Sun Sep 13, 2015 6:20 pm
Playing the field is an issue; it's part of what position players do. DH is a slot in the lineup, but it isn't actually a position, like it or not. And Molitor did at least play the field, as did the subpar defensively Ted Williams, as a complete player for a substantial part of his career. And since full-time DH'es rarely, if ever, played the field, the voters are under no obligation to vote in the best among them.
As to your punters and kickers in NFL analogy, that is an inapt comparison since the game structure of the NFL and the values of those NFL positions are not clearly parallel to the MLB game structure and designated hitters. If you would like to start a thread arguing for punters and kickers in the NFL HOF, I'm sure SOM would allow it.
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l.strether on Sun Sep 13, 2015 6:38 pm, edited 1 time in total.