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would, holding to their apparent logic, have to disallow any AL pitchers, since they didn't have anything to do with the offensive side of the ball.
 
I know it's too simplistic and there are holes when you take it to the extreme, but in the end the pitcher is just the leader of the defensive unit.  He dictates how the game will play out for half of the game.  The DH presents the same value on the opposite side of the ball.
 
If you're going to vote Ozzie Smith into the HOF, you have to vote Edgar.  'Gar was one-dimensional when it comes to his game-changing skills, but so was The Wizard.  Ozzie didn't win many games with his bat, just like Edgar didn't win many games with his glove.
 
There are just too many flaws in the pseudo-logic of the crusty ol' timers who simply refuse to acknowledge that, as Doc pointed out earlier, the game has moved past the version they grew up with.  There's a reason the AL dominates interleague.  The NL rules are inferior.  Time to accept that by inducting the greatest DH ever.