[Paulie]

My position has always been the same: no DH for either league.

It’s part of the game right from Little League, it should stay that way.

[this_ol_patriot]

I never saw the point of one DH, why not field a defensive team and an offensive team like football, the pitcher isn't the only player who can't hit the ball days.

No, the whole point of baseball is that you have strengths and weaknesses and you build your team around that, get some good fielding and maybe you have to give up a few hits, teach your pitchers to bunt and they become an offensive key, learn to squeeze.

I mean really, who wants to see bench-sitting over-the-hill Papis waddle and grunt their way to the plate every three innings?

[BigEdLB]

I present two words against the DH. Don Drysdale.

[okie01]

My position has always been the same: no DH for either league.

It’s part of the game right from Little League, it should stay that way.

Nope, it's not "part of the game". There are five minor league levels -- rookie, A, Advanced A, AA and AAA. Pitchers do not hit in the lower three levels. And games between AL farm clubs at the AA and AAA levels employ the DH.

At the professional level, the pitcher-as-hitter is the exception rather than the rule.