I know I'm not alone here, but I often ask if "you've got him" before I jump in. And believe it or not, I've actually been asked the same question a few times. Reason for this is not entirely altruistic, although I don't like to be a real Designated Hitter either, but I'm not giving up my E to go get an assist or be the reason for anyone creating a post like the OP.
Funny thing here is, I see the reasons for being a DH is related to score, I'm not finished with my experiment yet, but here goes:
All last tour I did everything (almost, no killing shades or anything like that) to try and better my score. I wouldn't resupp towns or fields (I did drop gv supps,) I wouldn't up from a capped base, I wouldn't meet the horde, yada yada, you get the point. Doing all this to see what my score would be when I had the advantage to begin with. This tour I'm doing whatever I feel like and whenever, aka fun. Guess what; so far my score is really not that much different, except for gv score... Reason for that is a good camp hasn't come my way yet. Of course this tour isn't done yet, but I doubt that I'll conclude anything different than score is irrelevant and also makes you miss a lot of the fun.
If anybody out there isn't having fun, maybe look at your approach to the game. Sure we all get frustrated about things, and sometimes part of the fun is getting somebody who used to always foil you, but I see a lot on 200 re: score...I just don't know what it matters, there's nothing at stake. Online reputations are exactly that, they're online...
Enjoy, have fun!

Rot