For all the talk about a universal designated hitter, perhaps the greatest argument against its seemingly inevitable implementation into MLB revolves around the existence of New York Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon.
As we've noted in the past, Colon's plate appearances aren't just the throw away moments you may come to expect with pitchers, they are events that unite baseball fans from all points of the world, regardless of where their loyalties lie.
There's always an element of drama in Colon's at-bats, from whether he'll actually make contact, to whether his helmet will stay on or fall off, to the ultimate hope, that he'll put a ball in play and have to run the bases.