National league vs American league?
after a few close all-star games and 2 of the last 3 world series going to the nl is it ‘coming the better league. All the trades have been big al players going to the nl. There are so many teams competing for first in there divison they will be battled tested into post season (not saying it isnt in the al). Besides world series and all-star games of the past and posssible future, is the national league becoming the btter league? 14 of the top 20 starters with best era are in nl and there are still rumors of roy halladay entering the nl and c lee (21 mlb best era). also 7 of the top 9 homerun leaders are in nl. and 11 of top 20 are nl players in avg. The cardinals are loading up and have heard possible trade rumors of troy glause due to injury who’s capable of swinging the bat but not throwing real well (so best case prospect and/or pitcher(s) intrade for glause to be dh)
also post season prediction??? 1 round guesses to ws???
Having the home field advantage for the AL is important. AL teams have a big slugger to plug into DH, like the Angels with Guerrero and the Red Sox with Ortiz. NL teams have a position player that will have to do the unfamiliar task of DHing. That is a bigger advantage than not having a DH and making your pitchers bat. So generally head to head, the AL has a theoretical advantage. But as you pointed out, the NL won in 2006 and 2008 and if you subtract out the Red Sox, the NL has won in 3 out of the last 4 non-Red Sox years. Why take out the Red Sox? I don’t know, I just like them.
i mean if it helps you sleep at night, sure the NL is becoming the better league. but you cant forget about teams like the Cubs and Mets recently being absolutely stacked but yet choking when it matters.
but to be honest, i still believe the AL is the better league. that is until the NL shows me otherwise, in which i mean winning consecutive all star games or world series (2 out of the past 3 is not a very impressive mark)
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Having the home field advantage for the AL is important. AL teams have a big slugger to plug into DH, like the Angels with Guerrero and the Red Sox with Ortiz. NL teams have a position player that will have to do the unfamiliar task of DHing. That is a bigger advantage than not having a DH and making your pitchers bat. So generally head to head, the AL has a theoretical advantage. But as you pointed out, the NL won in 2006 and 2008 and if you subtract out the Red Sox, the NL has won in 3 out of the last 4 non-Red Sox years. Why take out the Red Sox? I don’t know, I just like them.
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Just being honest, the Nl is not the better league. Anyone could watch baseball for 1 week and realize that the AL is more competitive. For example: Julio Lugo played as SS for the Redsox. He was not, at all, a good SS. So many errors and could not hit at all. Now he is traded to the Cardinals and starts playing like an all-star. The AL East is the best league in baseball, composed of the Yankees, Redsox, Rays and Blue Jays. The Blue Jays are 11.5 GB. Put them in the NL, I give them the wild card. There are a lot of teams in the NL Central that are in a tight race, but none of them are many games over .500, while the Redsox and Yankees are 17+ games over .500. Also, about the homerun thing, Pujols and Ramirez are jacked up on steroids, so I wouldn’t even look at that stat. I hate the Yankees, but I will give them domain over any team in the NL. With the exception of a few teams, the Phillies, the Cardinals and the Dodgers, the NL is not very competitive. The Rockies were on a 22 game winning streak during the 2007 playoffs and then got swept in the World Series. Sorry to burst your bubble, but the NL is not the better league.
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Redsox Nation
You can not compare statistics between leagues for they are facing different pitchers and the A.L. has a dh rule. And I don’t think the All Star game or World Series is a good indicator of which league is better either(even though the A.L. has not lost the All Star game in 13 years) because it is only one game or one series and either team could win. I think the only reasonable measuring stick is interleague play because it shows who wins more games over a longer span of time and I still don’t think that is a perfect barometer since that is subject to which division is playing who. By the way the A.L. won more interleague games this year again as they do more times than not. Also the A.L. simply has more major market teams which allows them to have teams with larger payrolls. It’s not really important either since player movement goes in cycles, you never know in a few years Tim Lincecum could be wearing a Red Sox jersey and Ryan Braun could be in New York playing in pinstripes.
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