tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124199447887747259.post5541385089754572424..comments2023-05-29T09:37:34.273-04:00Comments on The Sports Blog that needs a good name!: Hank Steinbrenner is a doucheTravis Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866368513847122466noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124199447887747259.post-16797493941437291542008-06-16T21:47:00.000-04:002008-06-16T21:47:00.000-04:00Settle down Travi, he's still just a Steinbrenner....Settle down Travi, he's still just a Steinbrenner. You're gonna have to get used to this type of crying. <BR/><BR/>But you're 100% correct. Implementing a DH would just be horrible to the NL and all of MLB. One of the beauties, in my eyes, of baseball is the two separate leagues and their difference in their rules. <BR/><BR/>You look at the other major sports in our country. The NFL has two conferences, which mean pretty much nothing now... They were two different companies at one time but now one of the original AFL teams (Seattle Seahawks) are in the NFC. The rules are the same in both conferences, its just a somewhat random, somewhat organized categorization of teams. Same with the NBA. I don't know how they divided their teams up but the rules are the same in the East and the West.<BR/><BR/>As you pointed out, strategy is another reason to not have the DH rule in the NL (if I had it my way, the AL too). No hit and runs, no bunting, reduced steals, no double switches, etc.<BR/><BR/>The only good thing I can 'kind of' see about a DH is extending one's career. Being a huge Piazza fan, I liked seeing him still play even when he couldn't play catcher, but at the same time, it was kind of hard. Seeing someone who was as good as he was be reduced to DH was pretty discouraging to me. He wasn't as bad as some others who didn't know when to let it go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com