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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 2330446, member: 1969"] The super bullpen is a key tool in the AL Playoffs. But it is diminished slightly in NL parks. Once you remove the DH, it becomes much harder to effectively manage and dominate with your bullpen. It's just not as easy to map your way through the last 5 innings of a game when you are forced to make moves earlier or later than you want solely because the pitcher spot us due up, or possibly due up, the next inning. It forces you to want to stretch your starters a little bit more in those games. Managing the usage of your bullpen is easier in the AL. This is not to say the AL is not better than the NL. It probably is. But the game is very different. [/QUOTE]