7 different winners in 7 years
your words ring true
however
getting there is hard and the truth is
the best pitching staff of the season usually wins it all every year
we can discuss the yanks then the dbax who had rj and schill,the halos of 02 had a tremendous bullpen and a ballsy manager,the 03 fins had beckett burnett penny and a decent pen the sox had 2 1st ballot halloffamers,,a lites out d lowe and a solid pen
the 05 chisox were the best team in baseball for 7 months with the best rotation and lets face it,last years tigers team was the best in baseball and they had the pitching as well
pitching cost money
cincinatti wont have the best rotation in baseball for the rest of eternity
nor will colorado pittsburg or frisco unless they happen to develop healthy studs and backdoor someone on a trade
my simple point is this
pitching wins
pitching cost money
money that isnt to be found in the cities of the midwest outside chitown and stlouis to a smaller extent
based on the above its difficult to fathom how the nl will be as competetive as the al down the road