The announcers on ESPN have been attributing a rise in the pitching to the use of video by more pitchers. It was predominantly a batters thing a few years ago.
The drug testing policy is what is having such an affect on hitting. No longer are halfway decent players able to hit home runs to the opposite field because they are on good steroids.
Galaragga was ROBBED tonight. And you know what? The only person who was not going crazy or mad or yelling at the umpires was....Galaragga. He was an absolute class act, including during his post game interview. Very, very classy.