MLB Restructure Part 2

We have seen SayHey's entry into the Restructuring of Major League Baseball and now I shall give you my thoughts on the matter.

I agree we could use another two teams and push the conferences into four consisting of East, North, Central and West. I also have a total of four teams moving cities along with the creation of two new teams. Now I went against the grain and chose the cities for expansion that differed from SH's. I went with Calgary and Memphis, two cities that love their sports and could easily support those franchises. They also benefit from not having any baseball teams anywhere remotely close to them.

I have four teams relocating and I guarentee two of them are going to shock you. First let us get to the obvious teams, the Marlins and the Rays. SayHey was right, Florida doesn't want baseball, it doesn't deserve baseball. MLB needs to realize this and stop trying so hard to get Florida baseball to succeed. I moved the Marlins to Omaha, Nebraska and Tampa Bay I moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. The other major move involved restoring a team to their rightful location, namely I am moving the Dodgers BACK to Brooklyn. With that I am moving the Mets to San Antonio as it has the population to support a team.

So here is how my league now appears

AL East
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Baltimore Orioles
Charlotte Hounds

AL North
Toronto Blue Jays
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians

AL Central
Minnesota Twins
Texas Rangers
Kansas City Royals
Memphis Crocketts

AL West
Oakland A's
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of West Hollywood and Oxnard
Seattle Mariners
Calgary Mustangs

NL East
Brooklyn Dodgers
Philadelphia Phillies
Washington Nationals
Atlanta Braves

NL North
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cincinnati Reds
Chicago Cubs
Milwaukee Brewers

NL Central
ST Louis Cardinals
Omaha Godfathers
Houston Astros
Colorado Rockies

NL West
San Francisco Giants
San Antonio Horns
Arizona Diamondbacks
San Diego Padres

I'll explain the mascots as well. Charlotte got the Hounds since the Hound is the North Carolina state animal, Omaha got the Godfathers since it is the birthplace of Brando, San Antonio got the Horns no explanation needed, Memphis got the Crocketts because of Davy, and Calgary is an easy choice for the Mustangs.

There is another trick, there would be no more wild card teams. Whoever wins their respective group goes to the playoffs. If you win a hundred but another team in your group wins 102, tough titty, play better baseball San Francisco.

Strike!

Hollywood writers are set to strike, possibly by the end of today. For you, that means Conan, the Daily Show, and whatever else you watch in order to escape the doldrums of your daily life past 11 p.m. are about to suck, a lot. But, you know what, good for them. Since the early 1980's, the nation has been de-unionizing in a big way. I don't know if it's a direct consequence of de-unionization, but I'm sure that the reduced number of union workers in the U.S. has something to do with the increased number of uninsured Americans and rising corporate salaries. After all, if people aren't working together to get better benefits, what chance does any one of them really have? In short, I'll just play my new copy of Guitar Hero III and skip the Daily Show for a while and be happy to do it.

The Supreme Court has gotten into the business of staying executions lately ahead of an anticipated ruling on the constitutionality of thre-drug lethal injections. As a result, Harris County, Texas, has temporarily stopped pursuing the death penalty. Harris County alone executes more people than most states. As a person generally opposed to the death penalty, I think this is good news.

Lastly, I read this about the Dodgers hiring Joe Torre. I was shocked, shocked I tell you, to find out that the Dodgers drew 3.8 million last year. But, does it really count if they arrive in the 4th and leave in the 7th? I vote that the Dodgers go back to Brooklyn and the Mets are moved to Las Vegas. You think I'm joking, but I'm not. I think it'd be best for everyone. Or you can throw the Mets into the Arctic Ocean. That works with me too.