Conor Meagher Fan Club

Maybe I should change my last post title to “AL Central Chumps”? Blew the Yankees game and now swept by the Devil Rays. What’s next? Contraction? In Korea I’ve been watching a lot of the English Premiership League on TV, which is the top professional football (soccer) league in the world. The Premiership is the one of 4 pro-leagues in England. They have a hierarchy from top to bottom and all are interconnected. This is where the MLB should listen. Every new season, the top four teams from the previous season are moved up to the next higher league (promotion) and conversely the bottom 4 teams are moved to the next lower league (demotion). The top 4 teams in the Premiership can’t go any higher, so they qualify for the UEFA Cup which is a league for the top professional teams in Europe. This format would revolutionize Major League Baseball from the old fashion monotony we see every year to excitement for all teams and fans. It would also hold teams and players more accountable at the end of the year. Get rid of the affiliations and let each team play themselves. That would at least make an interesting October for the Royals.

Oh by the way, you would think the most popular baseball team in the world would have decent TV announcers calling the game, but they don’t. They are horrendous! They’re even worse then Bob Davis and Split when they say “partner” every 5 seconds.