Parity in Baseball and an Interesting Record

I agree, at the trade deadline it seemed like about half of baseball still had a shot at making the playoffs. It's been a very closely competed league this season.

It has nothing to do with money. It is because less guys are juicing, reducing them all to normal players. Notice how many fewer guys have 30+ HR this year.... And there's just no dominant team this year.

I definitely agree with this statement. The way I see it, baseball involves the most luck than probably any other sport. What I mean is that other sports, such as basketball, football, soccer, and hockey, depend on their talent and/or coaching to win basketball games. How often do you see the Dallas Mavericks lose to a team like the Memphis Grizzlies? How often do you see the Colts lose to a team like the Lions? Both of these examples are so unlikely that if they do happen, it'll be talked about for weeks (maybe not for a basketball game since it's just one game, but it will still get talked about a lot). With baseball, on the other hand, a first place team could lose to any national team. The Mets? They got their rear ends handed to them against the Nationals. The Red Sox always lose to the Royals, and sometimes to the Devil Rays, a team that is 27 games beind them. Baseball can always change from one game to a completely new one. Anything can happen, which is what makes baseball so great.