Phillies TV, radio broadcasters weigh in on the universal DH
By Matt Rappa
Jim Jackson
“Watching baseball over the last three or four years with all the double switches — of course, that’s going to change, too, with the three-batter rule — but there are just so many changes I almost got to the point where I’ve surrendered and said, ‘Okay, just go to the DH.'”
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I’d much rather have the strategy involved in the game and have the pitchers involved, but I’m trying to look at this more from what the fans of today kind of want. I think they’d rather have a guy who can actually swing the bat batting, instead of a pitcher. I didn’t want to give up on this, but I kind of surrender to the DH.
You lose that, in terms of what we’re talking about, batting orders. Who cares about the top and bottom of the batting order anymore once you have the DH? That whole strategy element goes [away].”
Tom McCarthy
“Does it need to happen? I don’t think it does, but I know they’re trying to find more jobs. My thought is, if it gets the game back, just get the game back.
That’s my thought. I’m not for it 100 percent, but if it gets the game back sooner rather than later, I’d say do whatever you want to do.”