Stephen Frazier was seen kissing Large Marge and telling us:
 SF> things: 1. The DH...Most DH's would not play in the NL,
Baloney. Most DHs would be first basemen in the NL ala John Kruk.
 SF> player is   expected to play defense as well as offense 2. Pitchers
 SF> don't have to worry about coming out of a game due to strategy in   the
 SF> AL, which gives them more opportunities to win games and pile up stats,
 SF> yet their records are not that much better than those in the NL
Maybe because there's NO real "strategy" in the NL. Come on, when pitchers 
come up to bat with a man on base, it's like punting on 4th down in the NFL: 
bunt, bunt, bunt. AL pitchers have to put up with 9 REAL bats during a game 
while NL pitchers only have to deal with 8.
 SF> While the AL has dominated the WS over the past six years, it is
 SF> about dead even since 1960.
Since 1960, the AL has won 20 and the NL has won 16. However, since the 
introduction of the DH, the AL has won 14 and the NL has won 9.
 SF> A better measure might be the All-Star game, which pits the cream of the
 SF> crop of each league against the best the other league has to offer. The
 SF> AL has won only nine or ten times since 1960.
Puhleeze, the All-Star game often overlooks some of the best talent in both 
leagues and is hardly a test of strength.
 SF> Granted, there are periods when one league will dominate for a while,
 SF> then the other, but over the long term, the NL puts up comparatively
Look at the numbers, Stephen. If you want to go back as far as 1960, AL fans 
might be inclined to go back to the days when the Yankees dominated baseball. 
Just which series do you think that the players consider more important, the 
World or All-Star?
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