[Magdalen] World Serious

[Kate Conant]

I quit watching baseball about the time that the DH rule came in.  It had
always been such fun to cheer whenever Hank Aguirre (a Tiger pitcher)
managed to hit a foul ball!!



"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 11:16 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> It should have never been adopted in the first place.
>
> The traditional holdout
>
> On Thursday, October 29, 2015, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The DH rule SHOULD be adopted by BOTH leagues. The NL is an anachronistic
> > holdout.
> >
> > The curmudgeonly convert,
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com
> > <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com
> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > > > I really hate the DH, though.
> > >
> > > <Warning: Non-fan of sports about to speak>
> > >
> > > I always thought the Designated Hitter rule was intended either to be
> > > adopted, eventually, by both major leagues or dropped. Seems odd that
> > > each league has had this significant difference in rules and then
> > > purports to have a "world" championship between the leagues' leaders
> > > on an equal basis.
> > >
> > > (While a non-fan, I do know that the rule, in the American League
> > > only, allows teams to name a Designated Hitter to take a turn at bat
> > > in place of the pitcher, throughout the game, and this is the standard
> > > AL practice. So pitchers only pitch, never bat. In the National
> > > League, pitchers have to take their turn in the batting order unless
> > > replaced temporarily by a pinch hitter under normal both-leagues
> > > rules.)
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Scott R. Knitter
> > > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Christopher Hart
> >
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> >
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