MLB Where Art Thou?

By: Jake

It's late September and usually the playoff talk in the MLB is heating up and you can feel he excitement in the air, but this year has a totally different feeling. The parity that we see in the NFL is quite different from the lack thereof we see in the MLB. The division races are usually causing fans to get t each others throats and yell some not o nice words at each other, but this year theres nothing to argue about. The divisin races are all all but decided with the AL Central having the closest difference at 3 games. Texas is 8 behind Anaheim, Boston is a full 5 games behind New York, and as I said before Minnesota is 3 games behind Detroit. Where is the entertainment and excitement? We want intensity and at least a few meaningful games in the 9th month of the year.

The NL is no different, if not worse. The Phillies are almost done clinching the division as they stand 8 games above Flordia and Atlanta. The Cardinals have been on a tear since their mid season team change where they changed a full one third of their starting line up and stand a comfortable 10 games above the disappointing Cubs. The ever-silent Dodgers are 5 games ahead of the Rockies in th NL West. MLB, if this isn't a sign that something like the cap system that is implemented in almost every other league, then I don't know what is. Please take this scare of no competition as a warning of what could happen in the future and get working on something to keep the smaller markets like Milwaukee and Kansas City competitve.

Back to my main point, the only thing we see on TV right now that generates any ratings or interest is football, notice a trend? NFL's parity and i'm sure Matt can explain this has made it pass MLB as America's favorite game. If the MLB wants that title back it needs to take a look around.