Good morning everyone and welcome back to Interleague Play.
I know I probably make this rant every single year, but it is only because I
feel so strongly about it. I can appreciate the fact that there is diversity in
Major League Baseball between the American League and the National League, and
I very much appreciate the differences in the leagues, but it doesn’t mean I
have to like it when the Yankees head to a National League park. Why? Pitchers
having to hit.
I can buy into the whole “strategy” and old-school feel of
the game having a pitcher hit or bunt three-or-four times a night, the pinch-hitting
aspects, moving runners over, and playing small ball… but, again, it doesn’t
mean that I have to like it.
I cannot stand watching a pitcher that has no business swinging
a bat, and a pitcher that likely hasn’t really swung a bat with any consistency
since high school or college, having to go up at the Major League level and
take swings. It is an injury risk, hello Chein-Ming Wang, and it just zaps any
of the fun out of the inning in my opinion. I know it is just my opinion and
some fans absolutely love seeing it, I just don’t personally.
So, to Masahiro Tanaka and especially to CC Sabathia this
week in Washington… take it slow. Strike out or bunt if you have to, and for
the love of everything good in this world make it out in one piece this week.
Thanks in advance.
And to my Kari, 15 more days… I love you!!!
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)