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From: Ruben Safir on 20 Jul 2010 23:11 On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:26:33 +0000, Steven M. O'Neill wrote: > 2. Interleague. The DH is clearly the cause of the AL advantage > in interleague play. AL teams have a guy who is a very good hitter > who doesn't have to field any position. This is an advantage in AL > parks, because the NL teams have to play a non-starting utility > player as DH, and an advantage in the NL parks because the AL teams > have a better hitter to come off the bench. > -- This is wrong. Historically NL teams do better because in NL parks their pitchers are a waste and they lose a big bat that they depend on while most good NL teams have an extra bat who otherwise platoons or Pitch Hits. Ruben |