{"id":636,"date":"2011-04-01T17:07:25","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T22:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/?p=636"},"modified":"2017-10-19T20:04:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T01:04:12","slug":"opening-day-relegation-for-some-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/?p=636","title":{"rendered":"Opening Day ~ Relegation for some teams?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was Opening Day for Major League Baseball. All the teams start at 0-0. There are 162 games left. Every team feels they have a chance to win it all. Well, not every team.<\/p>\n

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Kansas City Royals<\/a> – Over the past 10 years, they have had one winning season and lost on average 95 games a year.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> – Last winning season was 19 years ago. They have finished last or next to last for the past seven consecutive seasons.<\/p>\n

Washington Nationals<\/a> – Since moving from Montreal six years ago, the Nats have been horrible. Never had a winning season ever.<\/p>\n

Baltimore Orioles<\/a> – Have had 13 consecutive losing seasons. They have no chance being in the same division as Boston and the Yankees.<\/p>\n

For most of the past decade, these four teams have been out of the running by July. It almost seems like they don’t try.<\/p>\n

If they can’t afford to be in the league, then sell the team.<\/p>\n

If they refuse to pay for top talent, then get out of the league.<\/p>\n

I like the English Premier League<\/a> system of dealing with the losers. The bottom three teams are relegated <\/em>to the next lower league. If you continue losing and being bad, you keep on dropping. I doubt MLB will ever do this, but why do we still have to watch the Royals every year? They once were a proud franchise that competed, but now it is pathetic. Their payroll is $36-million. One player, Alex Rodriguez (Yankees) gets paid $32-million. Something is wrong.<\/p>\n

Compete or leave. This losing attitude is bad for the sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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