For years purists and NL supporters would back the no DH rule simply because it is too convenient and makes too much sense, but let's face it, it makes for horrendous baseball as a fan. The cons outweigh the pros (double switch? 
) by such a large margin that it is surprising this debate still goes on, and that the anti DH crowd seemingly outnumber the pro DH by as much as it does.
To list a few: The bottom of the order rendered basically useless, excessive bunting/wasting of outs, pitchers getting yanked earlier than they should for a below avg batter, pitchers racking up easier outs/utilizing the bottom of order as a safety net/rally killer (just kills the momentum and flow of games), instead of allowing the best to do what they do best, replacing them with the worst with pitchers having to hit etc.
All for what exactly? The excitement of seeing some predictable strategical display carry out (because of course this is what fans come to see, not the likes of David Ortiz hitting rather than Russ) or under some false pretense that making players who are clearly not capable of being overall players improves the quality of the sport. Remind me, how is this good for the game again?
I know this is isn't a popular position I'm taking but I find it hard to believe that as many people who oppose it cannot see the logic in the DH position, as it seems like this point of view is the minority simply because it is unpopular to think this way amongst the baseball community. At the very least I support the idea of doing the switch, AL rules in NL parks and vice versa.
Thoughts?
) by such a large margin that it is surprising this debate still goes on, and that the anti DH crowd seemingly outnumber the pro DH by as much as it does.To list a few: The bottom of the order rendered basically useless, excessive bunting/wasting of outs, pitchers getting yanked earlier than they should for a below avg batter, pitchers racking up easier outs/utilizing the bottom of order as a safety net/rally killer (just kills the momentum and flow of games), instead of allowing the best to do what they do best, replacing them with the worst with pitchers having to hit etc.
All for what exactly? The excitement of seeing some predictable strategical display carry out (because of course this is what fans come to see, not the likes of David Ortiz hitting rather than Russ) or under some false pretense that making players who are clearly not capable of being overall players improves the quality of the sport. Remind me, how is this good for the game again?
I know this is isn't a popular position I'm taking but I find it hard to believe that as many people who oppose it cannot see the logic in the DH position, as it seems like this point of view is the minority simply because it is unpopular to think this way amongst the baseball community. At the very least I support the idea of doing the switch, AL rules in NL parks and vice versa.
Thoughts?
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