Go Cubs Go

[Kurn]

I just like ragging on NL fans. I so hate that they stick to the outmoded idea that it is correct for the pitcher to hit. The DH is simply the single most intelligent rule alteration in professional sports during my lifetime. It is a recognition of the reality of baseball, i.e., the pitcher is a defensive specialist.

The only place in baseball above the high school level where the pitcher still has to bat is the NL, and the only reason they bat in HS BB is that the pitchers are usually the best athletes on the team.