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re: Inter-league play in MLB. Like or dislike?
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:34 pm to BayouBengals03
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:34 pm to BayouBengals03
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Adding 15-20 HR per team per year would be better for the game.
Says who? Everyone starts hitting more and more HR's, we get a lecture from the talking heads about how pure the game used to be.
A boring game can be 1-0 or 12-10. More runs isn't the end all.
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Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:35 pm to sicboy
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A lot of us like the strategy involved in batting the pitcher. Instead of just sending out your bats and taking out the pitcher when he gets tired, do I PH for him here to get the run home even though he's pitching a good game? Pitcher's spot is on deck with 2 outs and we'd like him to lead off the next inning, so pitch the 8 spot.
Oh, I understand all of that and the strategy that goes along with it. It's an interesting aspect for sure.
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Yes, the DH leads to more runs and more "exciting" baseball
I just think this trumps all that.
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but managing around the pitcher in the 9 spot is a big part of the game IMO.
Respectable opinion that many share. It's neither right nor wrong. I just would prefer the DH in both leagues. That's mine.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:35 pm to kilo
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What are some of your opinions?
Each team in matched up with their rival- NYY vs NYM, Reds v Indians... Play 2 three game series, one the series before the break and the 1st series after.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:37 pm to kilo
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You take a huge aspect of the strategy of the game away when you added the DH
sac bunting if men are on or striking out if the bases are empty. Sure, theres the occasional guy like Zambrano who has the novelty of running into some here and there. And you lose the aspect of pulling a pitcher in favor of a pinch hitter when the 9 spot comes up late in a game. But over the course of a season, those aspects are somewhat minute when a series of sub .200 hitters are replaced by a capable hitter.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:37 pm to bbap
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You think the DH is better for the game then actually having to make difficult managerial decisions like double switches, whether to let a pitcher hit in the 7th if he's dealing, etc.
Yes. Then you could just leave your pitcher in the game if he's dealing. Isn't that what some fans might want to see? The better hitter hit and the pitcher that is dealing keep dealing? That's my opinion, and you are entitled to yours.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:38 pm to BayouBengals03
I will say that I think it's dumb that each league does it's own thing. Either do one or the other.
But I guess that's how baseball is. Each park has it's own dimensions, tall wall, tiny or huge foul ground. Guess it won't ever change.
But I guess that's how baseball is. Each park has it's own dimensions, tall wall, tiny or huge foul ground. Guess it won't ever change.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:39 pm to sicboy
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Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:39 pm to BayouBengals03
Yeah your opinion is awful. What makes baseball great and different from other sports is the situational decisions that have to be made throughout a game. The DH cuts into those decisions severely. Only a brute would prefer that type of baseball.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:40 pm to bbap
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Yeah your opinion is awful.
That is your opinion.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:40 pm to bbap
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I'm a Cardinals fan!!!!! - AJF
When did this happen?
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:41 pm to sicboy
I forgot I had that as a sig. It was last year. He was talking about that cards and cubs and just said the wrong team by accident.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:42 pm to bbap
My humble opinion is that the average American would rather watch a guy that hits the ball hard and takes big swings over watching a manager contemplate the strategy of when to pull his pitcher. More "action" vs more strategy. If I want to watch strategy, I'll tune into poker or chess 
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:43 pm to sicboy
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Each park has it's own dimensions
That part was always weird to me. Is it the only sport where the playing area isn't standard from venue to venue?
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:43 pm to KCM0Tiger
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My humble opinion is that the average American would rather watch a guy that hits the ball hard and takes big swings over watching a manager contemplate the strategy of when to pull his pitcher. More "action" vs more strategy. If I want to watch strategy, I'll tune into poker or chess
To the hardcore fans, this is an unacceptable view, which I don't understand.
Makes perfect sense to me. I come to watch the players, not the managers.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:45 pm to BayouBengals03
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Can't wait until the NL gets with the times and adds the DH
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:45 pm to Lsuhoohoo
I'm not complaining about it. Each park has it's own personality. However, I do still hate those cheapo HR's to left at Minute Maid 
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:51 pm to TigerintheNO
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Each team in matched up with their rival- NYY vs NYM, Reds v Indians... Play 2 three game series, one the series before the break and the 1st series after.
That puts some teams at a disadvantage. The Angels would have to play the Dodgers six times, while the Mariners are playing the Padres or Rockies six times.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:52 pm to BayouBengals03
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To the hardcore fans, this is an unacceptable view, which I don't understand.
Makes perfect sense to me. I come to watch the players, not the managers.
Baseball is a game of tradition. The numbers and statistics tell a story throughout the long history of the game. That consistency makes baseball unique IMO when compared to other pro sports. Thats why performance enhancing substances like steroids and HGH are a MUCH bigger concern in MLB.
I appreciate the fact that baseball hasnt fiddled with its rule book much. I love the NHL and NFL but the amount of tinkering that has been done to the rules in those sports is almost laughable at times.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 2:59 pm to kilo
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The numbers and statistics tell a story throughout the long history of the game.
Oh, I agree. They added 8 games to the season in the early 1960s, which I'm pretty sure allowed Maris to break Ruth's home run record (in the first season of 162 games I'm pretty sure). I know a lot of people had a problem with that at the time, but they got over it. The National League made the same change a year later. I know this is a different kind of change, because it's not really affecting the actual game. However, it still affected the records and statistics that matter so much to a lot of baseball people.
I think people would get over the change, is my point. If the AL got rid of the DH, I'd eventually get over that, too.
This post was edited on 3/31/14 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 3/31/14 at 3:09 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
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