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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Why is offense so much higher in the NL so far this year?

By , 10:06 PM

David Pinto wrote the following article for the Sporting News:

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=408997&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=11&sid=4194213d79bc564dbdf2b9b2f5d2ca23#comments

I don’t see any real analysis in the article other than the fact that the average age in the NL (among position players I assume) is younger.  I don’t see how that can account for the difference.  Not even close.  I could be wrong though.

And I don’t see how you can say anything about the hitting without also looking at the pitching, as several readers pointed out in the comments section.

Any ideas?

(19) Comments • 2008/05/10 • SabermetricsTalent_Distribution
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