People are talking about how much easier it is to be just a DH instead of playing the field. I would argue that playing the field keeps many player's minds in the game, case in point what happened to Adam Dunn this year? He hits 40 bombs / year when he's in the OF, but once he DH's he loses focus and hits .170 something. Also my favorite player Frank "The big hurt" Thomas was a much better hitter when he was playing 1B (back to back MVPs) than he was later in his career as a DH. Staying warm and focused for the 30-45 minutes between at bats is not to be over looked. What do you guys think about Thome? He's DHed for the last 7-8 years for the most part.
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