as do subs. I'm not a DH hater but the arguments that pitchers shouldn't hit ring hollow to me, they're players on the field and every other player on the field plays offense and defense, that is the game of baseball. In football you play one or the other, in baseball you play both. Singling out one position to only play one direction while all others play both can't be justified in any manner other than just saying "we don't want pitchers to hit because they suck at it". Trying to justify it by any other argument doesn't really carry much weight.