Saturday, November 07, 2009

Realignment

Red Reporter has some suggestions about how to fix MLB's unlevel playing field.

I really like that realignment idea. You could group it according to market size so it looks like this:

American League

AL Large

Bankee$
Red Sox
Angels
Rangers

AL Medium

Tigers
Indians
Blue Jays
Orioles
White Sox

AL Small

Rays
Royals
Twins
A's
Mariners

National League

NL Large

Mets
Dodgers
Giants
Chub$
Deadbirds

NL Medium

Asstros
Phillies
Nationals
Marlins
Diamondbacks
Braves

NL Small

Reds
Pirates
Rockies
Padres
Brewers

Of course, you'd have to stop interleague play and not play the same teams five thousand times a year on account of the time zones and all.

The leagues could be named after ballplayers. I choose Jackie Robinson, Josh Gibson, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente, and some pitcher - Cy Young? Nolan Ryan? Sandy Koufax? (Too many Dodgers!)

What do you think?

1 comment:

733714 said...

I like your idea as I don't think the Reds can compete with New York, Boston, etc. on a yearly basis - maybe ever once in awhile.

It seems that Jim Bowden may have suggested this a few years ago, but MLB couldn't digest it.

Keep blogging.