What is a DH in Baseball and What's All the Debate?

A look at the DH and why it's so divisive among fans.

[@SimRacingVeteran]

Ohtani: so I’m a joke to you now?

[@phoenixx007]

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

[@shaft9000]

It also digs - intentionally or not - at LeBron's stint in L.A. , best meme'd in '19 when Kyle Kuzma pushed a zombified LBJ into position. Don't let that Disney-tournament cereal-box 'ring' fool ya, kids....at this point LBJ is just chasing Kareem's scoring record because his prospects for ever truly challenging Jordan's GOAT status died over 10 years ago when he gave up in the post-season only to run off to Miami, declare "not 2! not 3! not 4! not 5!...." and then proceeded to get his ass handed to him by Jason Terry in the '11 finals.

[@Yokemeister]

@@shaft9000 Jordan doesn’t need you to blow him dude

[@karim.finalblow4356]

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

[@SamAronow]

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.

[@shaft9000]

" or anytime Zack Greinke has ever gone to the plate" or enters the ballpark, for that matter.

[@philipkelly7369]

Pitchers going up to bat and then getting out is just about the most predictable thing in baseball.

[@Faltaz]

1:10 A wild Benedict Cumberbatch appears!

[@ProgShell]

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.

[@FallacyUnknown]

Do you make those images yourself?

[@TheOnDeckCircle]

Yes I did.

[@mikemcknight2936]

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!

[@joemartin1253]

The DH is now used in 99 percent of professional baseball leagues around the world its stupid see a pitcher to hit 99 percent of the time its usually an automatic out!

[@alexlackner1945]

@@joemartin1253 that's true, especially with how dominant pitching has become, but there are a few notable exceptions, like MadBum. It is probably good from an injury prevention perspective, but i still hate to see universal DH take over.

[@finalfrontier001]

it has been announced DH will be abolished.

[@joemartin1253]

Ah no it's not get off the drugs.

[@SoparlaX]

this aged like milk