Comments on: The Debut of the DH http://seamheads.com/2009/11/21/the-debut-of-the-dh/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:40:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cary http://seamheads.com/2009/11/21/the-debut-of-the-dh/comment-page-1/#comment-15340 Cary Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:26:39 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2009/11/21/the-debut-of-the-dh/#comment-15340 If I added right, that's 13 for 57 for a .228, which should have stopped the experiment right there. Either get rid of the designated hitter, or expand the rosters and have offense and defense in baseball, where hitting is optional for every defender. As far as it being almost always the pitcher, I'm pretty sure the rule reads that only the pitcher can be designated hit for. I've been wrong about more important things, but that's how I remember it.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('15340','Cary'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('15340','Cary','If I added right, that\'s 13 for 57 for a .228, which should have stopped the experiment right there. Either get rid of the designated hitter, or expand the rosters and have offense and defense in baseball, where hitting is optional for every defender. \r\n\r\nAs far as it being almost always the pitcher, I\'m pretty sure the rule reads that only the pitcher can be designated hit for. I\'ve been wrong about more important things, but that\'s how I remember it.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> If I added right, that’s 13 for 57 for a .228, which should have stopped the experiment right there. Either get rid of the designated hitter, or expand the rosters and have offense and defense in baseball, where hitting is optional for every defender.

As far as it being almost always the pitcher, I’m pretty sure the rule reads that only the pitcher can be designated hit for. I’ve been wrong about more important things, but that’s how I remember it.

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