Comments on: MLB Interleague Play

By: Carl Braun

Carl Braun — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:30:53 +0000

I agree about the interleague having run its course, but disagree about the DH. I prefer the National League for strategy and the usefulness of bench players. Seeing Felix Hernandez and CC Sabathia hit homers recently reminds us that usually growing up pitchers are one of the top athletes and then get hit for in college and in the minors, then into the majors; it just doesn’t make sense. I agree that a pitcher batting provides ownership for what he had done in the field. Hitters were afraid of Bob Gibson, but so were pitchers. This actually hurts credibility of guys like Clemens who didn’t get to hit in the AL (until interleague), but it also hurts his overall play because Clemens would have been a solid hitter. I would prefer baseball doesn’t start to appease every opinion like the other sports have. I still feel wild cards were a bad addition. Soon we will have months of playoffs like basketball.

By: Mad Artist

Mad Artist — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:05:52 +0000

The novelty of interleague play wore off very fast for me. Is there anything more
silly than watching an American League pitcher attempt to hit a baseball? Perhaps a liberal trying to
complete a logical thought could compete for absurdity, but that said: Let pitchers pitch and hitters hit.

By: Bostonian

Bostonian — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:11:28 +0000

Here, here. Pitchers batting is such a foolish throwback. What’s next? Leaving gloves in the outfield? Reintroducing the spitball? (Come to think of it, I would like that spitball reversal of fortune). Nothing is more ridiculous than a pitcher killing a rally with a double play, or worse, ending a great comback with an injury from wagging a bat, as happened to Bartolo Colon two weeks ago. The only positive piece of pitchers batting is judgment day: You throw at someone’s head, and your head might pay the price.