mlb: american league vs national league fields?
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They are no significant difference.  Even there are difference between pitchers park and hitters park, there is no difference between the league.\n\nI think you have the question because AL hitters are generally batter.  That's because NL don't use DH (pitchers have to hit), but AL do.  So offsensively AL is better, especially on RBI and runs.  It affects homerun and average as well, because it's harder for AL pitchers to pitch around.
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The difference is that MLB is a real sport;\n\nrounders is just a throw away game.
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You could use a bunch of different measuring sticks.  Last year's NL East had the top four teams finish within 7 games of each other, while the West had the last place team only 15 games behind the division winner, the same as the 1996 NL Central.  The 1995 NL West (only 4 teams) had an 11 game gap between first and last, but that season was strike-shortened, as was 1994 when the 4 teams in the AL West were within 5 1/2 games of each other.  The 2004 AL West had the top three teams within 3 games of each other.\n\nIf we're only going to go back to the 3-division format in each league, those have been the closest races.
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Both are pretty cool, but I think that even though I'm a White Sox fan, I would have to say Wrigley. I sat in the bleachers of Wrigley in a game against the Cardinals, and it was an awesome view. There were some annoying guys in front of us, but when they left we got to sit in the front row. U.S. Cellular isn't as great because it's named after a company, not a person. Minute Maid park, U.S. Cellular, etc., are not as cool usually.
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Major League Baseball has a franchise in Houston - The Astros.  They play in the National League.
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Historically, left field is the postion that is the "easiest" to play in the Majors.  In sandlot baseball, right field is often where the worst player is placed because there are fewer people that hit the ball towards right.\n\nLeft field is often the smallest field with the fence closer.  It is a shorter throw to third base than the other outfield position.\n\nFirst base has been used as a postion for good-hitting outfielders that can no longer run as fast; but Gary Sheffield will tell you that it is not an easy position to play.\n\nCatcher, shortstop, and centerfield are the hardest defensive positions to play as they have responsibilities beyond their own position.  All three require quick feet and a strong throwing arm.
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Fast-pitch----just like baseball.\n\nPitcher\nCatcher\nFirst base\nSecond base\nThird base\nShortstop\nLeft field\nCenter field\nRight field\n\nAll except the pitcher and catcher can play anywhere on the field they wish, but must be in fair territory. \n\nIn slow pitch there is an extra outfieder used.
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National league hitting is awful so the pitchers are going to look like Cy Young! AL players have more pop in their bats.
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I really enjoy watching inter league play.  It affords me the opportunity to see some of the top NL players that I generally only hear about on Sportscenter.  It's also nice to see your team play in a different light.  If you are in the AL playing in an NL park, you get to see what your pitchers have at bat or how your DH plays at 1st Base etc...  I like it and I do not think it should change.
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In Major League Baseball, the field dimensions are:\n90' between the bases\n60' 6" from pitching rubber to home plate\n127' 3 3/8" from 1st to third or 2nd to home\nPitchers mound - 18' diameter\nOutfield fences and seats vary from park to park
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In baseball, the American and National Leagues play by slightly different rules. The American League uses allows the designated hitter, the National League does not. There may also be differences in the way the umpires define the strike zone.\n\nIn football, the 10 teams from American Football League merged into the National Football League in 1970. The teams that were in the AFL became the American Conference while most of the original NFL teams went into the National Conference.
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A rivalry is a rivalry. On any given day, if they are playing each other, anything can happen. \n\nAs far as MLB as a whole is concerned, I say the Yankees are better.
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God doesn't like baseball--it is AMERICA's favorite pasttime, not GOD's. haha.  \n\nHe much prefers American football--he told me so last fall when I was at church:  "you shouldn't be here...you should be watching the Charger's game"\n\n:-D
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The most unneeded thing in a stadium is that concrete field in Montreal.  I know they don't use it anymore but it is still standing.  I remember watching an Expos game against the Braves and Chipper Jones hit a sky high ball and the outfielder lost it in the lights and when the ball came down, it bounced so high that Chipper was at 3rd base by the time they were able to field the ball.  If you are talking about current stadiums is Petco Park's gaps.  Those things are like a mile away from the plate and 422 in the Left Center gap is absolutely ridiculous.  Second is that hill in Center Field in Houston which is also a ridiculous number of feet away from the plate.
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The 2 diferent leagues came from being rivals in the late 1800's/early 1900's.\n\nThe National League is considered the "senior circuit"\n\nThe DH was supposed to be a one year experiment in 1973 (to boost offense), and they decided to keep it. It was the AL's way of trying to get more people interested.\n\nI would love to see an end to the DH, but the players union has gotten too big for it's britches, and probably won't happen.\n\nIn my opinion, the DH taints baseball and keeps old players around that should have retired years ago.
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Who cares if the Mets RAWK...whatever that is....and the NL blows donkey!\nPedro is a FA660T.\nnuff said.\nYANKEES RULE
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I am a Pakistani born American, so I have had the chance to experience both "national pastimes" in both countries. Cricket is by far the much more classy, elegant, poetic game. Baseball is more rough and tumble, a little less elegant but can be as exciting. In Baseball you are assured of a result, in TEST Cricket a Draw is a perfectly acceptable result.\n\nI love the New York Yankees, but I would definitely choose a Pakistan-India or West Indies-Australia Cricket game even over the Yankees-Red Sox game.  Howzat!\n\nregards\n\nImran