You just got done reading a response to that exact argument. If we weren't already talking about a sport that praises a 30% success rate in hitting as being extremely successful, sure, increased strategy is viable. In a sport that is as slow-paced, offensively challenged, and defensively advantaged as baseball is, it makes no sense at all.
I didn't express any of those things. I didn't call people who like dh dumb. I expressed my opinion that baseball players should hit. I haven't said one word about tradition or called dh, or it's fans, dumb. I called you dumb because you don't understand that.
Your input began with the ridiculous comment of As if pitching in and of itself isn't playing baseball, and as if them walking up to the plate for 2 minutes every hour then, like clockwork, laugh, shrug, and casually walk back to the dogout is somehow qualitatively better baseball than staying in the dugout after throwing from the mound.
Pitching is baseball. There is more to baseball than pitching. And you are completely ignoring the 1 dimensional play Of the dh.
Red Sox - Astros set up now. My AL team vs my ‘hometown’ team. I’ll be happy either way. Going to see if I can make a game.
Whether he makes the play or not is irrelevant. If the ball breaks the plane of the wall it's a homerun and is fair game to anyone to reach for. The biggest issues are that this was ruled interference on the field because an umpire wasn't in position... you have 6 of them. Back those two up and let the fair/foul home run calls stay with the line umpire. Secondly, once it was ruled interference it had to be indisputable evidence to overturn. Damn security guard was in the way on the one angle that could have overturned it. Chelsea needs more angles than what TV coverages can provide.
