NL hopes to end AL's domination; American League 8-0-1 in last 9 All- Star games

From: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) | Date: July 11, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The numbers are so one-sided, it's startling.

The American League is 8-0-1 in the last nine All-Star games. AL teams also swept the past two World Series and won an overwhelming 61 percent of interleague games against the NL this season.

David Ortiz, Vladimir Guerrero and Ichiro Suzuki at the plate. Johan Santana, Roy Halladay and Mariano Rivera on the mound.

Indeed, there's nothing junior about the Junior Circuit.

"It's a far superior league right now," Alex Rodriguez said Monday. "In the American League, this is an All-Star team among All- Star teams."

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