The more I watch the NL rules, the more I like the DH.

In a performance reminiscent of Carl Hubbell, Roger Clemens struck out all star Mark Mulder on three pitches. Fun stuff.

Mark Mulder and his career .045 batting average. While 1,040 homeruns sat on the bench:


C -- Victor Martinez, 14.

1B -- Ken Harvey, 23.

1B -- David Ortiz, 112.

2B -- Ron Belliard, 18.

SS -- Carlos Guillen, 42.

SS -- Miguel Tejada, 171.

SS -- Michael Young, 46.

3B -- Hank Blalock, 55.

OF -- Carl Crawford, 11. (Eleven? What is he doing on the team?)

OF -- Matt Lawton, 120.

OF -- Hideki Matsui, 33.

OF -- Gary Sheffield, 395.


Please also note that the day before, in the same ballpark, MLB held an event known as "Homerun Derby." They didn't hold an event called "Pitcher Strike Out Derby."

I know it will never happen, but the NL should get with the program. Everybody else uses the DH. Because it's good.