AL vs. NL by Stevie D.

Here's another post by new writer Stevie D. I disagree with a decent amount of the stuff in here and will almost definitely write a response to this.

AL vs NL

By Steven Delianites

There is a growing gap between the two baseball leagues. The American League has been dominating the National League for the last two years. “The Junior Circuit” or the American League as it’s called, in the last two years has posted a 286-217 record (.569 winning percentage) in interleague play over the last two years, going 149-102 in 2008, whipping “the Senior Circuit.” The American League has also gone unbeaten in the last 11 all-star games (10-0-1). The Worst division in baseball is in the National League, the NL West and the best is in the American League, AL East. This year, the Yankees and Mets finished with the same record, the Yankees finished 6 games out of the wild card, the Mets only 1. Last year, the Red Sox crushed the Rockies in the World Series, sweeping them and out-scoring them by a huge margin. 3 out of the top 4 records in baseball are in the AL. The AL has home field advantage again in the World Series. All four play-off teams in the National League have under .500 records against the American League, as opposed to the American League play-off teams who are all over .500 against the NL. All these signs point to an American League team winning the World Series again and distancing the AL as the superior league. There are several reasons for this. The first and foremost is better pitching, both starting and in the bullpen. One of the most telling signs is AL pitchers coming to the NL and having better stats and being much better pitchers, though there are exceptions (Barry Zito). The AL’s ERA is lower than the NL’s ERA. The American League also has more offense. The more traditional baseball fan would argue that the DH is ruining baseball and has given the AL this big advantage, but it’s not just the DH that is giving the AL more offense. The National League has fallen behind in terms of talent, attendance, and in spending wisely. The NL needs to win the World Series this year to show they are just as good and can hang with the “big boys.”These figures are important with the World Series coming up.