Universal DH - Yay or Nay?

[TheNig]

Yay... I hate seeing pitchers go to the plate and struggle.

 

[god shamgod]

Expand inter league play,make the 2nd wild card a 3 game series,cut the season to 144 or 154 games and add the DH to the NL

 

[tremonthustler1]

Do people not like interleague because of the DH, or because of how "sacred" baseball is & they want it to be like it used to be when they were kiddies?

They play 162 games. Is it crazy to fit a home and away series for all 30 teams in there annually?

Interleague feels like an NFL schedule where the Giants don't play the Eagles, Redskins and Cowboys

 

[Rev]

Interleague feels like an NFL schedule where the Giants don't play the Eagles, Redskins and Cowboys

my man, division teams play each other like 18 times a season...every team.

is that what you mean?

 

[tremonthustler1]

my man, division teams play each other like 18 times a season...every team.

is that what you mean?

I know that. I'm saying the interleague match ups mean even less than other league match ups because you're not competing with them. At least if you play another team in your league you got a wild card as direct competition. Interleague match ups feel like friendlies

 

[Kemba]

Bunting is the worst fukkin thing in baseball.

 

[Conz]

95% of the time it's just a free out. it kills endless rallies. super fast guys don't utilize it nearly enough. no one uses it to beat the ridiculous shifts. shytty pitchers K constantly or just flat fukk moving the runners up. etc

fukk bunting. fukk it right in its fukkin ass

 

[the next guy]

YES!

enough of this, it's 2015 and more offense never hurts.

 

[the next guy]

Keep it how it is and dead interleague

Nothing is more fun then being drunk at the Yankees Mets games!

 

[Regular_P]

If interleague hadn't been de-valued to the point it has now, I'd say leave the rules alone. Since that crook Selig just HAD to put 15 teams in each league and force interleague EVERY single day, it's time to have the DL in the NL too.

 

[JAY?]

"some pitchers can hit" is basically a misconception. sure, there are a few that can hit 2 or 3 homers... but a pitcher hits .230 over 100 at bats and everyone acts like he's amazing with the stick. if that guy was on your bench with those stats he'd be back in AAA before July. For every "good hitting pitcher" there are 7 that blow.

Take my team for instance - Jacob deGrom is a "good hitting pitcher" according to most, b/c he had a nice run last year. He's a converted position player so he obviously had a ton of at bats in his lifetime. His stats at the end of the season? .217/.234/.261 10 hits. He batted 8th the other day b/c he's a "good hitting pitcher."

Awesome!!!!!!! YAY for pitchers hitting! Pitchers are designated bunters. Bunting is the worst fukkin thing in baseball.

He didn't bat 8th because he's a good hitting pitcher
He batted 8th because they wanted someone who could actually get a hit to bat before granderson

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Pros:

• Never watching a pitcher attempt to hit again

and really no argument trumps thus imo

 

[Conz]

He didn't bat 8th because he's a good hitting pitcher
He batted 8th because they wanted someone who could actually get a hit to bat before granderson

yes and no. Their reason definitely had something to do with deGrom being a "good" hitter b/c if it was the other way they'd hit the pitcher 8th every time out and they're clearly not doing that.

 

[JAY?]

yes and no. Their reason definitely had something to do with deGrom being a "good" hitter b/c if it was the other way they'd hit the pitcher 8th every time out and they're clearly not doing that.

I'll give you that
But there's no non-pitcher on the roster that he can out hit

 

[JAY?]

I don't mind the pitcher batting
I'm more open to a 1-8 line up than a DH tho