[NICKinDALLAS]

Waaaay back in June we started this round of P/CP. It quickly fell by the wayside. Now, in the spirit of kicking a perfectly good dead animal....

My topic was...
Keep MLB's DH the way it is? Make both leagues use the DH? or Get rid of it all together?

My opponent was...
The recently out-ed GayJays (not that there's anything wrong with that)

My Point..
First, I’d just like to say that me writing about baseball is a lot like the President talking about politics; without the proper fact finders in the background, things can go south quickly. O.k., now that that is out of the way let’s talk DH.
The Designated Hitter is quite possibly the most ridiculous position in all of the four major sports. Wait. Lemme think. Yep, the most ridiculous. I would love for Jays to tell me one that beats it. What if the NFC decided that kickers really aren’t all that great? Tell ya what, score a touchdown and we’ll just give you the PAT. No need trot out that spare at the end of your bench. Save that money for your big free agent at the end of the year. What? The AFC doesn’t like the idea? That’s alright, we’ll do it anyway. Better yet, shaq really sucks at free throws so let’s get a DS (Designated Shooter) for when he gets fouled. We’ll just do it in the East, screw the West.
I understand the reason that the DH came to be. The league (AL) was struggling and needed something to give its popularity a boost. Apparently signing the up-and-coming Latin and Black prospects was out of the question (although the NL was having success at it). No sir, the AL needed to put more offense on the field and not have its defense exposed in the process. Voila, the DH is born.
The DH very well may have saved the game at the time it was introduced. Ladies and Gentlemen that time is gone. The league is seeing more offense now than it ever has and plenty of that is coming from the NL. As of now the NL’s albert pujols is the league leader in home runs leading the closest AL slugger by 5. He is also the RBI leader by 11 over david ortiz. Three out of the five RBI leaders are DH’s and of those only one (ortiz) would make the top five in the NL. The same holds true for the home run leaders, only jim thome would make the top five.
The MLB union would likely never relent the position. Never mind that dissolving the position could open the doors for young prospects. No sir, no way. What would we do with the overpaid relics that are skewing the salaries to such a large degree? Let them bore viewers to death with their under-analysis of the game on some local channel? That’ll come later. For now, wheel them out to the plate and let’s see what happens.