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I believe that the National League will eventually get the designated hitter rule. Daily interleague play has made it necessary, I feel.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on May 30, 2014 at 5:06 PM
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I think they should! Ever since the league has allowed for inter-league play, there have been several American League pitchers who have been injured running the bases after a walk or a hit. Normally, someone else would have been batting and running bases for them! Pitchers are there to pitch, not run bases! I mean, in football, no one asks the quarterback to tackle punt returners on Special Teams, and no one asks a hockey goaly to run up the ice and try to score a goal! There's a reason why they call them 'position players!' I think all teams should be using Designated Hitters . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on May 30, 2014 at 12:54 PM
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