Cardinals slugger Lance Berkman, who spent the second half of last season with the Yankees in the American League, doesn't believe the use of the designated hitter in proper baseball. Berkman filled the DH role with New York last season and once in a while during interleague play. "If I can't play in the field, I'm not going to play," Berkman said. "I'm not going to sit on the bench. That's 100 percent. "Now, if that's the only job available and if, in my heart, I didn't feel like I could go out there and run around and catch the ball and play defense. . . I probably wouldn't be worth a dang anyway." Berkman added that, "The game is designed to be played with the pitcher hitting. I don't like the DH. And if you can' t play a position. . . that's not baseball." "I think you get a stigma attached to you about what you can and cannot do. I think I've proven over the course of my career that I can play outfield and first base. That's probably all your options (as a lefthanded thrower), except maybe coming out of the bullpen. I haven't tried that yet."