Dead Ball Era Part 2

Matt Garza put an exclamation point tonight on pitching's absolute dominance in the 2010 season. He threw the fifth no hitter of the season against the Detroit Tigers. I can't think of a time in my life that pitchers have been this dominant. It's been a joy to see, and for me it's a breath of fresh air to see this.

Also along with this brings a great balance within the divisions. Every division is up for grabs, between at least two teams, and that's maybe the most refreshing part of the 2010 season.

Not only are pitchers getting more groundball outs, strikeouts, and subsequently, wins. The league's hitters also seem to be taking notice, and are switching their emphasis.

It's easy to see that the Mitchell Report has done some cleaning up in baseball, and most of the PED(performance enhancing drug) use has declined. It seems like it's exposed a black eye, but for me it's shown that hitters can evolve. While I can't think of a time in my life that pitchers have been this dominant, I also haven't seen so many great hitters starting to hit more for average than power.

While pitchers are starting to dominate, hitters are taking notice and realize they can't just crank them out of the park like before. It is also nice to see that there is a legitimate race for the triple crown title between Miguel Cabrera and Josh Hamilton.