Ohtani: so I’m a joke to you now?

Making pitchers hit is what baseball is all about! It can produce weird, amazing moments like Koo hitting a home run off Randy Johnson, or anytime Zack Greinke has ever gone to the plate. They'd never be allowed to bat for themselves even as an exception, because nobody actually expects them to hit regularly (unless they’re some kind of verified double-threat like Ohtani). You said in one of your own videos that one of the joys of baseball is the unpredictability, and the DH removes a significant amount of that unpredictability.

Edgar Martinez is the best designated hitter I've ever seen and he's also my favorite player. The Mariners are also my favorite.

The line on James Harden killed me at 3:40 🤣

1:10 A wild Benedict Cumberbatch appears!

I’m a Mariners fan and I watch the SB Nation video about The Double like once a week. So yeah I like the DH.

Do you make those images yourself?

Arguments against the Designated Hitter rule: The DH seems to receive an unfair advantage. The other batters all take the field each inning, standing out there in the heat readying themselves to catch the ball with every pitch. This must take a toll on a person. The DH just sits in the dugout, resting. Part of the ritual of baseball is the defense taking the field. It’s exciting. But now, one stays behind and sits on his backside. The DH hurts the ritual. Football has a platoon system, but every offensive and defensive player takes part in it. With baseball, the DH is the only one. It’s incongruous. Also with football, it’s not practical to have a guy out there all game because of all the physical contact. You don’t have that problem with baseball. Baseball offense is not specialized. Every player bats. In football, there’s specialization. One guy throws, a few guys catch, a few run, others block, others kick the ball. Some never touch the ball. So having offensive and defensive specialization doesn’t seem odd because the sport is specialized by design. With baseball, again, it’s incongruous because on offense everyone bats and on defense everyone tries to catch the ball. We think of players by their defensive position. Ernie Banks was a shortstop for the Cubs. Johnny Bench was a catcher for the Reds. Gil Hodges was a first baseman for the Dodgers. The DH is the only one named for his offensive position. It’s incongruous.

The DH rule sucks! Aside from the changing of the original way baseball was played, if it's just more exciting batters and more runs being scored is your goal, why not just have offense and defense like football? Remember when your high school pitchers were usually your better athletes and were great hitters too? Then, some moron dicided that if your pitcher was a great hitter then why not just use your DH for your worse hitter on the team. So you would see your left fielder or your shortstop just playing defense and another player batting in his place. This actually was the rule at our local high school. Lame!!!!! As for extending a player's career by just hitting, can you imagine a basketball player just standing on his end of the court because he couldn't run very well anymore but was still a great shooter? C'mon. Get real. The DH rule sucks!

it has been announced DH will be abolished.