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Just for Bookpossum, who couldn't be expected to know:
Ignoring recent travesties, baseball doesn't work on the platoon system. Players play both offense and defense, i.e., a pitcher's got to hit. The Babe Ruth references are because Ruth started out as a pitcher with the Boston Red Sox. But he was also a phenomenal hitter and the crux is that pitchers don't pitch every day, but the other players all play every day. When Ruth was sold to the Yankees, he was changed into a hitter for that reason.
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