With inter-league play this week and after watching SportsCenter and seeing that one of the Yankees ace pitchers injured himself running the bases and now is out til Sept and the manager made the comment to the press and it went something like this. "The NL should enter the 21st century and use designated hitters, pitchers shouldn't be out there running the bases and risking getting injured."
That statement kind of got to me, if anything I think the AL should enter the 21st century and stop using designated hitters, why should pitchers get any special privileges when it comes to batting. I was so happy when the Brewers left the AL and moved to the NL. To me the designated hitter is the dumbest thing, pitchers should have to play just like everyone else. I mean pitchers don't even play everyday, why can't they swing the bat from time to time. Their are some decent batting pitchers in the NL, I think it was dumb of the Yanks manager to make such a ignorant comment. What does everyone else think?