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Why not field the best defensive team you can, but stack the batting lineup with nothing but awesome batters. In other words, have a DH for every position.
Sounds stupid to me too. But basically that's what people that want/like the DH are saying about pitchers that bat.
BCWWF is correct about pitchers and batting. Most of these guys were tremendous atheletes and could hit, field, play multi posotions as well as pitch. Once they become pros, their value as a pitcher (most important position in baseball) outweighs their batting abilities. Since they no longer practice it, they become rusty and their average as a batter drops.
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