AL is better because of the Yankees

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What have we learned? At first glance, perhaps we've learned that the American League is simply stronger than the National League. This year the Americans won 54.4 percent of interleague games, which might not seem so impressive unless you know we're talking about 239 games. And if the American League really is the better league, why would it be? My chief suspicion, for some time now, is that more good players have migrated from the National League to the American than vice versa.

It's true that: 1) in 2002, the two best pitchers in the National League were Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling; and 2) in 2005, both Johnson and Schilling are employed by American League outfits. Of course, it's also true that in 2005, Johnson and Schilling have combined for eight wins (and only two of those over the Nationals, both of them gems by Johnson earlier this month).

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