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6. True but it goes both ways.

Reply to kairos12 (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 13, 2019, 01:41 PM

Feb 2019

Just think how the stats of American League pitchers would have been helped from 1973 to present if they only had to face 8 major league batters instead of 9 every game.

Justin Verlander
Jim Palmer
Nolan Ryan
Mike Mussina
Roger Clemens
Roy Halladay
Randy Johnson
Pedro Martinez

Just imagine the stats of those guys and countless others if they played their entire careers in the National League.

What's even more impressive is that Halladay, Mussina,Pedro and Johnson all spent their prime years in the AL facing the DH and steroids. I purposely ignored Clemens for obvious reasons.

With no DH, Nolan Ryan would have had over 7,000 strikeouts for sure.

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First DH to hit in the regular season [View all] kairos12 Feb 2019 OP

Would you like to see the DH available in the National League? True Dough Feb 2019 #1

I've long been opposed to the DH. However, I recognize my attitude could be of kairos12 Feb 2019 #3

I figured you were a purist True Dough Feb 2019 #4

That's a fine point. I hadn't thought of that. kairos12 Feb 2019 #5

True but it goes both ways. Power 2 the People Feb 2019 #6

NO Auggie Feb 2019 #7

And half of Baseball died. Cartoonist Feb 2019 #2