jayhawk:
I hear ya. When a guy like Rick Ankiel comes along (or Babe Ruth, for that matter), it really opens everyone's eyes. And I totally agree that adding the DH to the NL would be a mistake.
Here's an interesting question that I had never considered before. If the AL had the DH in the early 20th Century, does anyone ever think about Babe Ruth as being anything other than an above average pitcher for Boston? Who knows, and I am not trying to suggest that there is another Babe Ruth pitching in the AL, but it's an interesting question to think about.
Also, if Rick Ankiel had pitched in the AL, would he be out of baseball now? Probably not, since checking his stats, there wasn't a lot there to suggest that he'd be a power hitting if he played full time. But who knows? My guess is that there are some pitchers who can hit ( |
