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Originally Posted by dudeosu
Except those rules were made to protect a player from injury. A better analogy would be kicking or punting a ball, waiting for the catch, pausing the game to trot out someone who can actually tackle well, then resuming the play. As it is, punters may have to tackle too.
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Except that you don't stop the regular flow of the game and do something wildly out of place when a DH bats. The DH is less disruptive to the regular flow of the game than ordinary pinch hitting.
If you were watching a game in a stadium in Japan where you couldn't read the scoreboard, couldn't understand the PA announcer, and couldn't really see the numbers or faces of the batter
you wouldn't even know if the DH rule was in effect or not. It would look completely seamless.