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Position players pitching always makes the news and is one of my favorite things to see in a baseball game, but I know what you mean. My primary argument is that I learned baseball from Tony La Russa, and he used the pitcher's spot in the lineup to great effect. Having a DH does allow pitchers to go deeper into games, I guess -- but forcing managers to weigh batting the pitcher in an important spot versus having to go to the bullpen early creates avenues of strategy simply not seen in the AL. I also will use the purist argument, by god, if nine men are going to take the field then all nine of them should bat, and having another guy who mucks around in the dugout during the home half is just weird.