NL to add DH?!

**The Giant** · 01-21-16, 11:52 PM

I actually like the contrast in leagues.

**mikewlgm** · 01-21-16, 11:57 PM

Originally posted by The Giant

I actually like the contrast in leagues.

I do to.....its been that way since 1973

**El Nino** · 01-22-16, 03:04 AM

Watching a pitcher bat 0.83 and sac bunt is terrible. It inflates pitcher's #'s. I don't give a rat's ass about double switches and strategy. I don't need to see Bartolo Colon fan 3 times. Speed the game up and make it uniform. The absurd amount of interleague play has already bastardized the leagues. Just be done with it.

**walkbalkerror** · 01-22-16, 06:03 AM

Id leave it the way it is just to watch Bartolo Colon bat again.

**konck** · 01-22-16, 06:08 AM

I like baseball in its true form no DH Kills to much of the game.
I dont need to see a pin ball like atmosphere I like that 1-0 2-1
game every now an then. Game loses way to much with DH....

**Mr KLC** · 01-22-16, 07:41 AM

I uses to be a traditionalist on this subject, but have changed my mind after the Astros moved to the AL, and I started seeing the DH frequently. I think it is better to have the pitcher be a specialist like a kicker/punter in football, or a goalie in soccer or hockey. Let them totally focus on their trade. They already determine a big part of the game without having to go to the plate and wiff, in most cases.

**smitch124** · 01-22-16, 08:21 AM

The main thing I have disliked about the DH is that it allows a player to get multiple at bats without having to take the field. That's just not baseball. Baseball is about hitting AND fielding. That being said the DH is prevalent at so many lower levels now, that many pitchers are a danger to themselves at the plate and on the bases. So this change is inevitable, I'll have to live with it.

**Mr KLC** · 01-30-16, 09:00 AM

As for the rumors of the designated hitter coming soon to the National League, Reds COO Bob Castellini offered a one-word comment Thursday — “No.”

Like everyone else in baseball, Castellini heard the remarks of Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak earlier this month that there was “more momentum” for the DH to come to the National League. Mozeliak’s comments plus the upcoming expiration of Major League Baseball’s Collective Bargaining Agreement with the MLB Players’ Association set baseball Twitter and blogs into overreaction mode, forecasting the DH for as soon as 2017.

That’s not happening, and if Castellini has a say — and he does — it won’t ever happen.

“All that is blown out of proportion,” Castellini said before at the kickoff of the Reds Caravan on Thursday morning. “There’s no groundswell for it. The commissioner had a press interview after our owners’ meeting and he was taken out of context.”

**ByeShea** · 01-30-16, 09:24 AM

Originally posted by El Nino

Watching a pitcher bat 0.83 and sac bunt is terrible. It inflates pitcher's #'s. I don't give a rat's ass about double switches and strategy. I don't need to see Bartolo Colon fan 3 times. Speed the game up and make it uniform. The absurd amount of interleague play has already bastardized the leagues. Just be done with it.

Clearly an American League fan.

This proposal is bullsh*t.

**texhooper** · 01-30-16, 11:38 AM

This will happen eventually and it will be a great day. Every second or third inning gets ruined because of a goddamn sorry ass pitcher coming to the plate.

**El Nino** · 01-30-16, 03:56 PM

Originally posted by ByeShea

Clearly an American League fan.

This proposal is bullsh*t.

The game has evolved and has become more specialized. A vast majority of pitchers don't even want to hit. When it's cold, they leave their jacket on, they don't run to first, it's attrocious. 90% of them are an easy K. Inflates NL pitcher's stats so bad.

**TheLock** · 01-30-16, 03:58 PM

Originally posted by The Giant

I actually like the contrast in leagues.

Me too.

Change for the sake of change is ghey.

**DrunkHorseplayer** · 01-30-16, 04:41 PM

The DH is nowhere near as bad as pitchers who pitch to only one or two batters.

**ByeShea** · 01-30-16, 05:14 PM

Originally posted by El Nino

The game has evolved and has become more specialized. A vast majority of pitchers don't even want to hit. When it's cold, they leave their jacket on, they don't run to first, it's attrocious. 90% of them are an easy K. Inflates NL pitcher's stats so bad.

DH was a mistake. It is a perversion.

The discussion should be when the AL is getting rid of it - that would be sick.

**El Nino** · 01-30-16, 05:46 PM

Originally posted by ByeShea

DH was a mistake. It is a perversion.

The discussion should be when the AL is getting rid of it - that would be sick.

So is interleague play and having an exhibition game decide home field advantage for the World Series.

**DrunkHorseplayer** · 01-30-16, 05:53 PM

The leagues should be eliminated and the divisions based on geography.

**pavyracer** · 01-30-16, 06:43 PM

I don't like it at all. I really enjoy watching pitchers strike out. Makes the game faster.

**TheMoneyShot** · 01-30-16, 07:26 PM

Always been a fan about the DH. Naturally being in Detroit... and a Tigers fan... you get use to it throughout your entire life.

But, I also do like watching a National League game when the pitcher bats. I'm also use to it.

I think it gives you "variety". And some people do like variety.

So... just leave everything alone.

**ByeShea** · 01-30-16, 08:46 PM

Originally posted by El Nino

So is interleague play and having an exhibition game decide home field advantage for the World Series.

Inter league play is a disaster. They're just blurring the leagues. Bad trend.

If I don't like the WS home field thing is because it's gimmicky. Doesn't mean much to me though.

**unde0087** · 01-31-16, 03:54 AM

Originally posted by El Nino

Watching a pitcher bat 0.83 and sac bunt is terrible. It inflates pitcher's #'s. I don't give a rat's ass about double switches and strategy. I don't need to see Bartolo Colon fan 3 times. Speed the game up and make it uniform. The absurd amount of interleague play has already bastardized the leagues. Just be done with it.

I would rather watch a pitcher bat because that is REAL baseball. If you can't field your position you have no business batting or playing professional baseball for that matter.

**mohye1980** · 01-31-16, 04:14 AM

Let the nl have a dh. With pitchers salaries rising to absurd amounts do you want Zack grienke or David price pulling or breaking something rounding out a ground ball? It makes sense it's time.

**cankid** · 01-31-16, 04:36 AM

experiment with it one year or for a block games

**cala56** · 02-03-16, 09:59 AM

I love the idea, is silly to play in two differents ways. Batting is equal to funny games.

**mets2016ny** · 02-06-16, 09:39 AM

Not gonna happen

**jjgold** · 02-06-16, 02:04 PM

More strategy with pitchers batting

**cala56** · 02-06-16, 06:17 PM

**Mr KLC** · 03-06-16, 09:11 AM

Today in baseball history. Larry Hisle became the first DH to play the game.

**Dan Kelly** · 03-06-16, 09:31 AM

The 2 worst inventions of the 20th century = Golf Carts and the DH.

BoL

**Mr KLC** · 10-15-16, 03:33 PM

Reds outfielder Adam Duvall is not a fan of the DH. He prefers the old school National League style of play. Here's what he told ESPN's Mark Saxon recently:
One rule you would change?
Duvall: I don't know. I mean, I enjoy watching National League games because of the pitchers having to hit. Maybe that would be it. It makes it so much more interesting, having to juggle the pieces rather than just being able to leave it alone. The double switch is very interesting because you have to know what you're doing and it can change a ballgame. So, maybe get rid of the DH would be it.

Reds' Adam Duvall wants baseball to get rid of the designated hitter

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/reds-adam-duvall-wants-baseball-to-get-rid-of-the-designated-hitter/?04H

He prefers the strategy of National League baseball