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NL Primacy

Edgy MD May 21 2018 12:37 AM

Led by Philadelphia and (a very busy) Pittsburgh, 2018 is so far the year the National League has taken the upper hand over the Junior Circuit in head-to-head play. Atlanta: 2-0 Arizona: 2-1 Chicago: 3-2 Cincinnati: 1-2 Colorado: 1-1 Los Angeles: 1-1 Miami: 1-3 Milwaukee: 5-2 New York: 1-1 Philadelphia: 4-0 Pittsburgh: 10-2 St. Louis: 3-3 San Diego: 0-0 San Francisco: 3-2 Washington: 0-0 Total: 37-20 .649

Frayed Knot May 21 2018 02:16 AM Re: NL Primacy

I've been following this since opening week but haven't said anything on account of small sample size. But now that the horses are past the Quarter Pole on this season, that's a very lopsided head-to-head result in interleave play and, if it or something roughly like it keeps up, it will be the first time the NL has held an edge in IL play since 2003. The AL has won the majority of games in 17 of the 21 seasons that IL play has existed and holds an overall .529 winning percentage which basically means that the AL has been playing like an 85 to 86 win team over the last 21 years while the NL has been playing the part of the 76-77 win squad. That's significant over a long stretch of time, a gap which I've always been at a loss to explain just as I am to find a reason for this year's sudden turnaround. The biggest edge ever in a full season was in 2006 when the AL won 61% of IL games (154 - 98)

seawolf17 May 21 2018 12:21 PM Re: NL Primacy

Frayed Knot wrote: at a loss to explain just as I am to find a reason for this year's sudden turnaround. It's because the DH is stupid and karma is finally catching up to the AL.