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Originally Posted by alnorth
What was intended was that every hitter in the lineup is a credible batter. In college and every lower level, that is still the case. In the very old days of baseball, that was the case.
They NEVER intended to have a useless gimp at the plate who was so overmatched and sucked so badly at his level, that you had to manage around it.
The way "baseball" is played in the NL is a twisted version of the game. The AL is more pure, I would argue more traditional, and closer to how the game is meant to be played. Our starting 9 against yours.
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Like I said, I'm for the DH. The modern game is as it is.
But, if it was intended that every hitter was credible, the solution would be to make the bad hitter better, not to say he doesn't have to bat. So it isn't "Our starting 9 against yours" at all.