Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site SCIRTP.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!rti-sel!SCIRTP!ned From: ned@SCIRTP.UUCP (Ned Robie) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: Why can't the NL hit? Message-ID: <177@SCIRTP.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 14:30:16 EDT Article-I.D.: SCIRTP.177 Posted: Wed Jun 26 14:30:16 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 01:26:08 EDT References: <302@bdmrrr.UUCP> Organization: SCI Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 18 > Why can't the National League hit this year? > > I heard Tim McCarver (Mets broadcaster) say that the National League hitters > in general were not taking pitches -- swinging at bad balls. I can believe > that but why are American Leaguers more patient? Does the DH have something > to do with this? Is National League pitching better than American League > pitching? > > 'CPUHOG' Gates Assuming that AL hitting is, in fact, better than NL hitting this season... I've noticed that the outside of the plate seems to have gotten wider in the NL. This doesn't seem to be true in the AL, however. Has anyone else noticed this? I've heard announcers talk about such differences in the AL and NL strike zones. Could this account for the hitting difference? Maybe NL hitters can't afford to be as choosey as AL hitters? -- Ned Robie