Why Isn't This Standard - The DH

Baseball is a great game.  As seen by the steroid era bringing in tons of  fans, the game is based solely around one thing - the monster dongs!  There is one big exception to this - the pitcher.  In the NL without the DH, pitchers don't hit 3 or 4 times a game.  Why?  What's the point?  No one else on the field has to be that well rounded.  Other defensive players make a few plays a game, not every pitch.  If a pitcher spends all his time practicing his craft, why should he be punished for it by having to hit?  It doesn't make any sense, which is why the DH should be standard throughout baseball.

Pitchers hitting is not a fun thing to watch.  Best case scenario is they lay down a good bunt.  Yawn.  The two best pitchers in the NL this year have been  (arguably) Matt Cain, R.A. Dickey,  They are hitting a combined 13 for 74 with 4 RBIs, that's a .175 batting average.  Vogelsong is 2 for 29 with 21 strikeouts.  Wandy Rodriguez is 0 for 32...yikes.  Altogether, NL pitchers before the All-Star break have hit a combined 9 home runs.  9 home runs in over 1200 games.  This just goes to show that nothing good happens from pitchers hitting.  There are outliers (in average, not in power) but hey, if you have a pitcher that can hit then let him hit.  That would make it even more unique to ever see a pitcher bat.

Sometimes teams don't even want their pitchers to swing.  They all save their arms for pitching because...well...they're pitchers.  If they do get a hit do you really want your ace out there running the bases making injuries that much more likely?

When baseball was in the Olympics they used.....just kidding, no one cares.  Baseball is America's national pastime and we do what we want.

There are a few sad people that get way too into pitchers' hitting stats.  This website even discussed the Braves pitchers' BABIP.  The deep blogs are the only ones that care.  John Q. 99% public just want to see monster dongs.  The AL knows this and because they have the DH, they can overpay and/or give guys longer contracts because when a player can't move anymore, the team can just move that guy to the DH.  This lets the fans enjoy great players a few years longer.

I think we can agree that there needs to be one rule for all of baseball.  No one should gear their team towards their league's rules only to have to follow other people's rules just because Justin Verlander started nailing Kate Upton right before the All-Star game.  So do the right thing MLB, add the DH everywhere. Better yet, fire Bud Selig then add the DH.

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