Run Fausto, Run!

It seems to happen at least once every season during Interleague play.  Some pitcher who is not used to batting and or running the bases hurts himself.  And soon after we hear cries from American League managers and front office personnel to either get rid of Interleague play or impose the DH on the National League.  Both arguments are compelling but these people are missing the point.  If you are a Major League Baseball player and you can't navigate running the bases unscathed, which is something many children do with out incident, maybe you should look into another line of work.  Seriously!

At some point in your baseball career you had to both hit and run the bases.  You knew this would be part of the deal when you signed up.  To see the "professionals" looking incompetent in doing something that amateurs and even everyday people do with relative ease is funny but embarrassing.

Instead of asking the National League to adopt the DH how about we make the American League get rid of it and force these players that are paid to play the game actually play all parts of the game.  That way when we see an AL pitcher go down running the bases we laugh it off as bad luck instead of expecting it to happen.