Manny, the DH, and choosing between Garret Anderson or Steve Garvey: the weight of 3000 hits

Are 3000 hits an automatic ticket to Cooperstown? Last June, when Craig Biggio collected his 3000 th hit, pundits and old timers heralded it as the last time it will be done without the benefit of the DH, or the “hard way”. Even though he did play twenty games at DH, and the same people said this when Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. did it, it is hard to imagine it with free agency, and ... [link]