lecoqsportif
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Bumgarner isn't sharp tonight.
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MindzEye
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The DH is lovely, watching pitchers hit is painful.
Clutch might not exist but Giants are 10-0 in last ten elimination games
hairnova
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Exactly.
I want the DH in both leagues and if a team wants to forfeit it to let one of the few pitchers who can actually hit hit, then go for it.
If your fav team is in AL, you like the designated hitter. If fav team is in NL, you prefer pitchers hitting.
east coast
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Pitchers hitting, please. NL is thinking man's league.
I feel the same way. There was a manager once who managed in both leagues (forget who now) who said in the AL, you manage two games a week, the rest just follow the normal course. In the NL, you manage six games a week.
Even last night, Bochy had to decide in the 12th if he should use Trevor Brown as a PH. He is the backup catcher and who knew how long the game would go. He made the decision to play him but if Posey had gotten hurt, team would have been ****ed as they only carry two catchers.
Last night, he also had to decide if he should keep Bumgarner in the game after the third as he was leading off. He decided to keep him but in the AL, he doesn't even have to consider that decision.
east coast
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Giants have Cubs right where they want them. Good God, it can't happen again can it. Meanwhile the other dominant team of the century so far went quietly in Boston.
worm
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WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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The DH is an abomination. It removes so much strategy from the game. Things get interesting when you have to decide if and when to lift your pitcher for a pinch hitter. It forces managers to manage instead of merely filling out the lineup card before taking a three hour nap in the dugout. All the DH does, in addition to killing strategy and in game suspense and drama, is provide employment for guys who can't actually play baseball. It's like a pro golfer being able to use some guy who won a long drive competition to tee off for him.
It was funny, after we blew the 5-3 lead in the ninth, Wehave texted me to say, sometimes it isn't meant to be and I agreed, but then the Giants remembered it is an even year...
I still would be shocked if we came back to win the series, but even cockroaches think it is hard to kill the Giants.
CaptainBolduke
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Yup.
and I suspect neither will change. It has been 43 years and there is no movement toward synchronizing the two.
hairnova
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AL.
UWHabs
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DH keeps guys in after they can't play, there's less strategy with it, and easier to manage.
But then again, pitchers suck at hitting, the DH helps keep players around longer (a guy like Ortiz or Pujols probably would have retired before without the DH), it can help keep top players in the lineup (Donaldson or Bautista taking their DH days).
I can see the argument for both. The big flaw is that minors pretty much all use the DH so pitchers get no practice moving through the system, and the AL teams do have an edge in that they would be much more willing to sign guys like Bautista and Encarnacion. That's why people assume that the DH will come in over the next few years.
I don't see the NL wanting to go DH. If it did, why even have two leagues anymore, just merge them and have eight divisions of intermixed teams.
I do agree though that it is silly for the minors not to have pitchers hitting, hell break it down based on the parent team.
I do agree though that it is silly for the minors not to have pitchers hitting, hell break it down based on the parent team.