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Designated hitter coming to NL?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ryllini" data-source="post: 1182372" data-attributes="member: 10826"><p>I'm an NL guy and really don't care for the DH, but I have come to reason that I would like to see the whole league play by the same rules, with the DH or not. I agree with maroon, the AL just absolutely houses the NL because of this outside of 5 teams from the NL annually. </p><p></p><p>I do wonder a couple of things: How much time is enough time for the 15 NL teams to develop DH style lineups. I say about 3 years for that. I also wonder, where does it end with rule changes? Why not have multiple DH's as John Smoltz has suggested? Each league would be balanced, so why not why not change the schedule and play a more round robin style of schedule since there are 162 games and get the absolute 10 best teams in the playoffs each year. One bonus of that, we can make the all star game fun again, instead of it determining home field.</p><p></p><p>Another thing to think about, it was suggested that the pitcher is a semi-automatic out, while maybe true, do you really want to see guys like Ryan Howard and his semi-automatic out of an average of .225 in the lineup everyday? He might be able to hit one over the fence 20 times a year for the next four years, but I would argue you have a better option on the bench who is a complete ball player who could help your team defensively and offensively with a double switch late in games.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ryllini, post: 1182372, member: 10826"] I'm an NL guy and really don't care for the DH, but I have come to reason that I would like to see the whole league play by the same rules, with the DH or not. I agree with maroon, the AL just absolutely houses the NL because of this outside of 5 teams from the NL annually. I do wonder a couple of things: How much time is enough time for the 15 NL teams to develop DH style lineups. I say about 3 years for that. I also wonder, where does it end with rule changes? Why not have multiple DH's as John Smoltz has suggested? Each league would be balanced, so why not why not change the schedule and play a more round robin style of schedule since there are 162 games and get the absolute 10 best teams in the playoffs each year. One bonus of that, we can make the all star game fun again, instead of it determining home field. Another thing to think about, it was suggested that the pitcher is a semi-automatic out, while maybe true, do you really want to see guys like Ryan Howard and his semi-automatic out of an average of .225 in the lineup everyday? He might be able to hit one over the fence 20 times a year for the next four years, but I would argue you have a better option on the bench who is a complete ball player who could help your team defensively and offensively with a double switch late in games. [/QUOTE]
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