..there is a strong belief in the Yankees universe that Chien-Ming Wang's season could be over due to a Lisfranc fracture in his right foot.If George King is just making shit up to sell papers and there was never a hint that Wang's foot is actually broken then I swear I will continue to not read his articles.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
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Hank Steinbrenner: "The National League needs to join the 21st century. . . I’ve got my pitchers running the bases, and one of them gets hurt. He’s going to be out. I don’t like that, and it’s about time they address it. That was a rule from the 1800s."
I'm pretty sure it's only a problem because AL pitchers never run the bases until interleague. Does this injury occur a lot with NL pitchers? Is there something about pitchers that makes them physically unable to run?
Also, here are some other rules from the 1800s that should be reconsidered:
-Catchers have to bat and run the bases
-Shortstops have to bat and run the bases
-Pinch runners have to run the bases, and then bat if you don't sub them out in time
-Pitchers have to throw the ball, sometimes upwards of 100 times in a game
-Outfielders have to run to catch fly balls--this rule should have been abolished after Mickey Mantle's injury
-Owners are allowed to make public statements
Wang and many other AL pitchers are fine athletes and do a lot of running when they train. But that's in the outfield grass and not 90 foot sprints with sharp turns on astro-turf. Training them to run the bases would just mean that you run the risk of injuring them in said training.
There is something to be said for the DH rule in this regard.
You could make the argument either way though. Yes, if the NL had a DH, Wang wouldn't have been running the bases. But if the AL didn't have a DH, then Wang would have been conditioned to run the bases and wouldn't have hurt himself.
The AL is more exciting and it keeps pitchers out of harms way, but honestly the NL plays the game the way it's supposed to be played. Everyone plays offense, everyone plays defense. I think it would be a mistake for the NL to adopt the DH rule. A better solution, if the goal is to keep AL pitchers from batting, would be to end interleague play.
Interleague play is stupid for many reasons.
Why is having the pitcher bat "playing the game the right way"? Nobody wants those 6-8 automatic outs per game and nobody wants pitchers who had millions of dollars of training and conditioning getting injured batting or running.
DH does not tarnish the sanctity of the game. Black people do.
OK, let's also eliminate sacks in the NFL. Instead, we could have a 12th player, the "designated sackee", who hangs out near the quarterback, and if he gets tackled it counts as a sack. That would make football much better, right?
Seriously though, it sucks that Wang got hurt, but that happens in sports. You can't panic and start making up rules to protect the players every time a guy gets hurt on a routine play. May I ask why you didn't embrace Charlie Finley's Designated Runner rule after A-Rod pulled his quad?
These analogies are all false.
What rule did I make up?
The DH Rule.
It seems that we will not agree on this issue.
I didn't make up the DH rule. I wish I did.
Four things about the AL:
1) They were created just so people could drink beer while they watch baseball.
2) It's not embarrassing to watch.
3) It has the word 'American' in it. So if you don't agree with the AL, you're unAmerican.
4) National League == National Socialists
Also, you signed in under 'Kristen'
How did you know it was me?
And anyway, the whole point is moot now. We got Ponson, no harm done.
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