(05-27-2018 06:06 AM)chargeradio Wrote:  

(05-26-2018 08:39 AM)AllTideUp Wrote:  I've always thought the most reasonable way to alter the DH rule and make it uniform was to allow each team to use one as long as the starting pitcher is still in the game. When the starter is removed then the DH must be removed as well for his next turn in the order.

Of course, you could leave the player in the game as long as you switched him to a position in the field. Other than that, you are forced to bat your relief pitchers or use pinch hitters.

You could also add an extra roster spot and give everyone 26 so that more veterans are likely to stick around and have the opportunity to utilize the DH spot to extend their careers. The union will be happy with that.

All in all, I think this would actually add more strategy to the game rather than decrease it which is what the DH position essentially does. It would also take care of the complaint that having the pitchers hit just reduces offense and gives the opposing team an easy out.

I've always thought the rule should be uniform for both leagues especially since interleague play counts towards your division standings.

Of course, it will never happen because it's baseball and everyone's too stubborn to consider new ideas.

EDIT: That and even as an NL fan, there is a little tug in my heart that wants to see my Braves get a chance to use a DH every night. Even if you didn't have a stud at the position and most teams wouldn't; it would give every team an opportunity to play that guy that needs extra at-bats. Every team has at least one of those guys at any given time.

I’d like to see the DH substitution rules relaxed to match those of their position players, which opens up the double switch.

I am not sure if I understand because sometimes DH will move to a position in the field after a field guy is pinch hit for. Then the pinch hitter becomes the new DH.

For example, the starting catcher gets the day off as catcher and instead is the DH that day. Later in the day, the new catcher is taken out for a pinch hitter. So the DH slides into the catcher spot on the field, and the pinch hitter becomes the DH.