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Postby HOOTIE » Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:27 am

Is the AL better then the NL? World Series and All-Star Game wise, they are.

Last 22 World Series, AL leads 15-7.

The record in those 22 World Series shows the AL with a huge 75-44 (.630) advantage.

The AL is 14-3 in the last 17 All Star games, holding a 97-61 scoring edge.

Doesn't the NL historically play more smallball? :-D
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Postby George_Foreman » Thu Oct 27, 2005 1:36 am

well, a lot of that is the yankees combined with the fact that the AL generally spends far, far more money than the NL. ;-)
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Postby Half Massed » Thu Oct 27, 2005 1:50 am

George_Foreman wrote:well, a lot of that is the yankees combined with the fact that the AL generally spends far, far more money than the NL. ;-)


True. The AL teams have the offensive benefit of a DH, which helps. There are more "bad" teams in the NL than in the AL also.
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Postby blankman » Thu Oct 27, 2005 2:51 am

Half Massed wrote:
George_Foreman wrote:well, a lot of that is the yankees combined with the fact that the AL generally spends far, far more money than the NL. ;-)


True. The AL teams have the offensive benefit of a DH, which helps. There are more "bad" teams in the NL than in the AL also.


"Bad" teams makes no difference whatsoever at the top of each league which is all that makes the playoffs.

And the DH? In the WS, both teams play by the same rules each game. Chicago took both in NL without a DH.

Neither of those has anything to do with it.
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Postby BritSox » Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:29 am

George_Foreman wrote:well, a lot of that is the yankees combined with the fact that the AL generally spends far, far more money than the NL. ;-)


Does anyone have stats for average payroll over the two leagues?
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Postby raiders_umpire » Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:12 am

nuggets wrote:3B Pujols 100.3


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The AL has been raking on the NL the last 20 years or so, but imo the talent level is close between the 2 leagues,,, just a oddity i guess,,,, cause the NL did whoop up on the AL during the 60s and 70s as well when the talent was even there as well....
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Postby Pogotheostrich » Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:42 am

WS and All-Star games don't really seem like a fair representation of each league to me. If you are comparing interleague records then I think you have something.

btw - Yes, the AL is better right now but these things tend to go in cycles.
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Postby chadlincoln » Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:58 am

Pogotheostrich wrote:WS and All-Star games don't really seem like a fair representation of each league to me. If you are comparing interleague records then I think you have something.

btw - Yes, the AL is better right now but these things tend to go in cycles.

I agree. I think that Interleague records determine the better leauge. You get a broad scope that way.
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Postby thomasps3 » Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:32 pm

An average of payrolls for AL vs. NL would not be a good sample. Median would be better....better overall picture
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