re a surfeit of offense in article qi innphe jhunix hcf jhu edu pablo jhunix hcf jhu edu pablo a iglesias writes in article apr cs cornell edu tedward cs cornell edu edward ted fischer writes last year the american league scored runs in games for a total of runs per game with hr game through tuesday the al has runs in games for a total of runs per game and a total of hr game in there were runs per game and hr game the big question how significant is this have we returned to or is this just a minor abberation some thoughts d i thought offense was generally down in april rising as the weather got warm and pitchers got tired this may be a bigger abberation from the norm than it seems i don t get a feeling that the weather has been an issue this year there doesn t seem to be a really cold spell in north america which does makes it harder to hit not to mention making the ball carry less you obviously did not watch the twins in chicago no cold spell it s been snowing most of the week in minnesota inches in duluth last weekend i would still put things under the too early to tell category yup russ anderson disclaimer any statements are my own and do not reflect upon my employer or anyone else c ex twins jack morris innings pitched runs world series mvp
