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Baseball: The New Wrestling

Another baseball season is on the wayOf course, this has an affect on fan
and-for the most part-we all pretty muchinterest. When living in a city like
know which teams will have a shot at theKansas City or Tampa, baseball is almost
playoffs. Teams like the Pirates, Devillike a side-show, a sort of weird
Rays, Royals, etc., have no shot atinterest. Then other people will pretend
entering the playoffs and this is beforesuch cities simply have no passion for
the season has started. That is nothingthe sport while the lack of a real
short of a disgrace.chance of winning is the real issue.
For all the talk about "balance" inCheck out how fast New York fans desert
baseball, the economic disparity istheir teams if even an average year is
still way too great. The New Yorkbeing had; and New York is a big
Yankees, of course, lead the "payrollbaseball town.
party" with a ridiculous 208 millionCommissioner Bud Selig has done a
dollar payroll based on the 2005credible job in at least doing something
numbers. The Red Sox, Mets, Dodgers,regarding the payroll disparity. It has
Angels-while having high payrolls-are nobrought some balance to the league.
where near the Yankees.However, much is to be done. The league
Many will point to the Chicago White Soxcannot just pretend people from certain
winning the World Series last year.areas "just don't like baseball" when in
While it is true the Sox were not amongpast years they had loved it. The Royals
the top-tier teams regarding payroll,had a large fan base for years. The
they did have a payroll around 75Pirates had a solid following for years
million dollars... not too shabby.as well. But when your heart is cut out,
Looking at the team payrolls from lastwhat do you expect? When your team is
year, that number would put them in theamong the bottom five spenders year
top 50% of team payrolls. However, theafter year, what does one expect?
real problem comes when trying to keep aIf this issue is avoided or at least not
team together. Keeping a team togetherpursued with vigor, expect the same
for an extended period of time becomesteams to be in the playoffs. There will
very hard. The Florida Marlins are thealways be an exception here and there.
"poster child" for that one.To actually predict who is going to be
Let's face it: When you are a team likein the playoffs and who has no shot
the Yankees you can keep coming back.before a season starts is close to being
Not winning a world series becomes afixed. That is known as wrestling. Or is
"bad" year. For so many other teamsit baseball?
getting to the playoffs is like a dream.



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