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My issue with the DH is a philosophical one as much as anything else. I think the 9 players on the field should be the 9 who hit. It's not 'fair' that one player gets a free pass to be a poor hitter. You should suffer the consequences of having a limited skill set. https://twitter.com/FOXMarlins/status/1298278481256644614
Would I rather watch a DH hit properly than a pitcher tamely make an out? Yeah. Most do, it's why the DH is popular.
If the argument is to improve the hitter at the plate why not 9 DHs? Just put out the best batting lineup you can. Then send your pitcher and best 8 fielders out.
If the argument is to improve the hitter at the plate why not 9 DHs? Just put out the best batting lineup you can. Then send your pitcher and best 8 fielders out.
NFL has unlimited substitutions. Offense, defense, special teams. The specialization is high, there is very little crossover. The quality is therefore exceptional.
So why not the same for baseball? Best hitters bat, best fielders field.
So why not the same for baseball? Best hitters bat, best fielders field.
What's more exciting? Slow guys clogging up the bases? Or speedsters threatening to steal and take the extra bag on a ball in play?
So why not allow all baserunners to be temporarily swapped out for a faster runner?
So why not allow all baserunners to be temporarily swapped out for a faster runner?
Because those type of swaps "just aren't baseball".
To me, neither is the DH.
Baseball would be "better" if we had unlimited changes and specialists at all times. But it wouldn't be baseball.
To me, neither is the DH.
Baseball would be "better" if we had unlimited changes and specialists at all times. But it wouldn't be baseball.
As a baseball player you should have to hit, run, field and throw. I don't like that some get a let off for being no good at a particular skill and some don't.
Joyce hits tonight instead of Castano. Ok.
Why can't Aguilar hit instead of Brinson as well?
Joyce hits tonight instead of Castano. Ok.
Why can't Aguilar hit instead of Brinson as well?
Can't run/field? Be the DH!
Pitcher who can't hit? You don't have to!
Then there's the flip side.
Catcher who can't run? Sorry bud.
Rookie who can't hit? 0-4 coming right up.
I don't support 1 DH because I don't support having 9 DHs.
Pitcher who can't hit? You don't have to!
Then there's the flip side.
Catcher who can't run? Sorry bud.
Rookie who can't hit? 0-4 coming right up.
I don't support 1 DH because I don't support having 9 DHs.
Maybe this is just my cricket background. Not everyone has to bowl (pitch) but everyone has to bat and field. Some are terrible at it but as a team you have to deal with it. You have to balance your team so that you don't have too many bad fielders/bad batters.
In cricket when you start bowling an over you have to bowl all 6 balls. No matter how badly it's going you have to stick with it and finish it. It's perhaps no surprise then that I like the 3 batter minimum. No quick hooks. Finish what you started.
Runner on 2nd in extras is just like hockey OT.
In the regular season 3-on-3 plus shootout gets us a quick winner. In the playoffs, continuous 5-on-5. I'm happy for baseball to aim for the quick resolution in the regular season but revert back to normal play for the postseason.
In the regular season 3-on-3 plus shootout gets us a quick winner. In the playoffs, continuous 5-on-5. I'm happy for baseball to aim for the quick resolution in the regular season but revert back to normal play for the postseason.
7 inning double-headers are a sensible precaution to not wear out players who are playing too many games in too short a time period now. When we go back to a normal 162-game slate we won't need it. A doubleheader is a rarity normally so the workload won't be problematic.
So there you go.
Very much a viewpoint formed from my other sporting interests.
Despite how long this thread has gone on for are any of these things that big of a deal?
Not really.
Very much a viewpoint formed from my other sporting interests.
Despite how long this thread has gone on for are any of these things that big of a deal?
Not really.
