Not a huge problem for me. . .but I don't like it.

Nothing was funnier than watching Sid Fernandez bat in the National League. Everybody plays the field? Everyone swings the bat. The DH artificially lengthens careers of guys who can't run anymore.

It doesn't bother me one way or the other. It does ruin some of the strategy, but it makes for some excitement.

I used to be COMPLETELY AGAINST the DH rule. And while I still prefer the NL-style baseball (perhaps the only leauge left that doesn't use a DH) over the AL I have begun to see pluses with the DH.  As people such as Irishgit, Bill James, George Will and Tony La Russa has said there are some managers that are often already made during a game, such as forced bunting situations, or when to take a pitcher out of the game when you let the pitcher bat. I think it also is good as it gives the AL and NL different personalities which is definetely good for baseball. But again I still like NL baseball better and there is strategy invovled when you do have the P bat. Case in point: game 4 of the 1996 World Series which the Yanks defeated the Braves at Atlanta (wich meant the P's had to hit) 8-6 in 10 innnings to tie the series at two games a piece ( a game which turned the series in the Yanks favor), afterwards Joe Torre said the game was so complicated that only a manager with NL experience could have won that game. Also in that game Bobby Cox made a double swithc and removed Fred McGriff from the game in the middle of the tenthin ining and moved Ryan Klesko to 1B because he didn't want Brad Clontz to lead off the bottom of the tenth inning. But sure enough Ryan Klesko commited a crucial error on the next at-bat when Charlie Hayes hit a routine pop up which Klesko lost in the lights which allowed the Yankees to score the second run of the inning and theat took a lot of wind of a possible Braves comeback where Andrew Jones singled in the bottom of the tenth with one out and possibly could have stolen second base to put himself in scoring position to tie the game. However down two runs the Braves couldn't afford to bunt and Jermain Dye and Terry Pendleton filed to left.

I've been a fan for 40 years and I think it improves the game. Don't give me any sanctimonious garbage about how it takes strategy out of the game. Quite the opposite. 

Most of the so-called tough decisions National League managers have to make are pretty simple, particularly in these days of 11 man staffs.  Back in the days of Ty Cobb, when teams carried six pitchers, decisions were a little trickier. 

The DH is a great rule! Who wants to see pitchers helplessly flailing away at bat? And, yes, eventhough they hit once in a while, National League pitchers still stink at it. When baseball devotes sufficient time for pitchers to be major league hitters, then get rid of the DH. Until then, it is a most exciting and challenging rule.

The rule itself is not one of the biggest problems with major league baseball. I have defended the rule because it kept many old pros in the game longer, when they were past their ability to play first base or serve out the end of their careers waiting to be inserted late in the game as a pinch hitter occasionally. I think it hurts the American League in the World Series (though the record book doesn't indicate so) and in the All-Star game (ditto) but the problem with this rule is that it descended down through the minor leagues (AAA, AA, A, semi-pro, etc) and scholastic play. That was dumb, there was no reason to take the bat away from pitchers at that level. MLB is entertainment and needed the boost in run production and fading offensive superstars (with household names) hanging on for another year or two. The DH rule should (and certainly will) remain, unique to the American League. And nowhere else.

this is a big problem i think the american league needs to drop this rule what about some of the good hitting pitchers they dont get to show off there talent if they play in the american league get rid of it!!!

I can't stand the DH.

Anyone who cant play defense has no business in the big leagues. Should Dave Kingman have ever been allowed in the Bigs? And Henry Aaron DHing for the Brewers? Sad.

I think the pitchers need to hit for themselves. Besides, they are only doing themselves a disservice (spell check?) by steping into a National League park in the World Series with pitchers who can't hit.

Baseball's stupidest rule.

Ditto what tboneya wrote.

I hate the DH and think it's stupid but it is not a problem but rather a preference.

Aesthetically, I prefer the National League game, but I can see the arguments for the DH. I think the current system should be maintained--something for everyone.