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Originally Posted by pan6467
I maybe alone but to me the best baseball games are pitchers duels. There's just something about watching a 2-1 or 1-0 ballgame that excites me. Or a no hitter wondering if the next pitch will get hit. Wondering how or even if the game is going to get blown open.
With the DH I don't see that, I see huge blowouts (CLE's win over the Yanks this year in da bronx .... what was it 22-0?) I see pitchers that get their ERA's kicked up and then they overpitch and blowout their arms at young ages.
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Teams have been blowing out other teams since the very beginning of baseball. Hell, the first official baseball game ended 21-1.
If a pitcher overpitches for that reason, it is his own damn fault, or that of his coaches, just like it has been since, once again, the very beginning of baseball.
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To me the casual fan likes the home run, the true fan and historian and lover of the game can see the nuances and the greatness of no DH.
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Bull. I can see all that while still celebrating the lack of an automatic out in the lineup.
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/of...s/batter_6.jsp
See 6.10.
There is no rule that says a DH MUST be used. If you are a manager in the AL and want to have that stratagy, you go right ahead.
I, on the other hand would rather let my pitchers focus on pitching, while giving my team an advantage over the other.