Maybe the Central can provide us with a real division race. The other 20 teams can start planning their winter vacation spots before spring training is over. Teams like the Expos, Phillies, Marlins, Brewers and Twins have no real chance of competing, as they may all lose 100 games or more this season. In 1999, we could see the most 90 game winners and losers. Baseball will have a few great teams and a lot of bad squads.
Baseball is a great sport.
Once it was the best sport, but now it has some serious problems. Advertising patches on a player's uniform is just another example of baseball heading in the wrong direction, with quick fixes instead of looking to the long-run. Here's an idea. Maybe the owners should drop the city out of the team's name, and sell it to a corporate sponsor. Daniel Ripes is senior in communications and a baseball naturalist.