I tend to disagree with this. I have Pujols in 2 of 3 of my leagues and in one of them he ended up batting just .224 against LHP for the season and had a total of 18 HRs (actual stats he did better against LHP then RHP and had 34 HRs) last season. Small market excuse is just that, an excuse people use when something happens they cannot explain. I also have a tendency to believe that the game itself "favor" some players over others.....why and who I cannot explain, but it does happen season after season.