Hoornstra: Baseball’s designated hitter rule could benefit from compromise

Think the designated hitter is coming to the National League?
“The suggestion, often made, that the pitcher be denied a chance to bat, and a substitute player sent up to hit every time, has been brought to life again, and will come up for consideration when the American and National League Committees on rules get together.” Those words were printed in 1906. Even 114 years ago, the chatter around the DH rule was an old one.
The National League has mandated pitchers hit for themselves