Agreed. Get rid of the DH.
I’ve never understood why so many pitchers are poor hitters. Such lack of hitting skill would not be tolerated by players at any other position.
Also, since pitchers specialize in pitching, they could arguably be more aware of the styles and techniques of their fellow opposing pitchers. Their knowledge of pitching technique could theoretically help them be better hitters when it’s their turn at bat.
Up until after highschool the best all around player is probably a very good hitter and pitcher, compared to other players. Then the skill levels at college and beyond just start to require specialization, I guess. Plus there are just very few humans walking the planet that have the skill to either throw a major league fastball consistantly for strikes on the corners or to hit it. Babe Ruth is the best ever, in my opinion, because he was a great pitcher and a god-like hitter. So it can be done. Part of it is the union wanting as many specialized roles as possible too.
I often wonder why more fastball/changeup/curve guys don’t develop a knuckleball as another offspeed pitch. I guess the answer is because it really is just very, very hard to throw at the major league level for strikes. But imagine if a knuckleballer’s fastball was mid-90’s. It would look like 100+mph after seeing the kuckleball. If a person had any type of decent change up, then it would be really rough for the hitters, plus there would be less stress on the arm. I remember seeing a quote of Phil Niekro being asked what would happen if someone like Roger Clemens had a knuckleball like Niekro’s. Niekro said he would have won 600 games.
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