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Hank to NL: “Get a DH!”
By J Platt on June 17th, 2008 6:15 AM |
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Chien-Ming Wang’s injury has Yankees owner Hank Steinbrenner (pictured) fighting mad. So mad, he’s decided to call the National League out, chastising them for not having a designated hitter.
“My only message is simple. The National League needs to join the 21st century,” Steinbrenner said in Tampa, Fla. “They need to grow up and join the 21st century. Am I (mad) about it? Yes,” Steinbrenner added. “I’ve got my pitchers running the bases, and one of them gets hurt. He’s going to be out. I don’t like that, and it’s about time they address it. That was a rule from the 1800s.”
WFAN’s Mike Francesa said it best on the radio yesterday. Perhaps from now on we should parade all the Yankee pitchers in dresses. Would that make Hank happy?
Note to Hank: Pitchers were required to hit in both leagues until 1972. 1973 was the first year the American League introduced the DH. Wait… That’s the same year George Steinbrenner took over as managing partner of the Yankees. Maybe somewhere in Hank’s fairy tale reality he thinks his poppa was the reason for the DH. By him speaking now, he’s doing all he can to assert the “Steinbrenner influence.” Now I get it.
Guess what Hank, it’s not going to work. The NL’s not adapting the DH rule anytime soon, so feel free to stomp your feet all you want.
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Hank is a joke. It’s about time the DH was banished from the AL, although it will never happen. It’s also about time Interleague play ended. It has served its purpose. If anything, make it a novelty thing – every other year AL plays NL is a series of games. I would rather see it go for good, or atleast until baseball loses its fanbase again and needs a distraction to take attention off of mamoths swinging toothpicks. So interleague play once every couple years, that way teams will still make their money by skyrocketing the price of admission when the Yanks and Sox come to town, because that’s all this is about now. So enough already. I really don’t need to see the Yanks play Houston in the regular season. Who gives a sh*t besides the fans in Texas? Who gives a sh*t about the fans in Texas?
think the mariners are fans of the pitcher hitting?
The designated hitter is an absolute abomination. Do you think we would have as much of a steroid problem if the league wasn’t entirely concerned about home runs and power, as opposed to finesse play and strategy? The majors is all about the power now because of the DH.
The introduction of the DH is one of the worst things to ever happen to any sport. I am so fired up by this, I can’t even express an articulate, coherent thought.
Once I calm down, I am going to explain why the DH is an abomination, which you can check out at http://www.hotstovephilly.com.
I agree with your conclusion, but not with your reasoning. What do Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, and Sammy Sosa all have in common?
No, you missed my point. I’m not saying only the AL is power obsessed, and therefore juiced up. Both leagues are juiced and power obsessed. My point is that all of baseball is focused on scoring runs, hitting monstrous RBIs, etc. because of the DH. The NL is absolutely just as guilty of being power obsessed as the AL, but it is the AL that beget the obsession.