A quick word on baseball...

My fantasy team was eliminated from the playoffs last week, and thus ends my interest in Major League Baseball this season. I can't even bring myself to care enough to hope the Yankees lose. The sport of baseball has become such a joke, such a mockery, that's it is difficult to believe that anyone does care anymore. And you know what? They aren't caring, in increasing numbers.

Why is this? Well, quick, guess what two teams have the best record in baseball as I write this. I'll give you a clue. One of them plays in New York, and the other one plays in New York. We're pretty much at the point now where the size of the market determines how well the team will do. If that sounds like a fun sport to follow to you, then you suffer from some kind of brain damage. Where is the drama if you know where your team will finish every year? Even if your team is good, if it's good every year, simply because they have the most money to throw around, where is the intrigue? What fun is that?

The American League East this year will finish in the following order: Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays, Orioles, Devil Rays. Consider this, that division has finished that way 8 of the last 9 seasons. In the other season, the only difference was that the Orioles finished third and the Blue Jays fourth. 9 years in a row the standings have been essentially the same. Why would I follow a story for 6 months if I already know exactly how it is going to end? That's not why I watch sports.

So here's hoping for a Yankees/Mets World Series this year, and every year. Here is hoping the NFL continues to kick MLB's ass year in and year out because they deliver a product where every team has a chance to win. And here is hoping that someday MLB pulls their heads out of their asses and finally fixes my ex-favorite sport.