-=> Quoting Ed Grinnell to Stephen Frazier <=-
 EG> Stephen Frazier was seen kissing Large Marge and telling us:
 SF> things: 1. The DH...Most DH's would not play in the NL,
 EG> Baloney. Most DHs would be first basemen in the NL ala John Kruk.
Then why don't they play first in the AL? The issue is not just the DH but 
the 
guy who DOES play first base in the AL while the DH is sitting on his butt. 
And why do you confine it to just first basemen? Secondly, which NL first 
baseman would you replace with one of your DHs?
 EG> Maybe because there's NO real "strategy" in the NL. Come on, when
 EG> pitchers come up to bat with a man on base, it's like punting on 4th
 EG> down in the NFL: bunt, bunt, bunt. AL pitchers have to put up with 9
 EG> REAL bats during a game while NL pitchers only have to deal with 8.
True, but pitchers have to be multi-dimensional in the AL. And if you say 
there is less or no strategy in the NL, then I think I can see you don't 
really know baseball. Punting indeed! Do you know how many pitchers in the NL 
have been used as pinch hitters? Do you know how many NL pitchers have more 
homers and RBI than some position players in EITHER league? You are obviously 
thinking of what happens when your average AMERICAN league pitcher strides to 
the plate with a bat in his hand:)
 SF> While the AL has dominated the WS over the past six years, it is
 SF> about dead even since 1960.
 EG> Since 1960, the AL has won 20 and the NL has won 16. However, since
Actually, it's the AL 19-17 but who's counting?
 EG> the introduction of the DH, the AL has won 14 and the NL has won 9.
Make that 13-10, would you?
 EG> Puhleeze, the All-Star game often overlooks some of the best talent in
 EG> both leagues and is hardly a test of strength.
It's a test of the two teams on the field, which is all we have right now.
 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
 EG> Look at the numbers, Stephen. If you want to go back as far as 1960,
 EG> AL fans might be inclined to go back to the days when the Yankees
 EG> dominated baseball. Just which series do you think that the players
 EG> consider more important, the World or All-Star?
I can go back even to where the GIANTS dominated baseball, but that would 
only 
prove that there were dominant teams back then, and yes, I think the AL was 
the better league then, but it has changed back and forth over time.
Stephen
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