What a great idea for parity: Owner holds a gun to commissioner's head and says, "We can't compete in this division -- move us to XXXX or we sue."
It is all about strategy. Maybe they leave the pitcher in longer because he is doing good and let him hit and then he gets a hit. It's exciting.Why?
You enjoy seeing a pitcher hit or a pitcher is having a good game but they get taken out in the 5th for a PH because its a 1-1 game and there is a guy on 1st?
"Real" baseball? Nope, real baseball is the NL.Twins get swept in DC
lose 6-5 in 16 innings!!
Oh well...now we can go back to "real" baseball (with the DH) until August
Good luck with that ...Iceberg points out that college seems to be the Iron Curtain barrier to good-hitting pitchers, since so many players are being drafted out of college now. It seems that pitchers get onto college teams being good hitters, but they stop batting when they get to college, unless their coaches play them in other positions on nonpitching days. By the time the players reach pro ball, they've lost their batting skills. Guess we need to start lobbying the NCAA to eliminate the DH.