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Is it acceptable or unacceptable that the two leagues have different rules as pertains to the DH?

I don't mind or prefer that the leagues have two different rules.
8 (80%)
It would be better if the leagues had the exact same rules.
2 (20%)

Total Members Voted: 10

Voting closed: May 30, 2015, 01:57:53 PM

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Re: _sturt_ing over: A DH poll.
« Reply #50: January 22, 2016, 08:59:48 AM »
Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on January 21, 2016, 03:18:00 PM
I've heard the slippery slope argument about "why just 1 DH, why not two separate squads of David Ortizes and Brendan Ryans?"

I've not heard this. I think there's a very good reason to reject the slippery slope argument though - the fact that we have 42 years of AL history without any movement (even from crackpots) towards more than a single DH.

Personally I just don't like watching terrible sports, and a pitcher batting is terrible sports. Pretty much equivalent to position players pitching, which only happens when there's no other alternative. In my perfect world, pitchers batting would be the same - like you only see a pitcher bat if there's an injury in the 18th inning and you don't have anyone left on your bench.
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