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Jack Rabbit

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8. Keep digging a hole for yourself, my good man

Reply to El Supremo (Reply #6)

Thu May 10, 2012, 03:21 PM

May 2012

Let's see, when this bill of goods was sold to baseball by snake oil salesmen like Charlie Finley, it was to add more offense to the game. However, when we measure offense by runs scored, the most obvious offensive category, we see that the DH added little and you say its not about runs. Batting average? No better. On base percentage, now? Were the overall stats much different in 1972?

The only thing the DH did was remove a strategic element from the game. That's doing something to baseball, not for it.

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Gloat Free Baseball Scores (Wednesday, May 9) [View all] Jack Rabbit May 2012 OP

I see PITCHER Tim Lincecum had a HIT and an RBI Auggie May 2012 #1

Opposition to the DH, of course, is not about the pitchers who can hit Jack Rabbit May 2012 #2

So far this year: El Supremo May 2012 #3

That is not a good reason to have the DH Jack Rabbit May 2012 #4

What is strategy? El Supremo May 2012 #5

You conveniently omitted pinch hitting for a lesser hitter Jack Rabbit May 2012 #7

There are lies, damned lies and statistics. El Supremo May 2012 #9

I'll take that as "to be continued . . . " Jack Rabbit May 2012 #10

Batting average is not a fair comparison. El Supremo May 2012 #6

Keep digging a hole for yourself, my good man Jack Rabbit May 2012 #8