Circuit. We're not down with that "All offense, all the time" showboating that plagues the AL.

Pitchers have ALWAYS had to bat for themselves, whether it was 1860 or 1960 or 2060. (in the NL, anyway) Deal with it.

I'm a Rox fan, but only whenever they're playing against the AL or any California team.

by DbacksSkins on Oct 27, 2007 3:56 PM MDT reply actions

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The DH can't be eliminated in the AL even if every team in the AL wanted to eliminate it. The players union would fight the loss of all those DH jobs.

ICKIMORE

by tshea1 on Oct 29, 2007 5:40 AM MDT up reply actions