1. We need to dump the DH. Like, right now. It's stupid, anyway Hell yes! Smartest thing Bill...

1. We need to dump the DH. Like, right now. It's stupid, anyway

Hell yes! Smartest thing Bill Simmons has ever said! (there isn't a preview button on fanshots, my first one. Let's up this works.

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I read that column, too.

While I agree with Simmons (and you, Evilfrog) on the DH, I think the more interesting aspect of the column is the latter half, dedicated to the length of games. I think he’s got some good ideas there.

And for the record, I don’t object to long baseball games, I object to slow-paced baseball games. There’s nothing wrong with a 4 hour game if it’s an entertaining slugfest or a 15-inning pitcher’s duel. What I hate, and what makes me turn the channel, is when every at bat seems like it’s current-day Jeff Suppan pitching to late-90’s Nomar Garciaparra.

by dronemc on Jul 30, 2010 10:10 AM EDT reply actions

If there's a petition to ban the DH I'll sign it.

Baseball first, teams second, players third, agents last.

by Dave Pendleton on Jul 30, 2010 12:46 PM EDT reply actions

heck yeah

chief justice

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 30, 2010 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions

the DH is almost as dumb as the unbalanced schedule

chief justice

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jul 30, 2010 1:06 PM EDT reply actions

It's dumber because

it happens every year.

Baseball first, teams second, players third, agents last.

by Dave Pendleton on Jul 30, 2010 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions

wait, why is the DH a bad thing?

and that article is horribly wrong. i have never objected to the length of a sox/yanks game, I care just as much as i did before, I’m not concerned about steroids… so on. but yeah, about the DH…?

by revived0103 on Jul 31, 2010 5:37 PM EDT reply actions

The DH is a bad thing

because it’s just WRONG!
It like playing chess with an extra queen.
It’s not how the game was intended to be played, it totally changes the strategy and takes up space on a roster that could be filled by a real player that can still play the game and earn his money.
How about a designated runner? Why not? Because it’s just WRONG!!
I could go on but it’s all been said…over and over and over…and will continue to be said.
why? Because it’s just WRONG!!

Baseball first, teams second, players third, agents last.

by Dave Pendleton on Jul 31, 2010 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions

this seems like a facetious reply

in favor of the DH. but in case its not, “it’s just wrong” is not good reasoning. please give real reasons why there should be no DH. I’m asking because i would really love for the first time in my life to hear a good reason why. I’m all ears.

by revived0103 on Jul 31, 2010 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions

or drop me a good link

by revived0103 on Aug 1, 2010 7:31 AM EDT up reply actions

why should there be?

The game was designed to be play with 9 players not 10. The reason for the DH was so the AL could convince aging players to come and play for them. It’s a gimmick. It’s a gimmick that gives an unfair advantage to one league. It’s a gimmick that isn’t used as it was meant to. It’s a gimmick that limits the strategy of the game.

It should go.

this thread is all Aaron Mile's fault.

by Evilfrog on Aug 1, 2010 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah but the problem with pitchers hitting

is that pitchers can’t hit. if they can’t hit, which we all agree is generally true, then why should they be hitting? pitchers today are so specialized in their craft that it’s gratuitous and risky to have them hit,

by revived0103 on Aug 2, 2010 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions