IzaSparrow says the National League is "real" baseball

SallyMander

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Mon May-19-08 08:00 PM
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IzaSparrow says the National League is "real" baseball

and the DH is a cop-out.

I say there's nothing better than the roar of the crowd as Big Papi launches one over the green monster! :woohoo:

What do you say, Loungies? Is your League affiliation purely based on the team you root for, or the mechanics of the game?

:hi:

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Oeditpus Rex

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Mon May-19-08 08:01 PM
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1. Real baseball has nine players on a side (n/t)

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SallyMander

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Mon May-19-08 08:03 PM
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2. Hehee... what a diplomat!

Edited on Mon May-19-08 08:05 PM by SallyMander

:P

:hi:

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GOPisEvil

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Mon May-19-08 08:03 PM
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3. Baseball is played with 9 players. Softball is played with ten.

Therefore, the AL is softball. :D

Go Cardinals! :woohoo:

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SallyMander

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Mon May-19-08 08:03 PM
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5. LOL

He will like the replies so far :P

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IzaSparrow

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Mon May-19-08 08:57 PM
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28. hahah...that's great!

:toast:

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Mon May-19-08 08:03 PM
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4. Oh boy!

Baseball flame war!:popcorn:
I am NL cause my team is NL (Nats) but I enjoy the DH too. Can't say I enjoy watching the pitcher bat much..kind of like wanting th QB to kick the ball if you ask me...

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SallyMander

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Mon May-19-08 08:05 PM
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6. If you're gonna eat popcorn

You'll need a :beer:

:hi:

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av8rdave

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Mon May-19-08 08:05 PM
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7. If you want to watch professional baseball, then the AL is your only choice!

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SallyMander

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Mon May-19-08 08:06 PM
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8. Why so?

BTW your sig line cracked me up!!! :rofl:

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av8rdave

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Mon May-19-08 08:10 PM
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16. No good reason except to throw a little fuel on the fire

I'm a longtime O's fan (yeah, they've been hot the last 25 years or so) as well as a Rangers fan (their record speaks for itself) and a sometimes Mariners fan. However, I think I've been to almost as many NL games as AL games.

Glad you like the sig line. It's like a shiny new car - I'm really proud of it

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bigwillq

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Mon May-19-08 08:06 PM
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9. I'm AL all the way.

I am a Yankees fan.

I like the DH.

I root for the AL, although it's hard to when the Red Sux are in the playoffs.

:hi:

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SallyMander

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Mon May-19-08 08:07 PM
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10. Ahem... Red what???

:spank:

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bigwillq

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Mon May-19-08 08:10 PM
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17. Ya heard me.

:P ;)

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SallyMander

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Mon May-19-08 08:15 PM
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22. S'okay... i've been known to refer to the Stankees

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Mon May-19-08 08:08 PM
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13. "Red Sux"....

:rofl:
Thats a new one....

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bigwillq

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Mon May-19-08 08:11 PM
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18. I didn't make it up.

At least I don't think. I thought I read it or heard it somewhere else.

:) :hi:

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Mon May-19-08 08:07 PM
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11. I love the AL, because I grew up with it. My dad grew up with the Braves

and absolutely hated when the Brewers came to town.... But come on people, does it really freaking matter? It's baseball. Baseball=fun either way. Get over it now.

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SallyMander

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Mon May-19-08 08:08 PM
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14. I'm with ya! I *love* baseball

in all its forms. :D

Have you seen Ken Burns' baseball documentary? It's really neat! :hi:

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ScreamingMeemie

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Mon May-19-08 09:08 PM
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36. It is...

Excellent. And I always encourage people to go to Cooperstown. We used to go all the time and I would love to take my children again sometime.

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GOPisEvil

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Mon May-19-08 08:11 PM
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19. I love all baseball, truth be told.

But, I think pitchers should hit. They're athletes. Everyone else plays offense and defense.

But, now that I'm all in lurve with a Michigander, I have to say nice things about the Tigers (and hence the AL).

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Mon May-19-08 08:14 PM
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20. Nice things about the Tigers?

Boy do YOU have your work cut out for you this year....:D

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GOPisEvil

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Mon May-19-08 08:14 PM
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21. They have some of the best home uniforms ever!

Simple, classic, uncluttered.

There. :)

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IzaSparrow

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Mon May-19-08 08:55 PM
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26. that's very true.

i like their uniform

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ScreamingMeemie

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Mon May-19-08 09:00 PM
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32. It's not so very hard this year...

They are awesome to their fans and were wonderful to my kids (thanks 1gobluedem)

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samsingh

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Mon May-19-08 08:08 PM
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12. yeah sure

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SallyMander

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Mon May-19-08 08:09 PM
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15. ?

:shrug:

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flvegan

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Mon May-19-08 08:18 PM
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23. Pitchers shouldn't hit.

Quarterbacks shouldn't kick field goals, soccer goalies shouldn't play striker and hockey defensemen shouldn't go to the net.

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SallyMander

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Mon May-19-08 08:22 PM
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24. But how do you really feel?

You shouldn't be so wishy-washy...

:rofl:

7-0 Sox!!! :woohoo:

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IzaSparrow

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Mon May-19-08 08:56 PM
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27. should the catcher hit? nt

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flvegan

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Mon May-19-08 09:06 PM
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35. Yes.

The catcher isn't as much a specialist as the pitcher is. The catcher isn't also as adversely affected by getting hit in the hands by a pitch, nor the wear and tear on the arm tendons each time a slab of wood meets a 97 mph fastball, who then has to go out and throw precision 25-40 times.

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IzaSparrow

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Tue May-20-08 03:20 PM
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38. but what about his knees?

he's up and down each pitch, plays most games. should there be a designated runner rule for the catcher?

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LSK

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Tue May-20-08 03:21 PM
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39. Mike Piazza

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Bake

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Tue May-20-08 03:40 PM
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44. Baseball players go to BAT

That's like saying "third basement shouldn't have to hit." We don't have offensive teams and defensive units, like in football. We have players. NINE OF 'EM.

I remember when pitchers could hit.

Bake

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Cant trust em

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Mon May-19-08 08:54 PM
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25. NL is better. I love the strategy of double switches, pitchers bunting, etc.

The AL just doesn't have that same complexity. That being said, baseball is great.

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SallyMander

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Mon May-19-08 08:58 PM
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30. I guess i'm a simple gal

I like to see the ball go 400 feet! :D

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Cant trust em

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Mon May-19-08 09:08 PM
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37. I love home runs. But not as much as I love a hit and run.

The strategy of baseball is beautiful.

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CatholicEdHead

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Mon May-19-08 08:58 PM
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29. AL is better of course

Go Twins!

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SallyMander

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Mon May-19-08 09:01 PM
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34. Sounds like blind loyalty to me

;)

:hi:

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Mon May-19-08 08:58 PM
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31. I prefer the NL but my team is an AL team.

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SallyMander

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Mon May-19-08 09:00 PM
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33. Interesting!

:hi:

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Tommy_Carcetti

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Tue May-20-08 03:26 PM
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40. I'm an Orioles and Marlins fan

Edited on Tue May-20-08 03:27 PM by PeterU

So I've got both the AL and NL covered.

And personally, I like that the AL has the DH and the NL doesn't. It goes well with the overall idiosyncracies you see in baseball that you don't see in other sports.

Now, if only we can do away with that stupid interleague play.

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Midlodemocrat

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Tue May-20-08 03:27 PM
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41. He's right.

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Blue_Tires

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Tue May-20-08 03:29 PM
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42. been saying that for years!

ditch the DH...and put the brewers back in the AL where they belong!

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ceile

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Tue May-20-08 03:40 PM
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43. He's absolutely correct n/t

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harmonicon

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Tue May-20-08 04:34 PM
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45. NL is better

I was a Cubs fan as a kid, so that's what I watched the most of, but I really do think the rules are better. If the Cubs aren't doing well, I root for the Tigers, so I'm not really league loyal.... it's just that DH is complete bullshit, and a cop-out that sissies take because they don't have the balls to play a real sport.

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Zavulon

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Tue May-20-08 04:50 PM
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46. I have no team anymore because the Expos moved, but I'm with IzaSparrow on this.

I hate the DH like I hate the Christian Coalition. Both are a blight on our great country.

Even if the Expos were still a team and had Andre Dawson in his prime, I would still loathe the DH. If we're so jacked up on offense that we need to give jobs to big hitters who can't field worth a shit, why not go the extra mile and introduce aluminum bats, larger baseballs and 225-ft. fences?

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TheMightyFavog

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Tue May-20-08 05:10 PM
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47. The designated hitter rule...

Is as big of an abomination to the sport of baseball as the aluminum bat.

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SalmonChantedEvening

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Tue May-20-08 06:59 PM
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48. I can only say this.

Edited on Tue May-20-08 07:00 PM by SalmonChantedEvening

If you're going to hurl 90+ mph pitch at someone, you should stand in and face a few as well. But that's just me.

The DH has not ruined baseball, it has merely offered up a different style.

Google Finnish baseball for a whole new world. ;)

Hiya Sally :hug:

Swing on Big Papi!!

Go Phils!! Go A's!! :D:D:D:D

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