In Reply to: That's more than parity. posted by OldBruin on June 16, 2009 at 20:16:14
... being made, but still think the jury is out. For example...
-- Arizona is 13-16 against the NL East/Central. But, that can be qualified with the understanding that they have played 19 home games against only 10 road games. So, that record is a little skewed as it pertains to using it as a test case for parity.
-- San Diego is a respectable 11-13 against the other NL conferences. A couple of interesting notes - they are 0-4 against the AL, and they have a horrible 4-8 road record in those games (7-5 at home). Decent, but not a great statement of divisional strength.
-- Colorado is .500 against the other two conf's at 14-14. This includes having won their last 8 consecutive games against the non-west NL (so they were 6-14 at one point). This is why I qualified my earlier statement with the unknown of whether they'd continue this trend, or if it's a fluke - we'll see.
-- SF is surprisingly 16-10 against the non-west, accounting for pretty much all of their +.500 record. So, this speaks well for the conference. However, 7 of their 26 games (more than 25%) have been against the hapless Nationals, where they are 5-2.
-- Of course, the Dodgers are beating everyone, with a 13-9 record against the East/Central. But, that .590 clip is far below their overall record, which is obviously much better then within division.
Conclusion: There's a potential case for both arguments, and we'll probably know more come season's end.