There has been much speculation within the national and local media as to whether or not the American league is the superior of the two major leagues.

It’s time for everyone to wake up and smell the coffee.

The American League has been the better of the two leagues for some time now.

Click below for more!Take a look at the results of the all-star game. The last time the National league was victorious was in 1996.

That’s nine straight for the Junior Circuit.

The World Series hasn’t been kind to the NL either.

The AL has swept the last two Fall Classics.

In fact the NL has won only two of the last eight world series played.

Baseball is a cyclical game. Beginning in 1960 there were 29 all star games played through 1985, the NL won 25 of 29 and they weren’t close games either.

I don’t need to list all the big named players who have switched leagues to give me the answer.

I don’t need to look at all the stats that the experts are poring over to answer the question.

The American league is the better of the two leagues right now, every head to head match up proves the point.

If you’re an American League fan, enjoy the ride because it won’t last forever.

It never does.

The National League West is going to be an interesting race.

The Dodgers have their best hitting team in 20 years. The trade for Tampa’s closer Danys Baez looks pretty smart right now since Eric Gagne’s recent elbow surgery has placed Gagne’s season in doubt.

Can Jeff Kent, Bill Mueller, JD Drew, and Jose Cruz keep smacking the ball around the park? Unlikely, but if they do, Grady Little’s team has to be taken seriously.

The surprise team in the west is the Colorado Rockies.

For years the Coors Field crew has been unable to win on the road. It’s a different story this year. The Rocks took San Diego apart in Petco then moved on to Arizona and took the series from the Diamondbacks.

Brad Hawpe, Garrett Atkins, Luis Gonzalez, Matt Holiday, and Clint Barmes, who are these guys?

Answer: Along with Todd Helton they are the heart of the Rockies potent lineup.

If they continue to win on the road the Rockies might sneak past everyone in the division.

Talk about a home field advantage. The Giants have a very thick carpet of Kentucky Blue Grass blanketing AT&T Park.

Brilliant move.

With three old veterans playing in the outfield and two oldsters up the middle at short and second, the Giants have helped themselves immensely because any ball put in play is slowed down once it hits the tall grass.

Watch the players walk through the grass after an inning ends, you can hardly see their shoes.

Arizona has some power arms closing their games with Luis Vizcaino, Luis Aquino, and Jose Valverde throwing rockets.

Just think the A’s could have had Valverde two winters ago for Eric Byrnes. The deal fell apart when Valverde refused to come to the Bay Area for an Oakland physical while he was recovering in the Dominican Republic from arm surgery.

Mike Lowell is looking very comfortable peppering shots off the Green Monster in Fenway Park. The Red Sox have a history of finding righthanded sluggers who have revived struggling careers once they saw the short porch in left.

Add Lowell to the list.

Twins lefty Francisco Liriano is a clone of teammate Johan Santana. Liriano’s stuff is electric. If the Twins could get a legit hitter for either pitcher Scott Baker or Kyle Lohse, they should make the move right now. Liriano and Santana starting back to back, that’s nasty.

Here’s the problem for Barry Bonds.

In order to make the perjury case against the slugger the government will have to bring in a witness to say that Bonds knew he was taking steroids. The witness will have to authenticate the “doping calendars” as an authentic record of Bonds’ drug cycles.

Bonds will have to get on the stand and refute the evidence. It would be a huge risk for Bonds to sit back and not testify once the prosecution rests its case, essentially saying the witnesses against him testified untruthfully.

Bonds has to testify and that’s when the case gets sticky for the slugger.

Bonds may be able to hit a fastball in the big leagues, but he will meet his match under cross examination because in light of all the evidence his “I was told it was flaxseed oil” defense is patently unreasonable.