July 14th, 2010 by admin
I am fully aware that the major difference between the NL and AL is the designated hitter.
However, a couple of my friends once told me that the strike zones are slightly different between the leagues somehow. Is this true? Are there any other differences at all between the leagues, or is it just that the AL has the designated hitter? Before 1973, was baseball in both leagues played identically?
I’m not talking about statistics, I’m talking about rules and manner of game-play.
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The NL and AL play very different style baseball. The AL is more oriented around power where the NL is more oriented around pitching and offensive running. You will see the Los Angeles Angels play like a NL team despite being in the AL because their skipper Mike Scioscia is a former player of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a team in the NL. The Angles go from 1st to 3rd on a hit and hit and run more than anyone in the league. This style of play refers to the NL’s offensive running. Also, the NL will use the double switch. In a double switch a new pitcher comes in to replace the old one and a new position player or offensive player to replace another. But the new pitcher will bat in the replaced position player’s batting spot and the new position player will bat where the old pitcher did. This because if your team was down a run or two and your pitcher was due up in the next inning now instead of your pitcher hitting, you have a regular offensive player batting there. Those are ways that the NL and AL differ in rules and manner of game-play. And no the strike zones do not differ between leagues, that is just a lie.
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July 9th, 2010 by admin
Lets say another great pitcher & dominant hitter like Babe Ruth comes around & he plays for an A.L. team where they have the designated hitter.
Can he start a game & be penciled in as the desihnated hitter?
I know in the N.L. a pitcher can start a game & bat anywhere in the line up but in the A.L. can this also be done?
Yes, it just really doesn’t happen often, because when they get scouted, no one looks at their ability to hit. So, chances are they could hit as good as the average college athlete. However, some are probally pretty good if given the chance.
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July 9th, 2010 by admin
I coach little league baseball (8-10 year olds). There is a kid on the team that has been nicknamed "Kool-Aid Man" because his team mates believes his "heart pumps Kool-Aid".
Last week the kid was the starting pitcher. He had an awesome 1-2-3 inning. He didn’t want to pitch the next inning for no explained reason and would not take the mound. We were already short-handed as several kids were out of town on vacation. We had to bring in someone else and put inexperienced kids in the middle infield. After those kids made error after error we eventually put "Kool-Aid" man in at 2nd base to stop the bleeding, and he wanted to pitch again in the middle of the inning, because 2nd base was boring.
Needless to say we lost the game badly. The team morale was in the dumps. And I had to stop the other kids for picking on him for quitting. The kid’s mother is our team mom, so she witnessed the entire thing. I’m wondering if we should punish this kid for letting his team down. I’m considering something as severe as outright cutting the kid, or having a team meeting and having his team mates decide his fate, or just sitting the kid out for the next game.
It’s 8-10 year olds, so the only thing I might have done differently than you did is I might have let the other kids pick on him for a while for quitting. He let THEM down by acting like a brat and quitting for no reason. They would have sent a clearer message to the kid than anything you could say or do to him as the coach.
My advice would be to sit down with the "Kool-Aid Man" (LOL) before next game and ask him if he wants to pitch any more. If he says ‘yes’, then explain to him in no uncertain terms that he’s only going to pitch again if he agrees to not quit mid-game in the future. If he says ‘no’ he doesn’t want to pitch any more, then your problem with him is solved and you don’t have to pitch him any more. You may not win games with him not pitching since he sounds like your best pitcher, but it’s pretty useless to force an 8-10 year old kid to pitch if he simply doesn’t want to do it. Nobody wins if that’s the case.
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