Just change the year league… it’s actually was very consistent for 2009-2011

AL is 720-760
NL is 810-860

surprising, since I figured just Beckett and Jeter would have skewed those numbers to the AL

Didn’t stop Chien Ming Wang’s foot from exploding when he tried to run the bases.

Poor guy’s career has never been the same. He was on a roll at that point too.

/busted

Unfortunately, the Pirates had to have someone crack a bone to get a shout out.

. If you want to make a statement about something the other pitcher did, you plunk him. Pitchers can’t hide in the dugout and have another player get hit on their behalf.

I keep hearing this… somebody find out if HBP in AL > NL please?

Alternately, if the AL didn’t have the DH we would have been laughing about this awhile ago.

Didn’t stop Chien Ming Wang’s foot from exploding when he tried to run the bases.

I think they usually do. At least at my AA park, if the away team is an AL affiliate, they get to choose whether or not they want to use the DH. 2 NL teams there is no DH.

Hmm, ok then. I was under the impression that no pitchers hit in the minors.

Looks like I have nothing more to add. I’m going back to work.

I think they should keep leagues different, but they should definitely have the pitchers hit in the minors in the NL.

I think they usually do. At least at my AA park, if the away team is an AL affiliate, they get to choose whether or not they want to use the DH. 2 NL teams there is no DH.

What do you like about pitchers hitting, or rather dislike about DHs hitting?

The strategy in the later innings and the fact that it holds pitchers accountable for their pitches. If you want to make a statement about something the other pitcher did, you plunk him. Pitchers can’t hide in the dugout and have another player get hit on their behalf.

Some draft boards vary on whether a guy will be a pitcher or a hitter…one they become a pitcher, they stop developing their hitting skills. Just put in the work and become a greater asset.

i like seeing what pitchers are actual athletes and which ones are just talented nerds with a blessed arm.

I understand both sides of the DH argument, so it doesnt matter to me one way or the other, but what does matter to me is having the same rule in both leagues. One way or the other. DH in one and not the other is so stupid.

I agree with the Red Sox fan.

/chest bump

They’ll be better than the Mets. Book it.

Mets have the worst odds of any team to win their division. But they Orioles and Astros have a lower O/U number for win totals if it makes you feel better.