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The Cardinals need our thoughts and prayers!

Journal by fustakrakich

They're down 3-0 against the, Nationals? Who the hell are they? And when did the Astros jump over to the American league?

 

Reply to: Re:Not Prayers...

    (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @08:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 15 2019, @08:15PM (#907537)

    That's too bad. I still hope the National League will win it.

    AC you replied to here.

    Me too. Even if it's the hated Nationals.

    A lot of that is because I despise the designated hitter (DH) [wikipedia.org]. Having a DH destroys a lot of the drama and complexity of the game. If the pitcher (generally not very good hitters, Shohei Ohtani and Babe Ruth notwithstanding) has to get into the batters' box (if a player is on the field on defense, they should bat as well, IMHO), managers need to use their bench more extensively and make more decisions about pulling a pitcher.

    The DH (implemented by the American League in 1973, likely as a result of the pitching dominance of the 1960s that led to the lowering of the mound [mlb.com] as well).

    Also, there are lots of folks out there who just want to see home runs, rather than manufacturing them through hustle and quality play. Which is what the Cardinals (I mentioned "The Cardinal Way" in my previous post) were so successful at doing for so long.

    These days, it's not unusual for a star player to strike out 200 times in ~500 at-bats in one season. By contrast, Ty Cobb [baseball-reference.com] (racist asshole that he was, but a *great* baseball player) struck out a *total* of 680 times in more than 11,000 at-bats over 24 years.

    They are cliches, but they are so because they're true: "Put the bat on the ball," "Hit it where they ain't," etc.

    The widespread use of defensive shifts these days (yes, I know they shifted against guys like Ted Williams [wikipedia.org] as far back as the 1950s), just shows how hitters are primarily focused on home runs rather than getting on base and "keeping the line moving." [en.mimi.hu] More's the pity.

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