{"id":471,"date":"2010-09-25T11:14:44","date_gmt":"2010-09-25T16:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/?p=471"},"modified":"2010-09-25T11:25:30","modified_gmt":"2010-09-25T16:25:30","slug":"al-playoffs-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/?p=471","title":{"rendered":"AL playoffs &#8211; 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.yankees.mlb.com\/index.jsp?c_id=nyy\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"rg_hi\" src=\"http:\/\/t1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRoBnpN5LNxGKZo2k_vqdChf3HfWGRJjVQ6Z21VbKC_u2DEo2s&amp;t=1&amp;usg=__gxmg56QPI1ithvUhznK4u7K-4T8=\" alt=\"\" width=\"91\" height=\"79\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"rg_hi\" src=\"http:\/\/t3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQodhYlOGl8vUXcs9BiRqabeAEBm6V025tO3zxFgGQmk6eBz3c&amp;t=1&amp;usg=__odJOOFC2gFkEEpJ73gHAjRjqMg8=\" alt=\"\" width=\"85\" height=\"95\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"rg_hi\" src=\"http:\/\/t0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTsFWO8T0CJ8ZlLj8jx7MmM_3IxZM1K7II4qBAoNNI8g357g1Y&amp;t=1&amp;usg=__fVMkQTbbIxC7B_4LV91HyI1dEDY=\" alt=\"\" width=\"85\" height=\"98\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"rg_hi\" src=\"http:\/\/t3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQgExJoi6aqckOcbp__spFwB0MOwSnjKIR8xO51lkcrv5Hwqqc&amp;t=1&amp;usg=__zThkmB4bVL7txYAViYjqd2toDfs=\" alt=\"\" width=\"81\" height=\"88\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The American League playoffs are almost here.\u00a0\u00a0 There are 8-10 games left but the teams are pretty much decided.\u00a0 The Rays, Yankees, Twins and Rangers.\u00a0 An interseting mix for Tampa and Minnesota represent small-market teams, the Rangers a bigger market (but less rabid fans) and of course the biggest of big &#8211; New York.\u00a0\u00a0 MLB has always been a sport of have and have-nots.\u00a0\u00a0 The Yankees have been buying players (they purchased Babe Ruth from a bankrupt Red Sox owner) since the onset of the AL.\u00a0\u00a0 On the other hand, the Twins were almost eliminated &#8212; given the death sentence &#8212; a few years ago by the Commissioner.\u00a0 Yes, the league actually tried to kill them?\u00a0\u00a0 Tampa is the youngest franchise and has had some success.\u00a0 But their owner announced this week that he may need to dismantle the team because it is too expensive.\u00a0 How can you even be a fan of the Rays with ownership like that?\u00a0\u00a0 Then there are the Rangers.\u00a0 They were bankrupt earlier this year and had a judge decide their fate.\u00a0\u00a0 All I do know is HOF pitcher Nolan Ryan is somehow involved and former prez GWBush was a part owner many years ago.<\/p>\n<p>So what is the point?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Baseball is like life.<\/p>\n<p>Baseball is not fair.<\/p>\n<p>Life is not fair.<\/p>\n<p>But even with the odds against you &#8212; you can still make the playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American League playoffs are almost here.\u00a0\u00a0 There are 8-10 games left but the teams are pretty much decided.\u00a0 The &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/38enso.com\/?p=471\" class=\"more-link\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482,"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions\/482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}