[Sans-Culotte]

Any sport is kind of silly when you think about it. Hitting a ball with a club to get it in a little gopher-sized hole sounds like a waste of time. So does throwing a large ball into a basket, or hitting a ball with a club.

Also, do you American League fans who disparage golf consider the DH to be an athlete? All he does is swing a bat.

[Huck]

Also, do you American League fans who disparage golf consider the DH to be an athlete? All he does is swing a bat.

DH's are second class citizens in baseball, if it's a player's bread and butter. A lot of players can milk a few extra years out of their career by transitioning to DH later on, but for career DHers--Harold Baines, Edgar Martinez---they might as well have an asterisk next to their name, and good luck getting in the Hall of Fame. Edgar is up for a vote this year. He won't even come close. And rightly so. And he was a SCARY hitter.