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The American League’s Designated Hitter rule

Discussion in 'Sports Forum' started by Alcott, Jul 15, 2004.

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If you favor the Designated Hitter rule, what are your reasons?

  1. I am a fan of an American League team

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    27.3%

  2. I prefer games with more scoring, as opposed to low-scoring pitching duals

    1 vote(s)
    4.5%

  3. I hate to see a pitcher taken out just because he can’t hit

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  4. Other sports have special rules by player position (like football has rules about hitting the QB tha

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  5. A good pitcher having to bat or run the bases is a target for injury by the opposing team

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    4.5%

  6. I like the fact that a player can be a DH and still bat if he is incapable of playing the field

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  7. There is actually more strategy in a game <i>with</i> the DH rule than in a game without it

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  8. I rather like the 2 major leagues having this one major rule difference in their play

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  9. Other reason

    1 vote(s)
    4.5%

  10. None of these—I am indifferent to the DH rule

    13 vote(s)
    59.1%

  11. None of these—I <i>oppose</i> the DH rule

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
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  1. robycop3

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    Yep, Alcott, there's times when the ole noodle serves ya better than a 40-oz corked bat. Ya don't see plays like THAT too often in MLB, but some are memorable, like pete Rose's more than once taking 2b after a walk, Enos Slaughter's "mad dash" in the WS that caught the defense napping, the occasional triple steal.

    Both as a pitcher and as a 1st baseman, I several times "trapped" popups with a runner on 1st base so I could try for a double play.( The infield fly rule applies only with runners on 1st and 2nd, or if the bases are loaded.) Being a slow runner, I hadta be aware that could be done to ME!

    I still like the DH rule, but if i were managing & had a good-hitting pitcher, I'd let him bat...and if my team had clinched a playoff spot, I'd let'em ALL bat, since they'd hafta bat in the Series.

    Strategy? the DH doesn't end it; it merely CHANGES it, so a manager and pitcher must account for the DH in the mix.
     
    #41 robycop3, Feb 4, 2005
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    In spring exhibition games, do they DH based on who the home team is? [If AL home team then DH; if NL home team, no DH?] I have only been to a couple of spring games before (in AZ) and don't remember.
     
    #42 Alcott, Feb 10, 2005
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