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"Baseball is simply a better game without the DH. " - Bob Costas
"The top ten reasons why the DH is lame (by The DonutRun Soapbox):
10. It makes pitching a bigger wiener job than it already is...you already only get to play every four games (starters) or only a few innings (relievers)...the DH only lets you play in half of each inning you are in!
9. Most major league pitchers were, at one point, the best athlete on their little league or high school team - and great hitters - they simply lost the skill because it wasn't valued. They have to practice longer to keep both their arm and their bat sharp? That's toooooo bad, especially considering #6.
8. You're more likely to get hurt boarding the Lear jet with its low door than you are running the bases, so that excuse is out the window.
7. If you get tired after running 90 feet, nobody should be paying you hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to be an athlete, so that excuse was holding hands with number 3 when it went out the window.
6. Only three things in life (but that's a different column) are more fun than batting practice, so why rob pitchers of one of life's great pleasures?
5. The strategy involved in pinch hitting for the pitcher or trying to stretch a pitcher's stay because of his place in the line up is magnificently entertaining...people who don't get that just don't get the essence of baseball and its nuances.
4. It keeps fat guys and old guys in the game. Sure, it's fun to see Cecil Fielder or Methusaleh crush one, but lets make them earn their money or send them to the town softball league where they belong!
3. It dilutes the talent pool in two ways: first, some prospects have got to chose the outfield over the mound because they don't want to give up hitting and secondly, teams hoard hitters who could be playing in place of weaker players on other teams.
2. Look how cool it is when Steve Avery drives in three runs with a triple to help his own cause in the post season...now that's baseball.
1. Basically, if you can't do it all you gotta go back to practice and learn how...or go be a punter."
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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn
Well, the average OOTP user...downloads the game, manages his favorite team and that's it.
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According to OOTP itself, OOTP MLB play (modern and historical) outnumbers OOTP fictional play three to one.
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