Fixing MLB

Get rid of teams.

The product is watered down. It should be played by only the best. Too many marginal players are on the field now. Folks are watching a great game that's being played poorly. (Look at some of the terrible baserunning so far in this weekends games between the Cubs & Cards. Most noteable was Michael Barrett's blunder to make the last out of the game last night, but I guarantee everyone only cares about the 3 run homer he hit in the fourth inning.) No wonder fans are unimpressed. Plus, there are 750 players on active rosters at the moment. I have no idea who is the best player for the Arizona Diamondbacks. I've also been given no reason to care. If you get rid of all the marginal players and worthless teams, fans interest in teams/players will intensify. All those old timers knew who to watch out for on the opposing teams. Now, only about 1/50th of fans can tell you who's the best double-play combination in the NL West.

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So, good-bye to ...

Florida Marlins - People in the south don't care about baseball.

Atlanta Braves - They've been great for ages. No one in the ATL cares, why should anyone else.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays - no comment

Texas Rangers - These guys were stupid enough to have G.W. Bush as an executive...(oh.)

Houston Astros - They're an okay team, but would you really miss them?

Washington Nationals - Too many teams in one area.

Baltimore Orioles - I like the team, but it's being run/ruined by idiots.

Arizona Diamondbacks - That clears out the south.

Colorado Rockies - Baseball just shouldn't be played at that altitude.

California/Anahiem/L.A./Whatever Angels - Just go away.

Oakland A's - I've been to Oakland. It's a nasty place. It's worth the 2 hour traffic jam to cross the bridge to San Fran.

Toronto Blue Jays - Joe Carter is gone. Toronto is not a baseball town.

Milwakee Brewers - Maybe they can switch to the Independent League.

New York Mets - Other than having Casey Stengal as the manager about 45 years ago, has anything good ever happened with this organization?

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That takes us from 30 teams down to 16. That puts 8 teams in the NL & 8 teams in the AL. No Divisions in either league and you have interleague play all year long.

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Next you replace Bud Selig with a coffee mug full of seamonkeys and you're 95% better off than you are right now.