2007-05-19 15:07:13 · 9 answers · asked by Jordan B 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
cause baseballs cool enough to do that
2007-05-19 15:10:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For more than 100 years, the American and National Leagues thought of themselves as two separate organizations in many ways. They had their own umpiring crews, discipline set-up, etc. In 1972, the American League wanted to improve offense so it set up the DH. The National League didn't need the jump in the time.
Bud Selig has brought baseball up to date in that sense, as the two leagues now essentially work as one. The problem with the DH is that the players association wants a league to keep it; salaries for a good DH are better than that of a pinch-hitter. That's means it is going to be tough to negotiate it out of the game.
2007-05-19 23:15:41 · answer #2 · answered by wdx2bb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the NL owners insist on being dinosaurs. That is the only league left on the planet that refuses to use the DH. I'd say that they think they can afford to pay a pitchers millions of dollars a year to sit on the DL because they mashed a finger trying to hit (pitcher's don't hit, they just go up to the plate and occupy a lineup spot in doing so), or pulled a muscle running the bases. But that can't be it, because most of them scream poverty very time they can. Perhaps they don't see the correlation.
2007-05-19 22:58:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because in every other sport they are either on the court and field the entire time or the got formations. I mean in Soccer there are barely any subs and all they are trying to run a ball up and shoot, Basketball they got subs, Football they got specific players for defense special teams and offense. While in baseball they all stay in the game and got to hit the ball and having a huge guy like Papi is more exciting than seeing a pitcher hit. Also the AL was not as good so they started to use it to try and gain an advantage.
2007-05-19 22:14:29 · answer #4 · answered by captainclutch2 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No true! If you want to see two teams with different rules playing each other you need to watch the Cavs Pistons game and watch how LeBron will be treated differently.
2007-05-19 23:17:42 · answer #5 · answered by bob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because back in the early 70s the AL teams were so much worse than the NL teams that the AL managers thought that using a DH would help. They were right but the NL never got around to doing it too.
2007-05-19 22:14:52 · answer #6 · answered by RonnyJ 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Becuase half the league wanted to change a rule and half wanted to keep it so half the league got the change.
2007-05-19 22:16:31 · answer #7 · answered by imsmartkid 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the only difference in rules is that of the use of the designated hitter in the american league
2007-05-19 22:13:12 · answer #8 · answered by flamepich 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because only Baseball has 2 different leagues. DUH!!!
2007-05-19 22:28:46 · answer #9 · answered by ronald g 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋