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In response to "Not having a DH makes the games far more interesting, in my opinion. Far more. " by Volnelk

The whole strategy revolves around the pitcher being a horrible hitter.

Posted by Inigo (aka Inigo) Jul 9 '21, 05:50

It's basically, "Look at all these inventive ways we made to make this suck less!"

I'd imagine that if in the NFL the NFC historically had kickers also be offensive lineman, there'd be a lot of unique strategies around keeping the QB safe despite the kicker not being able to block a 260 pound defensive end. Still wouldn't make it better. It'd just be covering up for a clear deficiency.

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It’s a necessary trade-off due to skill specialization imo. -- nm - znufrii Jul 9, 06:07 14
- It's something that's been fixed for almost 50 years, but...tradition. - Inigo Jul 9, 06:12 13
  - What needed fixing, exactly? - znufrii Jul 9, 06:17 12
    - One positional expectation of failure. A handful of competent hitters amongst the hundreds of failures isn’t a selling point. - Will Hunting Jul 9, 06:40
    - Pitchers are horrible hitters and painful to watch bat. -- (edited) - Inigo Jul 9, 06:39 10
      - But to counter that, doesn’t that also help the opposing pitcher? -- nm - Volnelk Jul 9, 06:46 9
        
        Sure. Traditionally, the NL has an overall lower ERA than the AL does. - Inigo Jul 9, 06:55
        
        I agree. A "detriment" to a team is value-neutral. The benefit of the opposing pitcher batting cancels out the detriment of your pitcher batting. -- nm - mara Jul 9, 06:51 7
        
        To the teams overall, yes. To the sport, no. - Inigo Jul 9, 06:57
        
        Half of the at-bats this year by pitchers (non-Ohtani) end in strikeout. 737 of 1469. That’s not entertainment. They bat .110 (161 hits) -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 9, 06:56 5
        
        If it’s “entertainment” you want, let’s just let them juice up and go out and hit some dingers. -- nm - znufrii Jul 9, 07:44 2
        
        Or just take the already implemented solution? -- nm - Inigo Jul 9, 07:50 1
        
        Nah, too complicated. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 9, 07:52
        
        I just fundamentally disagree because I look at it as a part of the overall game. - Volnelk Jul 9, 07:26 1
        
        yep -- nm - mud Jul 9, 07:33

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