The designated hitter in baseball

 In Major League Baseball there is a designated hitter. There has been a designated hitter since April 6, 1973. Ron Blomberg was the first hitter. But in the National league there is no designated hitter. Instead the pitcher hits. There is many opinions on what should be the right thing to do. Some people believe that they should should leave it the way it is by having designated hitter in American League and having the pitcher hit on the national league. And the other people believe that whatever the decision is both leagues should have the designated hitter.  In my opinion there should be a designated hitter for both the American and National League without a doubt.

 The first reason why is because of talent. There are so many people in the world that have some shot at playing in the major leagues. And I don't believe it's fair for the national league to give up a position for the pitcher to hit who's bound to get out.  And makes it unfair to those players who get cit because they need the pitcher to hit. What this also creates is a possible boring atmosphere for the fans. Since baseball is a low scoring game every hot counts. And I believe if all 30 teams had the designated hitter it would be more exciting. With having the designated hitter would create more power in a line up. They would provide more hits and home runs. And at the same time it's great for a pitcher because they have a better chance of getting the win of the dh is in the line up.

 Another reason why the designated hitter should be required for every team is because of injuries. Every pitcher gets drafted just to pitch. Not to hit or play the field. They strictly train for pitching and only pitching.  And with having a pitcher hit can lead to injury. The reason why is because they can either get hit by a pitch or pull muscles with an un mechanical swing. This would effect a franchise because of you an ace like Justin Verlander getting hurt then their franchise would be screwed all because a pitcher who is 1for 55 needs to hit. Like I said in my last paragraph if that was a dh who got hit by a pitch and was hurt it would effect the team but there is still so much talent out their that someone' else could fit the dh spot no problem.

 This is why the MLB needs to strongly consider getting a designated hitter for the national league.  It would be better for the pitchers and the fans. It brings safety for pitchers who wouldn't have to hit and have time to relax on between innings. It's also more exciting for the fans because they can watch there favorite dh have double his at bats and be able to get a lot more pop and offense in these low scoring baseball games. There's just so many good things by doing it. It's gives everyone a pro in it and would make everyone happy for all sorts a different reasons.