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Re: I surrender—let the NL have the DH
« Reply #50 on: February 08, 2019, 11:28:40 pm »
I grew up in New England as a Red Sox fan,  but after I moved to Philly and tasted the NL game,  I realized how much more strategy was involved in the late innings.   It is far more satisfying to watch, not withstanding the affront to the sensibilities that EA mentioned of pitchers waving their bats like hankies.
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Re: I surrender—let the NL have the DH
« Reply #51 on: February 08, 2019, 11:38:12 pm »
The news just came out---if the National League is going to adopt the DH, it won't happen until 2022 at minimum and depending on the next collective bargaining agreement, according to commissioner Rob Manfred.


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Re: I surrender—let the NL have the DH
« Reply #52 on: February 08, 2019, 11:42:56 pm »
I grew up in New England as a Red Sox fan,  but after I moved to Philly and tasted the NL game,  I realized how much more strategy was involved in the late innings.   It is far more satisfying to watch, not withstanding the affront to the sensibilities that EA mentioned of pitchers waving their bats like hankies.

But, "Chicks dig the long ball."  Professional sports have gone out of their way to try to make the sports more appealing to women.

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Re: I surrender—let the NL have the DH
« Reply #53 on: February 09, 2019, 11:34:39 pm »
But, "Chicks dig the long ball."  Professional sports have gone out of their way to try to make the sports more appealing to women.

Much like men can have disparate opinions on various topics, so do women. This chick is plenty happy with real baseball and thinks the DH is a perversion of the rules.
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Re: I surrender—let the NL have the DH
« Reply #54 on: February 09, 2019, 11:44:10 pm »
This chick is plenty happy with real baseball and thinks the DH is a perversion of the rules.
With all due respect, my special baseball friend . . .

where on earth did you get that idea? (And you're talking to a man who held out against the DH for over four and a half decades.


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Re: I surrender—let the NL have the DH
« Reply #55 on: February 10, 2019, 09:53:54 pm »
With all due respect, my special baseball friend . . .

where on earth did you get that idea? (And you're talking to a man who held out against the DH for over four and a half decades.

I'm not necessarily disputing your logic.  I'm just an old-fashioned girl who likes the old-fashioned game. 

I'd still share a beer with you anytime, though!
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Re: I surrender—let the NL have the DH
« Reply #56 on: February 10, 2019, 09:59:15 pm »
I'm not necessarily disputing your logic.  I'm just an old-fashioned girl who likes the old-fashioned game. 

I'd still share a beer with you anytime, though!
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Re: I surrender—let the NL have the DH
« Reply #57 on: February 10, 2019, 10:16:19 pm »
I'm not necessarily disputing your logic.  I'm just an old-fashioned girl who likes the old-fashioned game. 

I'd still share a beer with you anytime, though!
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Re: I surrender—let the NL have the DH
« Reply #58 on: February 11, 2019, 12:53:52 am »
I'm not sharing a beer with him! NO way!  I want my own damned beer!   wink777
*laughing* I'm pretty sure she meant having a beer with me, each of us having our own damned beer.

(Well, in my case, it would actually be a bourbon and Coke or a glass of wine, since you can count on half your hand how often I drink beer.)


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Re: I surrender—let the NL have the DH
« Reply #59 on: February 11, 2019, 12:55:48 am »
*laughing* I'm pretty sure she meant having a beer with me, each of us having our own damned beer.

(Well, in my case, it would actually be a bourbon and Coke or a glass of wine, since you can count on half your hand how often I drink beer.)

I know!  It was too good an opportunity to pass up!

And I'll take a good single malt over beer any day!
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Re: I surrender—let the NL have the DH
« Reply #60 on: February 11, 2019, 01:00:55 am »
*laughing* I'm pretty sure she meant having a beer with me, each of us having our own damned beer.

(Well, in my case, it would actually be a bourbon and Coke or a glass of wine, since you can count on half your hand how often I drink beer.)

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