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Designated hitter coming to NL?
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<blockquote data-quote="illini8507" data-source="post: 1182568" data-attributes="member: 17801"><p>one of the big arguments for DH is that it keeps aging players in the game, and that removing it would put a lot of players out of work, and thus the union would never allow it. On the flip side of that, my opinion is that having the DH, while it doesn't take away the job of bench players, they are still going to be there, it greatly diminishes their roles on teams. How often do bench players in the AL get at bats late in game, or get to play the field for a few innings due to the double switch? I don't know if theres a place that tracks AB's for bench players, I guess if I really wanted to know I could just look up some players individual stats on baseball-reference, but id be willing to bet that bench guys in the AL are getting a lot less playing time than in the NL, because theres less need to pinch hit.</p><p> </p><p> If I were a MLB bench player I would be against the DH</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="illini8507, post: 1182568, member: 17801"] one of the big arguments for DH is that it keeps aging players in the game, and that removing it would put a lot of players out of work, and thus the union would never allow it. On the flip side of that, my opinion is that having the DH, while it doesn't take away the job of bench players, they are still going to be there, it greatly diminishes their roles on teams. How often do bench players in the AL get at bats late in game, or get to play the field for a few innings due to the double switch? I don't know if theres a place that tracks AB's for bench players, I guess if I really wanted to know I could just look up some players individual stats on baseball-reference, but id be willing to bet that bench guys in the AL are getting a lot less playing time than in the NL, because theres less need to pinch hit. If I were a MLB bench player I would be against the DH [/QUOTE]
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