Originally Posted by
Enscheff
Like it or not, the AL teams generate more revenue and spend more on their rosters specifically due to the DH. I just don't see any way it won't be coming to the NL soon-ish. The NL is literally one of the few remaining baseball leagues in the world where pitchers attempt to bat. The only argument for letting them bat is the extra strategy it involves, but that is hardly worth the boredom of watching a guy with a .100 BA get completely overmatched at the plate 2-3 times per game.
I think an interesting compromise would be to allow all pitchers to be PH for once and allowed to continue pitching, then if they are PH for a 2nd time they are out of the game. This would allow the manager (though Fredi would never be able to figure it out) to PH for the starter one time early in a game in a high leverage situation, then send his starter back out to continue pitching.
The MLBPA would likely be all for it because the extra PH ABs should theoretically drive up the price of quality PHers. The owners would agree because more offense equals more excitement and revenue.