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Who better to keep pitchers in line than other pitchers, I think? In essence, if you hit one of my guys, without good enough reason, on purpose, then the guilty pitcher should be prepared to face the consequences of doing so from someone on my team, especially if they did so carelessly and all.
I think it used to help keep teams in check to a degree, prior to the DH being instituted, but could be wrong, of course. Sure, there were probably still big brawls that may have happened from time to time between various teams, but they were probably better policed and prevented from being especially major ones in many cases, if I'm not too mistaken here.
Listen, I'm not saying that I'm totally right here, for sure, but I could be right to at least some degree about this sort of thing, you know, folks. I don't know about many of you, but I'd rather see a well-pitched and cleanly-played game, with pitchers' duels aplenty than tons of runs and hits and errors on the board, if and whenever possible, in truth.
A good while ago, you used to see a lot of better-hitting pitchers in the game, if memory serves me correctly here. But nowadays, there are probably many more pitchers who can't hit well compared to many pitchers from earlier eras, because they've not been taught how to hit and all better, for whatever possible reasons or reasons, I think. Including not getting enough playing time, et cetera, as baseball players and all. Whether on the mound or in the field or in the batting cages, et cetera.
Just some thoughts here that you can agree with or not as you like, of course, folks. Take them as you will or not, and act accordingly, as you like and can, then. CD out.
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