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I happen to think if pitchers batted, then there might be better policing of certain things on the field than there might be now. I also think pitch counts are largely dumb, and that they might be part of the reason so many pitchers get hurt more frequently as they used to on average, if I'm not too mistaken about that here. Simply because they often may not get as much work as they used to, et cetera, even twenty or more years ago, at least.
In my view, four-man rotations are usually the best to have, at most. Plus a bullpen of about 4 or so good relievers, and then a deep bench of position players, depending on roster size limits, more or less. Five or more starters and more than five or six relievers, and pitchers may often not get enough work to either keep them healthier or happier, I think, most times, at least. But then again, people are afraid their people will get hurt, mainly due to monetary concerns often, perhaps, I'm sure.
I understand where they may be coming from here, but nobody, even in non-athletic pursuits of any kind, can ever get better at what they do without having to work more often than not at it, of course. So I vote no DH, no interleague play outside of the All-Star Break, the postseason, or special tournaments, and absolutely no odd number of teams and/or divisions in any league by default, for sure.
That's all I want to say here for this post, at least, I think. CD out.
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