Congrats to the National League

[Deepster]

4 of the last 5 World Series now belong to the "inferior" league.

I guess someone will post lopsided interleague stats at this point, right?

 

[mauconnfan]

SF was fun to watch.....imagine having a 2 time CY Young guy in the bullpen?

Congrats to them and all without a cheater too!!

 

[Deepster]

You got Sandoval hitting 3rd. He had 12 HR's on the year. Just goes to show you that you don't need the 25m a year masher in the middle of your lineup to generate runs.

 

[Cheddie]

You got Sandoval hitting 3rd. He had 12 HR's on the year. Just goes to show you that you don't need the 25m a year masher in the middle of your lineup to generate runs.

Congrats also to SF.

Should spark some off-season discussion of team philosophies. SF focused on contact hitters. We saw what happened to NY's free swingers. And now Detroit - Fielder, .071, no extra base hits.

 

[mauconnfan]

Congrats also to SF.

Should spark some off-season discussion of team philosophies. SF focused on contact hitters. We saw what happened to NY's free swingers. And now Detroit - Fielder, .071, no extra base hits.

Yep and to be fair, the potential NL MVP sucked at the plate too but his teammates picked him up.....

 

[60'sfan]

4 of the last 5 World Series now belong to the "inferior" league.

I guess someone will post lopsided interleague stats at this point, right?

I think the tide has turned. The NL is winning the all-star games too. Plus the inter league games are much closer now. Apparently the Tigers were favored with the best pitcher in baseball and the first triple crown winner since '67......and they got swept. Who knew?

 

[mets1090]

The leagues will likely always go back and forth, with the AL having an offensive advantage until the leagues conform their rules on the DH. AL teams can afford to throw big hitters bigger contracts under the premise that they can just stick them in the DH at the tail end of the contract. Pitchers would generally want to go to NL teams because it's easier to pitch against lineups with pitchers in it. AL gets really strong...better players want to go to the NL for a theoretically easier path to the World Series. If the NL goes and wins 10 straight ASG's and WS's then players will swing back to the AL.

I also have to imagine that NL teams have had higher draft picks based on their bottom teams getting absolutely smacked by AL teams. To add to this, AL teams throwing those big contracts at sluggers probably have given up more draft picks to NL teams than the other way around (maybe not by much, but if it's the difference between two AS caliber guys going to the NL instead of the AL...). This will also ebb and flow.

 

[60'sfan]

The leagues will likely always go back and forth, with the AL having an offensive advantage until the leagues conform their rules on the DH. AL teams can afford to throw big hitters bigger contracts under the premise that they can just stick them in the DH at the tail end of the contract. Pitchers would generally want to go to NL teams because it's easier to pitch against lineups with pitchers in it. AL gets really strong...better players want to go to the NL for a theoretically easier path to the World Series. If the NL goes and wins 10 straight ASG's and WS's then players will swing back to the AL.

I also have to imagine that NL teams have had higher draft picks based on their bottom teams getting absolutely smacked by AL teams. To add to this, AL teams throwing those big contracts at sluggers probably have given up more draft picks to NL teams than the other way around (maybe not by much, but if it's the difference between two AS caliber guys going to the NL instead of the AL...). This will also ebb and flow.

And it also could be that the NL has the best and brightest GM's too. The Red Sox, Yankees and Phillies have proven that $'s alone won't do it.