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Designated hitter - 5/16/2006 5:18:08 PM   
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1st question and, probably, many more to follow.

I am about to setup a career from 1990 and it's asking me "Use Designated Hitter" with options...what does this mean?

Thx

Bit dissappointed the Anaheim Angels aren't there for selection...when did they start playing?
^^^ Never mind...I found out it's 1997.

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RE: Designated hitter - 5/16/2006 5:24:32 PM   
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DH was a rule the American League started Judge..........this guy bats for the pitcher but doesn't play a defensive postion.

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RE: Designated hitter - 5/16/2006 5:28:33 PM   
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CaptSkillett...you said you would be here and you are!!

Does this mean the pitcher doesn't have to bat (therefore saving himself for pitching) but he doesn't have to field (saving himself for fielding)

Good thing or bad thing?



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RE: Designated hitter - 5/16/2006 5:32:06 PM   
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The pitcher will not bat. This allows a team to have a nice hitter, like David Ortiz on the Red Sox, to bat for the pitchers. Pitchers are not usually very good hitters and, yes, it saves them for pitching.

Our American League uses the designated hitter while National League does not.

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RE: Designated hitter - 5/16/2006 5:34:28 PM   
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In the American league, the pitcher does not bat. His place in the batting order is taken by the Designated Hitter. He will still be on the pitcher's mound while pitching and therefore, will have to field his position.

Good thing or bad thing?

Depends who you talk to.

If you talk to players who cannot field but hit a ton, they love it.
If you talk to baseball purists, they hate it. (for the most part)
I think that not having a DH adds more strategy to the game. You see more double switches in the NL (where you bat for the pitcher with a position player and then that player plays in the field. The fielder that was replaced in the field, his spot in the batting order is taken by the new pitcher)
I don't particularly like it even though my team, the Indians, plays in the AL.

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RE: Designated hitter - 5/16/2006 5:36:52 PM   
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BTW: The Anaheim Angels have been known by many names without ever really moving.

California Angels
Anaheim Angels
Los Angeles Angels

Missing any?

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RE: Designated hitter - 5/16/2006 5:38:49 PM   
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Thx....that helped alot.

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RE: Designated hitter - 5/16/2006 7:04:34 PM   
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Hi Judge...I am a traditionalist...in all the leagues i have created and will create, I never use the DH. Always want the pitcher to bat...Thats the way the game was supposed to be played. It also keeps the managing in the game...like when or if to bat for the pitcher..

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RE: Designated hitter - 5/16/2006 7:42:47 PM   
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Gotta love Wikipedia:

"A designated hitter (often shortened to "DH"), is an official position adopted by Major League Baseball's American League in 1973 that allowed teams to boost sagging offensive performances by designating a player to bat in place of the pitcher. It should be noted that no team is required to use a DH.

The designated hitter may not play a field position and he may only be replaced by another player not currently in the lineup. However, the designated hitter may change positions to become a position player at any point during the game. However, if he does so, his team forfeits the role of the designated hitter. Thus, the pitcher or a pinch hitter must bat in the newly-opened spot in the batting order.

The rationale was that, with a few exceptions, pitchers are usually weak hitters. Babe Ruth was an outstanding all-around player; a prolific hitter who had begun his career as an equally prolific pitcher with the Boston Red Sox, and soon began playing in the field on days he did not pitch (to prevent severe arm injury, a given pitcher will perform once every 5 games). However, Ruth was eventually made a full-time outfielder during his first year as a member of the New York Yankees, 1920, and pitched very sporadically afterward.

On April 6, 1973, first baseman Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees became the first designated hitter in Major League Baseball history, facing Boston Red Sox right-handed pitcher Luis Tiant in his first plate appearance. "Boomer" Blomberg was walked.

Strategically, the designated hitter offers American League managers two primary options: they can either rotate the role among players, using left-handed hitting DHs against right-handed pitchers and vice-versa, or they can employ a full-time designated hitter. The adoption of the designated hitter rule has virtually eliminated the use of the double switch in the American League.

On June 12, 1997, San Francisco Giants outfielder Glenallen Hill became the first National League player to be the DH in a regular-season game against the American League's Texas Rangers at the Ballpark in Arlington, Texas (now Ameriquest Field in Arlington). When the Milwaukee Brewers moved from the AL to the NL in 1998, the Brewers no longer used the DH on a regular basis."

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RE: Designated hitter - 5/16/2006 9:47:38 PM   
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Thx PadresFan. I think it was you that pointed me to wikipedia before, but I was at work and didn't have the link...and I couldn't wait to get home to start a game and see what this game was about.

Thx, though. I have the wiki in my favourites, and will use it.

Cheers all

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RE: Designated hitter - 5/18/2006 4:56:48 PM   
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You forgot the Angels current "official" name which is "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim".
Go figure?

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