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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Richard Simon
Personally I hate the DH and think it should never have been instituted. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Larry
There never should have been a DH in baseball. And give Richard Simon a new coin to flip when he determines authenticity. Heads means authentic. Tails means unable to determine authenticity. Tails will come up more often, since it's easier to steal the customers' money by playing it safe. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Jason
No decreased and no DH. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Jeff Lichtman
I agree with Jason. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Frank A.
I never liked the DH and still don't. I agree, it never should have been. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Big J
Designated Hitter should definitely go. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Richard Cline - RC
I don't like the DH and would have no problem seeing the rosters expanded by 1 or 2 players. With pitchers specializing as they do in the game today it would help teams to have more options with their players in the field. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: barrysloate
While I don't hate the DH- I'm a fan of high scoring games- it wouldn't matter to me if it were discontinued. However, what I do find ridiculous is that each league operates under a different set of rules; and when the World Series is played, half the games use the DH and half don't. That needs to end. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Anonymous
No DH. Let the pitcher hit. The pitcher takes the field. The pitcher hits. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Jeff Lichtman
Barry, I think the creation of more high paying jobs for its union members is the only reason the Players Association cares about the DH, additional roster spots, etc. That's not a good enough reason in my opinion to subvert the purity of the game with not only the DH but different rules for each league. And somehow for 100 years MLB managed to have 10 pitchers on a team with just 4 starters. The specialization of baseball has gotten out of control. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Kenneth A. Cohen
Count me in among the "dinosaurs." I for one always liked the fact that 9 men hit and the same 9 played the field. I too dislike interleague play. It kills the uniqueness of the World Series and is inherently unfair. In a game where records are accorded such high importance, it seems to me that basic rules and traditions should be maintained. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Richard Simon
Jeff - how about a deal between MLB and the union to eliminate the DH but incerease the rosters to 26? That should make everyone happy. I really dislike the edge that the AL has in the WS because the NL has no real DH and has to use a guy who probably never DH'd before. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: barrysloate
Jeff- I agree that I don't like the way pitchers are being used. I hate to see a guy pitching six solid innings of one-run ball and then being pulled for a reliever. I don't quite understand how that evolved. The common wisdom is that because pitchers are paid so much they have to be protected. But guys like Gibson and Marichal and Spahn pitched complete games nearly every time out and had long and productive careers. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Doug
I say no on both. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Richard Simon
I would hope if rosters were expanded that a position player would be added. Adding a #13 pitcher would further dilute the pitching that is there now. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Rich Klein
I'd prefer something very similar to what hockey; basketball and football now do. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Bob C.
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Posted By: Frank Wakefield
No DH. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Jeff Lichtman
Richard is right--add the 26th player and eliminate the DH. The only reason the DH has not been eliminated is due to the Players Association doing all that they can to save another high-paying job. So give it to them (a non-pitcher spot) and eliminate the DH. The American League has too great an advantage during the WS with the DH as they have a player designated solely to hit; the NL ends up putting a bench player in this spot for the WS. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: JimCrandell
No DH |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Joann
Ax the DH. It makes baseball something like the NBA. Watch as much of a typical NBA game as you can tolerate and count how many shots are not either within 5 feet or a 3-pt. It's become a game of either dunks or 3's - kind of like the longball oriented DH model. The NL has a much more strategic task, it seems. I know - a stretch of an analogy with the NBA there and poorly explained, but somehow to me AL ball can have the same feel as the NBA. Dull dull dull pop. Dull dull dull pop. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Max Weder
Bob C said: |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Jeff Lichtman
Jim, for the same reason the NFL went to 14, then 16 and soon 18 games, there will always be more divisions in baseball and not less: $$$$$. More divisions means more playoff games, etc. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Kenneth A. Cohen
Interesting point on reducing rosters. The managing of pitching by rote (7th inning guy, 8th inning guy, closer) has gotten pretty tedious. There's something to say for forcing a more freeform and creative use of pitchers. Unfortunately, it'll never happen. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: barrysloate
How about doing away with $2500 seats at Yankee Stadium? |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: leon
I have never been in favor of the DH. Pitchers being able to hit, or not, is part of the game. Do away with it, is my vote. The roster can have one less or more person. I don't really care about that too much.... |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: john/z28jd
The fact that the DH was put in before I was born might weigh in on my opinion but I actually like the DH because it gives star players chances to hang on a little longer. I also watch a ton of national league games being in a house of Mets and Phillies fans and me myself being a Pirates fan and I can't stand seeing a weak hitting 8th place hitter get pitched around to face a pitcher who has no chance. I wouldnt change the NL to a DH league because its been around so much longer than the AL though. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: David McDonald
Bring back baggy uniforms!! |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Bob Manning
To respond to an earlier comment, the DH rule was instituted on a trial basis in January, 1973. Which would make it a product, not of Bush and Cheney, but of Richard M Nixon (deep in the Watergate mess by then) and Zero T Agnew (deep in everything else by then). Oh, and Charley Finley had a hand in it too, when he wasn't playing with yellow balls. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Roger
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Marty Ogelvie
I hate the DH rule but don't want to see it go... reason; my 4 year old is a BORN DHer. He hates to play the field and rarely keeps his glove on but give him a bat and he's all business. Of course he is in TBall but we pitch to our T ballers (3 pitches) and then we put it on a T for them. My 4 year old rarely sees the T. He's a natural lefty and loves low pitches. Of course it doesn't hurt that i am the coach/pitcher and I know exactly where his sweet spot is.. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Mark L
No DH. Interleague play should be limited to 6 games per year, at most. And we NEED to go back to two sets of umpires, with different strike zones. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Dan P.
Barry-- |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Bob
Agree with Jim C. on 3 of the 4 comments: |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Fred C
I don't mind the DH so long as it stays in the AL only. Expand the rosters? NO. There's got to be a little strategy that managers can employ during the game/season. It's not like I'm against change or anything. There have been so many changes in baseball through the years: |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Patrick McHugh
I feel that all players should play the entire game unless injured pitchers included. Todays baseball is not the game i grew up with. Why in high school ball the pitcher would throw 7 regardless of score or pitch count. Talking 15 year old kid. Todays game 28 year old man can only throw 100 pitches? Are you kidding me. DH Should go.Rosters should be decreased, way to many minor league pitchers sitting in major league bullpens. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Stephen Mitchell
I favor abolishing the DH. When I used to tune in (radio) Red Sox ballgames as a kid, whenever Earl Wilson was slated to pitch my imagination (stoked by announcers for the Sox) would wander: Would Wilson hit another homer to help his own cause tonight? And it almost seemed the broadcasters would build up Earl's AB as much as that of Yaz or other offensive heroes of the day. Invariably, Wilson would come through, if not with a home run, then with some other tactical maneuver - even if just by fouling off innumerable pitches he tired the opposing hurler prematurely. |
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O/T - Are you in favor of the DH? Do you think rosters should be expanded?
Posted By: Mike
I think the home team manager should decide before each game ( dh or not). That would be the same in both leagues. This would add additional stratedy to the game . For example: factors involved ( who's pitching that day, does the team have a good dh vs your dh, is your dh needing a day off, if so play without dh that day, it allows a team to force the dh out of a particular game or force him into a defensive role that day). If the other team only has one good DH and he is a right handed hitter and you are pitching a left handed pitcher the manager may select no DH that day.All teams would be the same and have the choice when at home - DH or not DH ( 81 games per year). |
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