Quote:I hate when the Tigers have to play on the road vs NL teams. Losing that Switch hit bat of VMart in the middle of the order sucks.

I think it's ridiculous that the leagues play by different rules. The National League does it right, make the pitchers hit. Should be a set of rules for the MLB as a whole. A pitcher is a player, make em hit.

 

Added to the pitcher hits rule is more strategy as well in that NL Managers are affected with. When a manager knows he will be taking his pitcher out, he will sub a bench player for him to hit. This effectively uses up the bench player who will then be replaced by another pitcher in the next inning, and is no longer able to play for that game. Choosing to pull a pitcher is then a more subtle strategic decision in the NL.

 

In the AL they can change pitchers all day without using up a bench player, hitting order not affected.

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