Quotes About Designated Hitter

If I was going to make one rule change, I would bring the DH in the National League.

I don't like the designated hitter. A guy who plays should be able to catch and hit.

The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.

I wonder why there is a designated hitter in baseball after all these years? As an experiment, it seemed like a swell enough idea, but you would think the novelty would have worn off by now and everyone would get back to playing baseball.

Baseball players are not specialists; they all have to do it all. That is why I, and many aficionados, dislike the American League's practice of replacing the pitcher with a designated hitter. This creates two players who do not have to do it all.

In 1973, the New York Yankees became the first team to use a designated hitter (often referred to as the "DH").

If you look at it long-term, I think eventually there will be a DH in the National League.