Yankees to National League: "Grow Up"

After Chien-Ming Wang pulled up lame after running the bases in an interleague matchup, the Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner wasn't too thrilled to hear that Wang could be out up to 10 weeks. "The National League needs to join the 21st century. They need to grow up and join the 21st century [and use designated hitters]," Steinbrenner said. "I've got my pitchers running the bases, and one of them gets hurt."

While it's an unfortunate occurrence that Wang was injured, one lone incident isn't enough to prompt the National League to adopt the DH rule. Freak injuries happen. Alfonso Soriano was injured earlier this year catching a ball--should we abolish the time-honored tradition of shagging fly balls? Derrek Lee was injured two years ago running to first base...perhaps we should just let hitters take first base. Many injuries also happen off of the field. Sammy Sosa once missed a game because he "slept on the wrong shoulder." Should we dissuade players from sleeping at night?

Long live the National League!