Yeah, but AL teams build their offense around a DH. NL teams build their offense around the rest of their lineup.

 

Losing one of your best hitters is a lot worse than adding a good hitter to a lineup that is good enough without that player.

 

Who says you're adding a good hitter? It's laughable seeing some of the guys who get the DH role when the NL teams come to the AL stadiums

Humber threw that to first inordinately hard.

Nice easy inning there for Humber, throwing strikes and settling down.

 

Comebacker ends it. 9 pitch 2nd for Phil

This is why Interleague play is stupid

Get used to it! We get interleague every week next year! Hahaha. When will they conform to one standard for pitchers/DH?

I worry about Phil getting hit by comebackers

How does that make sense?

 

I know we're all Sox fans, but this idea that interleague play only helps the NL is ridiculous. Besides, look at the results for the past decade.

Your telling me the AL teams are not more effected by interleague play than the NL? I disagree. The fact the AL wins more games in spite of that does not change that. The AL is a stronger league overall.

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I think only the Yankees have a better all time interleague record than the Sox

Who says you're adding a good hitter? It's laughable seeing some of the guys who get the DH role when the NL teams come to the AL stadiums

 

You're adding a much better hitter than a pitcher.

 

Pitcher wOBAs are like .160-.200. Even a replacement level bench player outproduces that by A LOT.

 

Look at it this way.

 

When AL teams visit an NL park, they replace a on average .350 wOBA hitter with one that might have a .150 wOBA, at best.

 

When NL teams visit AL parks, they replace an on average .180 wOBA pitcher with a .300 wOBA hitter.

 

You tell me who has the advantage.

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They still don't lose a vital part of their offense like AL teams do.

 

That is true. But NL teams don't build their team around the inclusion of the DH so when they come over they often times have an inferior, and often significantly inferior, bat as their DH compared to their AL counterparts.

 

Both sides have their advantages/disadvantages when the other league comes to town. And it's dumb.

You're adding a much better hitter than a pitcher.

 

Pitcher wOBAs are like .160-.200. Even a replacement level bench player outproduces that by A LOT.

 

Well of course he's better than a pitcher, but what is your point? He still is often times far away from his AL counterpart at that position.

 

Making an AL pitcher bat as compared to the standard NL pitcher at the plate has a much smaller "talent" gap

Who says you're adding a good hitter? It's laughable seeing some of the guys who get the DH role when the NL teams come to the AL stadiums

 

 

NL teams SHOULD have at least one good batter on their bench since it gets utilized so much more than in the the AL

The ball is just jumping to LF. Gordo took a half swing on a ball a foot off of teh ground and it go to the track.

Cubs playing the Dunn shift on PK.

Well of course he's better than a pitcher, but what is your point? He still is often times far away from his AL counterpart at that position.

 

Making an AL pitcher bat as compared to the standard NL pitcher at the plate has a much smaller "talent" gap

 

You have to look at this from a net gain/net loss perspective, at least that's how I look at it. At the end of the day, AL teams lose offensive output when you take into account the games they play in NL parks. Meanwhile, NL teams have nothing to lose.

Paulie just got hit in the face.

f*** Samarja hit him in the head...............prick.

Paulie gets beaned in the helmet/head

Whoa, PK HBP and now "injury delay"? What happened?

 

Paulie just got hit in the face.

Was it bad?? Is he alright?

He is coming out.

UM f*** THAT

Owww. I remember when Paulie got hit in the face by Pavano (I think) and stayed in the game. I think he homered off him in that game too.

f*** that. I hope we beam someone, hard, to make up for this.

Samardzija better get nailed leading off next inning