The National Leage has been getting buried in interleague play - through Thursday night, the AL was 77-49 against the senior circuit, for a .611 pct.
More details are here, but what I lack is perspective - I read a Sports Illustrated article a while back explaining to me why the AL was in the ascendancy, but I can neither find nor remember it.
THE BEAT GOES ON: The AL went 9-5 on Friday night. Looks like a typical night for Armando, now blowing big saves for the Giants.
UNRELENTING: The Saturday results - the AL wins 10-2, with Yankees-Marlins postponed until Sunday and the Angels-Diamondbacks tied in free baseball.
Mock and aw, shucks for the once-proud Astros; mortification for the Cardinals, who don't need to trade for Armando since they can blow saves without him.
Hmm, perhaps it was because the AL's moon is in Uranus.
Posted by: mcg | June 24, 2006 at 12:15 AM
I'm just trying to figure out why it is that when I finally get a chance to follow an Atlanta season as it progresses for the first time in years that they tank for the first time in 10+ years...
Posted by: JJ | June 24, 2006 at 01:35 AM
AL'ers are all pansies...
Posted by: Dwilkers | June 24, 2006 at 11:17 AM
I'm in St. Louis. We don't talk about interleague play right now...
Posted by: Jeffersonian | June 24, 2006 at 02:17 PM
When he used to play for the O's, a local B'more radio station played a version of Fernando in his honor.
There was something in the air that night
Going deep to right
Armando.
And it ended in a real big fight
Throwing lefts and rights
Armando
Heh. As they say.
Posted by: JP | June 24, 2006 at 04:39 PM
My Astros took it on the chin from the ChiSox today. And yesterday.
Again.
That's a strong team. They have a .300+ hitter in the seventh slot fgs.
Posted by: Dwilkers | June 24, 2006 at 07:17 PM