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Originally Posted by mikev
A lot of relief pitchers and closers don't hit in the national league, either. Maybe we should get rid of relief pitchers since they don't take a place in the lineup.
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But they do have to take a place in the lineup. That's the point. They still become a strategic obstacle, something to be dealt with or double-switched into the game. There is no way around it in the NL. If you put your best reliever in in the bottom of the 8th inning and his spot comes up in the top of the ninth, you have to consider whether it is worth pinch hitting for him or not. I like that.