Plus, it's an advantage to the NL teams because their pitchers are used to hitting. Most aren't great at it of course, but at least can bunt.
If the AL pitchers can't do this, they why try to make it more appealing for them.
If AL teams have guys like Ortiz, Hafner, Thome and Thomas, sitting there because they're defensive liabilities, then that team has to make a choice, the bat and the glove vs neither.
It is a better way to play.
I wish the AL had it actuallyDuring inter-league play? Should the DH rule be played in both NL as well to protect pitchers?
I think it should be in inter league play only because the pitchers are not used to running the bases at all.
I never really liked the DH rule but after witnessing it in inter league play these guys are just not ready to do it. I always thought a pitcher should bat but you can't make a pitcher in the AL run the bases and take BP every day just because he may bat one time in an inter league game all year. You either have it or don't but you can't expect an AL pitcher to be ready for that 1 or 2 time at bat.
You can call me biased as a Yankee fan in seeing a great pitcher of ours go down but it just isn't right for the minimal at bats. Do it one way or the other for all.During inter-league play? Should the DH rule be played in both NL as well to protect pitchers?It loses its pride! NL play is the way that real baseball is played! Don't go the Hank Steinbrenner way and say the NL is idiotic for not installing the DH.
Let me tell you something, Babe Ruth won 100 games as a pitcher and is one of the most legendary hitters of all time! So don't give me that "protecting the pitchers" crap, why because some idiot on the Yankess injured himself by running the bases?! Please... If Josh Beckett had done that, Hank would have kept his ****** muppet mouth SHUT!
this is a stupid idea. wah-wah my pitcher got hurt running the freakin' bases, that's his fault, hitting the ball and running the bases is part of the game. If they get hurt running the bases then put them back in T-ball, because that's so pathetic. Seriously, that is that stupid.During inter-league play? Should the DH rule be played in both NL as well to protect pitchers?No-Way! Because it is a tradition to have pitchers bat.
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Hope this helpsDuring inter-league play? Should the DH rule be played in both NL as well to protect pitchers?
the league rules apply to certain parks. thats why the all-star gamehas a DH every other year because its played in an AL park every other year. you cant take 130+ years of history in some parks and just change it like its nothing. its the game, the way it was played for decades, so no you cant change the rules because some guys arent used to swinging a bat
and look at felix hernandez. he hit a grand slam as the only hit he may well ever have as a pitcher. if they were using a DH in shea that night he wouldve never had that once in a lifetime opportunity
and ps im a yanks fan so im pissed wang went down just like everyone else but i dont support what hank said about the NL rules
Yeah, the DH should definitely be used for interleague games...I wish they would get rid of interleague play all together..it is a huge disadvantage for the AL teams going to the NL stadiums and losing the DH...it's a joke.During inter-league play? Should the DH rule be played in both NL as well to protect pitchers?
Just the opposite, actually. I think the DH should be removed from all interleague play. Think of it this way. When the AL team sets their DH, its a power hitting star whose payed to play about 155 games per year. When the NL team sets their DH, its a 4th outfield bench player who would fill in and have mediocre hitting that wasn't good enough to get them into the regular lineup. The NL team isn't going to pay a power hitting star to play 15 games a year and occasional pinch hitting.
Remember. The pitcher is playing BASEBALL, which involves running bases. The DH is playing BASEBALL, which involves fielding the ball. The Manager is managing BASEBALL, which involves pinch hitting for the pitcher, or having the pitcher bunt the runner forward, or pinch running for the pitcher if he somehow gets on base. The DH idea removes most of these strategies in AL play.
no beacuse then when the A.L pitchers have to bat in the W's they wont have the experience of stepping into the batters box it's good for them to get the practice if they did not want to bat then they should not play baseball go into field hockey or checkers.
Dear Cool Shoes:
The DH should be use in the America league only and the National League should keep their role as their role play baseball old school without the DH.The DH help the America league offensive numbers.It good for baseball that both league that have different ways of playing the game.
Let Go Yankees %26amp; S F Giants #1,
Adam
AL rules apply when they are home team and NL rules apply when they are home team. The rules are fine they way they are right now with no need to change. AL teams have additional hitters on their roster for the DH and NL teams do not. The AL teams would have an offensive advantage over NL teams who have to carry extra pitching in the NL.
When MLB introduced interleague play in 1997, one of the promotional talking points was that this, finally, would enable fans who lived near only one team to see the teams from the other league and how they played.
(This of course was a meaningless lie since all MLB really cared about was the income. But let's use this chocolate hammer against them....)
This was not the case, however, since fans near an NL team would have to watch visiting AL teams bereft of their designated hitters. Likewise, fans near an AL team get to watch some random benchwarmer bat as DH, since the NL doesn't tend to keep a good hitter hanging around for little playing time.
In interleague play, the VISITING team's rules should apply.
NL teams that want to remain "pure" or "true" or whatever can, per the rules, opt not to put a DH in the lineup and let their pitchers hit. Which would be funny!
Anyway... visitor's rules should apply.
my hometown team is the indians so i love seeing our pitchers get an opportunity to bat when we play interleague. its great when u get to see CC Sabathia belt a 440ft homerun out to right field. i think the rule should remain intact.
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