the DH is ruining baseball

[flyingboujanero]

DH sucks


GO Cubbies!!!

yes, i know

 

[Jzero]

Nevermind the DH. Sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow is ruining baseball. I went to the Bosox v. O's game on Saturday and almost went ballistic when those Baltimore bastards managed to tie it up in the 8th. The game was already running 4 hours (WHY IS THE AL SO EFFING SLOW?) and if there was going to be extra innings, I was going to have to drag my Chowderhead buddy kicking and screaming out of the stadium. Lucky for me, one team pulled ahead in the 9th. Lucky for Mr. Chowderhead, it was the Sox.

Here's how I would fix baseball:
1. 15 second play clock in between pitches. If the batter is out of the box, it's a strike. If it's the pitcher causing the delay, it's a ball.
2. 5 fouls and you're out. Worked great on the schoolyard to keep things moving. Works great for pros, too.
3. No warmup pitches when a reliever comes in. You were just warming up in the bullpen. I don't want to sit there for 5 minutes watching everyone dick around everytime a new pitcher comes to the mound.
4. Minimum length of time/pitches/batters before you can bring in another reliever. Not so important if Rule #3 is enforced. 5 minutes of dicking around, followed by 10 minutes of dicking around for 5 pitches to a single batter, followed by another 5 minutes of dicking around when that pitcher gets replaced? Give me a break.

My friend once said "The great thing about baseball is that there is drama waiting in every pitch." I don't know if he came up with that on his own, but he's absolutely right. The problem is that there isn't any drama in the absurd amount of dead time that comes between every pitch. Let's get those pitches coming a little more quickly to the plate and then worry about tubby sluggers who can't field all that well. I can handle slow. I like golf and soccer for pete's sake, but baseball is way over the top. It's not necessarily that the game is slow that is the problem, but that there's more useless downtime than even football!

 

[Aquaman]

why don't you like the DH?

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Jzero
Nevermind the DH. Sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow is ruining baseball. I went to the Bosox v. O's game on Saturday and almost went ballistic when those Baltimore bastards managed to tie it up in the 8th. The game was already running 4 hours (WHY IS THE AL SO EFFING SLOW?) and if there was going to be extra innings, I was going to have to drag my Chowderhead buddy kicking and screaming out of the stadium. Lucky for me, one team pulled ahead in the 9th. Lucky for Mr. Chowderhead, it was the Sox.

Here's how I would fix baseball:
1. 15 second play clock in between pitches. If the batter is out of the box, it's a strike. If it's the pitcher causing the delay, it's a ball.
2. 5 fouls and you're out. Worked great on the schoolyard to keep things moving. Works great for pros, too.
3. No warmup pitches when a reliever comes in. You were just warming up in the bullpen. I don't want to sit there for 5 minutes watching everyone dick around everytime a new pitcher comes to the mound.
4. Minimum length of time/pitches/batters before you can bring in another reliever. Not so important if Rule #3 is enforced. 5 minutes of dicking around, followed by 10 minutes of dicking around for 5 pitches to a single batter, followed by another 5 minutes of dicking around when that pitcher gets replaced? Give me a break.

My friend once said "The great thing about baseball is that there is drama waiting in every pitch." I don't know if he came up with that on his own, but he's absolutely right. The problem is that there isn't any drama in the absurd amount of dead time that comes between every pitch. Let's get those pitches coming a little more quickly to the plate and then worry about tubby sluggers who can't field all that well. I can handle slow. I like golf and soccer for pete's sake, but baseball is way over the top. It's not necessarily that the game is slow that is the problem, but that there's more useless downtime than even football!

Thats actually a good idea.

 

[deftron]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Shens. Ortiz for MVP.

this man speaks the truth