The National League & the DH

[countryboy]

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Of course there is strategy involved, my argument is that it is overated. Double switches, are they really that complicated? Not even close. Nothing in this game is complicated, any manager would tell you that. It's generally the fans who like to think they are more sophisticated than other sports fans. Every time I hear some yahoo comparing baseball to a chess match I fall out of my chair laughing. This is coming from a lifelong baseball fan who follows exactly ZERO other sports.

Nothing in the game is complicated? As a guy who played from T-Ball through College I would highly disagree with you that nothing in the game is complicated. There are aspects of the game that are very much like a chess match, but I don't want you falling out of your chair and hurting yourself.

[SmooveMove]

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Of course there is strategy involved, my argument is that it is overated. Double switches, are they really that complicated? Not even close. Nothing in this game is complicated, any manager would tell you that. It's generally the fans who like to think they are more sophisticated than other sports fans. Every time I hear some yahoo comparing baseball to a chess match I fall out of my chair laughing. This is coming from a lifelong baseball fan who follows exactly ZERO other sports.

Why does it have to be "complicated". Even if it isn't it still adds another layer to a game that effects multiple situations. Some people want their baseball to stay that way. It doesn't matter if its complicated or not.

[SCSU1994]

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Completely off topic but does anyone know a way to make custom divisions? My buddy and I always do a franchise where I'm the Yankees and he's the Mets. Last year they had the subway series every season in the game but this year it's only 2016. I want to put us in the same division so after one season we don't just sit there playing the PC.

[countryboy]

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Completely off topic but does anyone know a way to make custom divisions? My buddy and I always do a franchise where I'm the Yankees and he's the Mets. Last year they had the subway series every season in the game but this year it's only 2016. I want to put us in the same division so after one season we don't just sit there playing the PC.

There is no way of doing custom divisions unfortunately.

[JPCaveman13]

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Of course there is strategy involved, my argument is that it is overated. Double switches, are they really that complicated? Not even close. Nothing in this game is complicated, any manager would tell you that. It's generally the fans who like to think they are more sophisticated than other sports fans. Every time I hear some yahoo comparing baseball to a chess match I fall out of my chair laughing. This is coming from a lifelong baseball fan who follows exactly ZERO other sports.

No, double switches aren't complicated to pull off. The complexity comes from the situation surrounding it. Also, it's not really overrated to have to decide whether you can afford to have a defensive liability for an offensive boost.

For argument's sake, it's Game Seven of the World Series in a NL park. Do you put Ortiz in the field so you can have his bat, knowing that his fielding range is about five feet in any direction, or do you sacrifice a definite run-producing threat for a more sure-handed, rangy fielder??

[timmermac]

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Ahem.... Mike Hampton, anybody?

[ajra21]

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thats a bunch of bull....double switching has so much strategy. U know how many times i've watched a DS happen only for the game to go into extras with the pitcher spot ending up in the 3 hole. In the NL u can literally walk 2 batters just to make the manager make a decision....pull his starter early in hopes the PH hits a jack, or put his useless hitting pitcher (most of the time) at the plate and hope the bat hits the ball with his eyes closed. In the AL u might find a weak 8 or 9 hole hitter but if theres 2 outs and the winning runner on third and the 7 hole hitter is up theres no walking 2 batters to get to that pitcher and force the managers hand. AL strategy is slim to none. NL strategy starts before the lineup is even made.

"doubling switches"? no, not really. so much of this stuff is overrated and doesn't really impact the game.

[countryboy]

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"doubling switches"? no, not really. so much of this stuff is overrated and doesn't really impact the game.

Are we both watching the same sport of baseball?

[41_Tom_Seaver_Fan]

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"doubling switches"? no, not really. so much of this stuff is overrated and doesn't really impact the game.

Not meant as an insult, but you truly don't understand this game if you believe that. Listen to Harold Reynolds (a life long AL'er before Interleague started) during the World Series 2 years ago...even he gets really excited and makes an admission of how "boring" AL baseball was compared to the tension filled strategy of the NL game.

He PLAYED the game professionally.

David Ortiz's glove should be at first if you want him to hit...period.

[Ghost Of The Year]

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Show me. Back in January he said it could happen as early as 2017 when the next Cba negotiations are. Then he recanted that and said it was up to the owners and since the financials would change so much the NL owners aren't all that interested. Manfred doesn't get to make that call at all.

Definitely a Missouri Man.
J/K

[Speedy]

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I understand why people like the DH but don't go after my boy Bartolo...

[Speedy]

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I don't care what the NL does.

Well then...

I don't care what the JUNIOR circuit does.

[Ghost Of The Year]

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Well then...

I don't care what the Western League does.

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[ChavezAthletics]

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Nothing in the game is complicated? As a guy who played from T-Ball through College I would highly disagree with you that nothing in the game is complicated. There are aspects of the game that are very much like a chess match, but I don't want you falling out of your chair and hurting yourself.

If "like a chess match" you mean that moves/decisions need to be anticipated and formulated in advance, well that kind of sounds like a typical Saturday - practices, games, recitals, errands, lunch, etc. Any Major League manager would have his hands full around here. But a chess match? What a joke. Some baseball fans need to get over themselves!

[countryboy]

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If "like a chess match" you mean that moves/decisions need to be anticipated and formulated in advance, well that kind of sounds like a typical Saturday - practices, games, recitals, errands, lunch, etc. Any Major League manager would have his hands full around here. But a chess match? What a joke. Some baseball fans need to get over themselves!

And some need to actually get into the game.