Designated hitter

[Chris 62]

I like it.

Watching NL pichers get free outs is far to boring.

[Imran Siddiqui]

While light hitting infielders getting free outs isn't?

[Chris 62]

I watched Glavine get two free outs tonight, the #8 and the pitcher, with the bases loaded and none out.

Wouldn't have happened in the AL.

I know a lot of people love the strategy, but I feel it's over-rated.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I watched Glavine get two free outs tonight, the #8 and the pitcher, with the bases loaded and none out.

Wouldn't have happened in the AL.

You don't watch Tampa do you? With our old friend Rey Ordonez in the 9 spot. Don't let those RBIs fool you, they'll be 1/4th of his total this year.

Play the game the way it was meant to. There is NO rational reason for having a designated hitter. By the same logic, I want to have a DH for a light hitting, great fielding SS or 2B (such as Alex Cora in LA, Orlando Cabrera in Mon or Rey Sanchez in NY, etc, etc). You make a special rule for pitchers, you can't justify not extending it.

[Chris 62]

That "play the game" argument is a little lame, they played it WITHOUT a shortstop for over 20 years.

NOBODY plains it like they used too!

[Imran Siddiqui]

That "play the game" argument is a little lame, they played it WITHOUT a shortstop for over 20 years.

Since the rules were codified (and it became a 'real' sport, rather than simply a game), they played it with 9 players who hit and fielded. Where they played and what they were called changed with strategy, but they never changed the RULES doing so.

Why can't I have a DH for Rey Ordonez, or the Tigers' SS?

[Chris 62]

I like it, I know the "purist" argument, but I find the NL often boring with all the "moves", that ofetn include pinch hitters who THEMSELVES should be pinch hit for!

Plus you know the MLPA will NEVER let it go.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I find the NL often boring with all the "moves"

It's called strategy, Chris. I'm sure that you being an AL fan have no idea what that is .

Plus you know the MLPA will NEVER let it go.

I would trade a year of strike/lockout to get rid of the DH. Seriously. It's that much of an abomination.

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Btw, you never answered my question:

Why can't I have a DH for Rey Ordonez, or the Tigers' SS?

[Chris 62]

Why can't you have TWO wives?

Cause one is enough!

Same with DHs.

I'm not saying you shouldn't like it, but I don't.

[Imran Siddiqui]

That's ok. As long as you don't get too worked up when I abolish the DH when I become the Commish of Baseball . Of course that will be right before I abolish interleague play and try to figure out how to get rid of the Wild Card .

[Chris 62]

It wouldn't kill me to see it go, I can actually remember the AL WITHOUT it!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Old bastard .

[MRT144]

Imran, you also need to take away the juiced ball and center fields that are less than 450 ft

[Chris 62]

Taking out juiced players would be good also.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I don't care about the center fields that are less than 450 (most HRs are down RF or LF anyway). The ball isn't juiced. It is the fact that down LF in, say, Minute Maid Park (Houston), it is like 310!!