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#58058	04/08/2018 6:30:03 pm	Aug 2nd, 2035
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	Had a 7 inning, 1 hitter today -- is now 2-0 as a starter... Hitting .389 with 3 homers in the young season... MVP candidate? Steve

#58064	04/09/2018 10:45:58 am	Aug 2nd, 2035
Cactusguy21 Joined: 07/25/2017 Posts: 815 Presque Isle Vikings III.4	Haha, it's a little early, I'm sure he'll cool off. Otherwise we could just hand the Cy Young to Dylan Bundy already.

#58142	04/13/2018 6:04:16 pm	Aug 21st, 2035
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	Yeah...with the Dodgers and Padres off to slow starts, he's getting a lot of press coverage in Southern California. Steve

#58144	04/13/2018 6:52:44 pm	Aug 21st, 2035
Reclaim Joined: 08/28/2015 Posts: 2 Mililani Miners VI.32	. Updated Friday, April 13 2018 @ 6:53:14 pm PDT

#58170	04/15/2018 3:36:26 pm	Aug 27th, 2035
wil_m Joined: 01/08/2016 Posts: 248 Inactive	I have all ways wondered why more players do not do this. A lot of players are very good at both hitting and pitching in high school. It worked for Babe Ruth. I know that it is early in the season, but it looks to be working for Ohtani as well

#58171	04/15/2018 5:20:16 pm	Aug 29th, 2035
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	It worked for Babe Ruth. Ha! Yes, it worked for the greatest both-ways player of all-time. Using that logic, why don't more golfers absolutely crush the ball and putt brilliantly like Tiger in his prime? It's very much the same thing. Both aspects of the game are extremely difficult. Very few people in the world can do either well enough to be a professional. To do both is almost unheard of. Almost.

#58172	04/16/2018 5:04:24 am	Aug 29th, 2035
GrizzlyDan Joined: 06/30/2016 Posts: 199 Atlanta Braves IV.2	For me, it's hilarious that he's in the AL. He's the best example of the farce that is the DH. Pitchers that rake should be allowed to hit in the batting order. The ones that can't should practice more. Nine-on-nine, people.

#58173	04/16/2018 6:17:12 am	Aug 29th, 2035
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	I like the strategy that comes in to play in the NL and pitchers having to (attempt to) hit. However, seeing most of them bat is the true farce. I think it's pretty easy to argue both sides of the coin. I slightly favor the DH and AL, but I don't really care either way. I'd be pretty surprised if they ever get rid of the DH, though. Most casual fans, which is most baseball fans, prefer the DH and offense, like they do in virtually all sports.

#58196	04/17/2018 7:15:04 pm	Sep 4th, 2035
wil_m Joined: 01/08/2016 Posts: 248 Inactive	My Red Sox are playing against Ohtani right now. . . . And Mookie Betts just hit a home run off of him!

#58209	04/20/2018 8:00:21 am	Sep 12th, 2035
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9595 Haverhill Halflings III.1	DH is optional. Pitchers that rake are allowed to hit in the batting order. The DH rule just is overly complicated in terms of what is allowed if that pitcher is removed from the game. Probably because starters pitched longer into games at the time it was made. Could definitely use a bit of modernization.