Goodbye pitchers hitting

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ORAggieFan
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I'll happily take a reduced season to end the atrocity of having pitchers try and hit. No way after two years of DH in the NL they go back.
Trucker 96
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Should have ended as soon as interleague play began, and ESPECIALLY once they balanced the leagues with 15 in each, requiring at least one interleague series to be going every day of the season.
jkag89
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You poor DH fans (Im assuming your favorite team is in the AL) had to suffer a whole 8 games a season, 12 if your team was in a World Series that went a full 7 games and four of the games in the NL park. Oh the horror.

I knew it was only a mater of time but it still make me sad.
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jkag89 said:

You poor DH fans (Im assuming your favorite team is in the AL) had to suffer a whole 8 games a season, 12 if your team was in a World Series that went a full 7 games and four of the games in the NL park. Oh the horror.

I knew it was only a mater of time but it still make me sad.

Yeah, I only watch one team......

Nothing like changing rules from high school, college and minors for just half the teams in the majors.
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jkag89 said:

You poor DH fans (Im assuming your favorite team is in the AL) had to suffer a whole 8 games a season, 12 if your team was in a World Series that went a full 7 games and four of the games in the NL park. Oh the horror.

I knew it was only a mater of time but it still make me sad.
I was an NL purist for a long time. When the Astros were forced to the AL, I was pissed. However, the DH is absolutely the way to go. I have repented and am 100% believer in the AL way. It's nonsense that the NL requires more strategy. This is good for the sport.
jkag89
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It's nonsense that the NL requires more strategy.
Where did I present this in my post? I am not a purist in that I can still enjoy the Game with the DH, I have for decades at the college level. I simply stated it makes me sad. If NL fans prefer a more traditional form of the baseball, why force the change? I find the uniformity argument inane because it can be addressed by requiring the DH in all interleague games, the All-Star Game and the World Series, The MLB baseball I watch beyond that in which involves the Astros is usually NL contest because I still enjoy games sans the DH.

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Nothing like changing rules from high school, college and minors for just half the teams in the majors.
Um, it wasn't the NL that changed the rule.
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ORAggieFan
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Wasn't suggesting they changed it, just that it changes.
Corporal Punishment
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I always got a good chuckle out of the 1 out sac bunt.
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jkag89 said:

If NL fans prefer a more traditional form of the baseball
Resistance to change is typically due to ignorance rather than nostalgia.
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Farmer1906 said:

I was an NL purist for a long time. When the Astros were forced to the AL, I was pissed. However, the DH is absolutely the way to go. I have repented and am 100% believer in the AL way. It's nonsense that the NL requires more strategy. This is good for the sport.
I have seen this sentiment over and over again - "I preferred the pitcher hitting until I got a taste of just how boring it was".
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