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Right - just make every at bat a DH with designated fielders

Posted on: August 3, 2021 at 12:33:30 CT
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Designated hitters. Designated runners.

Charlie Finley came up with nonsense because after he moved the A's from KC to Oakland they didn't draw any better in Oakland than in KC. He also wanted an orange baseball.
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     The NL will go DH but I still like seeing the pitcher bat. - Erwin Fletcher STL - 8/3 14:00:29
     There is nothing stopping AL teams from allowing their - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/3 13:21:54
          taking advantage of a rule not= rule is best for the game (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 8/3 13:49:16
     Pitchers = I kinda play baseball. DH= I kinda play baseball(nm) - TigerFan92 STL - 8/3 12:36:19
          Only 4 out of the 15 teams use a player that is - tigerNkc KC - 8/3 13:02:16
               Only 6 of those 15 teams drew 2,000,000 fans in 2019... - tigerdb MU - 8/3 13:05:09
                    I don’t think it’s meant to draw more fans. I think it’s - tigerNkc KC - 8/3 13:08:01
          Right - just make every at bat a DH with designated fielders - alstl MU - 8/3 12:33:30
               That would make sense if the best fielders were as - tgr MU - 8/3 12:41:10
                    It's part of the game. (nm) - alstl MU - 8/3 19:15:22
               This would make Matt Carpenter so much better, Cards could - tigerdb MU - 8/3 12:37:03
          Yeah, finally finding a consistent place in the lineup for - tigerdb MU - 8/3 11:47:19
     DH has been an unmitigate disaster since day one - JG A - 8/3 11:31:16
          How? Besides making one league’s ERA lower than the other(nm) - tigerNkc KC - 8/3 11:38:29
               DH is great. What other sport makes a terrible player - Diamond Dave MU - 8/3 11:48:28
                    I guess that’s true. Nelson Cruz gave the Cardinals a WS - tigerNkc KC - 8/3 11:58:14
                         lol, lovely bait(nm) - TigerA MU - 8/3 11:59:05
                    why stop at only having 1 dh then? if you have a bad hitter - TigerA MU - 8/3 11:57:23
                         Hitter is a hitter by trade. If he sucks at it, then that's - Diamond Dave MU - 8/3 12:26:25
                              i'm saying he isn't a hitter. he is a fielder and a - TigerA MU - 8/3 12:27:34
                                   Valid point. However seems like 97% of all pitchers - Diamond Dave MU - 8/3 12:29:38
               I like the DH, if they would make a rule change - alwaysright MU - 8/3 11:48:04
                    where is this college DH rule - meatiger MU - 8/3 11:50:30
                         I did not say it was the rule in college, I said it tends to - alwaysright MU - 8/3 11:52:11
                              I do not follow college close enough to know - meatiger MU - 8/3 11:54:26
                                   Colleges are trying to get reps for position players/maybe - tigerdb MU - 8/3 11:57:29
                                        Just looked at Vandy/Miss State CWS games - meatiger MU - 8/3 12:02:14
     Agree, so odd how the NL still doesn't have DH - FIJItiger MU - 8/3 11:24:19
          so much more strategy goes into the game of baseball with - KCT-BoneTiger MU - 8/3 11:32:18
               Agree, similarly NFL coaches would be much more - FIJItiger MU - 8/3 11:45:24
                    That's a bad comparison. There are better ways to make the - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 8/3 12:00:47
                         Agree, all ludicrous. Like watching a pitcher bat at the - FIJItiger MU - 8/3 12:05:40
                              You don't like Ohtani? - tigerdb MU - 8/3 12:09:02
                                   Believe he is a DH correct? (nm) - FIJItiger MU - 8/3 12:12:43
                                        He's a pitcher(nm) - tigerdb MU - 8/3 12:20:41
                                             What position does he play on his non-pitching days?(nm) - FIJItiger MU - 8/3 12:24:30
                                                  at least you acknowledge that Ohtani is a pitcher. - tigerdb MU - 8/3 12:32:13
                                                       Is he a pitcher on the days that he only bats?(nm) - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/3 12:43:53
                                                            RE: Is he a pitcher on the days that he only bats?(nm) - tigerdb MU - 8/3 12:46:06
                    So you want 9 fielders and 9dhs(nm) - tigerdb MU - 8/3 11:53:04
                         No, I like the professional setup of the AL. I'd prefer - FIJItiger MU - 8/3 12:04:47
                              There's a reason the NL is the Senior circuit and the al is - tigerdb MU - 8/3 12:07:33
                                   Baseball will surely thrive with that 1910's mindset - FIJItiger MU - 8/3 12:14:03
                                        LOL - the junior circuit needs to figure out how to survive - tigerdb MU - 8/3 12:20:06
                                             I don't think the NL will, they will continue to have - FIJItiger MU - 8/3 12:22:13
                                                  The crap product is in the junior circuit - I can't tell you - tigerdb MU - 8/3 12:26:47
                                                       I dont get the analogy - FIJItiger MU - 8/3 12:30:10
                                                            kim anderson - like al managers, put out ****ty products. - tigerdb MU - 8/3 12:35:38
               For a couple innings a game. Outside of that, it's - tgr MU - 8/3 11:37:36
                    And with the new min batters faced for pitchers - meatiger MU - 8/3 11:47:26
                    It's always part of the game - working into the bottome of - tigerdb MU - 8/3 11:45:20
     considering that every other level uses the DH - meatiger MU - 8/3 10:54:31
          I'm surprised they didn't do it this season - cnk ATL - 8/3 11:24:42
               I thought they were going to - meatiger MU - 8/3 11:28:09
                    I think that it's locked in for next year. - tigerdb MU - 8/3 11:30:52
                         shhhheeeeeeeeet (nm) - lqf2b8 MU - 8/3 11:54:26
     Universal DH or DH in minor leagues/college. The current - mizzou john MU - 8/3 10:54:14
     both can win or lose you the game (nm) - KCT-BoneTiger MU - 8/3 10:52:51




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