Remember when they did just that? They pitched and they hit. There was no designated hitter. Hell, there wasn’t even a 5-6 day rest between outings. Whitey Ford would pitch a complete game and come back the next day and do it again. They weren’t the prima donnas who pitched 5 innings or 100 pitches before being taken out. Some of them weren’t bad hitters either. Don’t remember if it was Curt Gowdy or Mel Allen who coined the phrase, "This guy’s a Goooooooooood hittin Pitcher.’ Oh well.
Remember when they did just that? They pitched and they hit. There was no designated hitter. Hell, there wasn’t even a 5-6 day rest between outings. Whitey Ford would pitch a complete game and come back the next day and do it again. They weren’t the prima donnas who pitched 5 innings or 100 pitches before being taken out. Some of them weren’t bad hitters either. Don’t remember if it was Curt Gowdy or Mel Allen who coined the phrase, "This guy’s a Goooooooooood hittin Pitcher.’ Oh well.