It's been a long time now, yet the two MLB leagues have different rules! Should there be a Designated Hitter or not? It's time to consolidate!
What's really annoying is that during the playoffs, I heard not one announcer suggest that the league rules be unified. Nor one newspaper story.
What do you think?
Bill Russell
2007-11-09 07:49:09 · 7 answers · asked by billrussell42 7 in Sports ➔ Baseball
I love it. It gives 2 different aspects of the game. Also, the Red Sox DID know if Dice-K could bat because there is no DH in Japan so Dice-K has been batting his whole life. I say keep it the way it is, but it does favor NL teams since AL pitchers don't get to practice live hitting. However, nowadays w/ the AL being the better league it simply makes it more fair by consequence. I like watching AL ball to see slugfests and I like watching NL ball to see double switches and basestealing. It's a good way to demonstrate all of baseballs attributes, making it the greatest game ever!!
2007-11-09 08:17:50 · answer #1 · answered by Legends Never Die 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's been over 35 years now with the DH in the American League. Personally I don't like the DH, it takes allot of the strategy and fun out of the game.
Both teams being equally matched, the NL does have an advantage over the AL. When they have inter-league play, and game is held in a NL park, the NL benefits because the AL pitcher isn't used to hitting, when the game is help in the AL park, the NL still has the advantage because that's 1 extra bat in their lineup they normally don't have.
There is no push by anyone uniting the 2 league's rules. The AL will never get rid of the DH so if they do unify the rules, it will be the NH that adopts the DH. I'm an AL fan, but i hope the NL doesn't adopt the DH.
To $C-Note$, Japan is like the USA, it all depends on what league you play in if there is a DH or not.
2007-11-09 08:31:41 · answer #2 · answered by pedrooch 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Up until about a decade or so ago, the leagues were different entities - that is, they were legally separate organizations that happened to have agreements between them regarding certain issues. As such, each league had to set its own rules and could do so without worrying about what the other one was doing. The Designated Hitter Rule is the only significant difference remaining, but through history there have been a number of instances of the league adopting different rules at different times.
During Selig's reign as Commissioner, the league essentially merged into one organization, Major League Baseball. When they did so, the teams voted to keep the DH rule in the A.L. but not to expand it to the N.L.
2007-11-09 09:18:49 · answer #3 · answered by JerH1 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well if the rules were the same, it wouldn't be any fun to watch the all-star game, or the world series.
I laugh my head off at the pitchers in the AL who can't bat in interleague play
2007-11-12 04:53:53 · answer #4 · answered by Jeremy J. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean Rule,there's only 1 difference the DH.Which should be abolished,the game was meant to be played 9 against 9
2007-11-10 12:47:32 · answer #5 · answered by Ricky Lee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that sometimes it is unfair because that the AL isn't used to have pichers bat instead of DH, and the NL isn't used to having a DH!! I mean in the World Series, the Red Sox didn't know if Dice-K was good at bat, why? Because they are in the AL where they don't have pitchers bat!!(Luckily, he hit and RBI single)
2007-11-09 08:11:05 · answer #6 · answered by redsox12 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think ur rite ther shud b not DH
it makes the league game much mor fun having the pitcher batting
2007-11-09 08:23:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋