This Just In: Yankees, Red Sox are good
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by user Xinoph
Word has just come in across the newswire that the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, besides being in large media markets with a huge number of passionate fans, are actually very good teams. As of today, they have the second and third best records in the American League.
In fact, not only are they two of the best teams, they are apparently in the same division. This is very exciting news for non-selfish, non-petty baseball fans. They get a chance to watch the second-closest division race in baseball between the second and third best teams. What fun! Good baseball, good rivalry. If you like baseball you might even enjoy it without complaining. Imagine that.
So, two of the three best teams, and the second-closest division race. Wonder why the media would want to follow this story? It's a mystery to me. Clearly it has nothing to do with people being interested in good baseball in two huge media markets. It's clearly some sort of grand East Coast media conspiracy.
The national media should really devote some more attention to those crummy teams that won't be making the playoffs. Now THAT would be exciting! They can do stories like "How much will they lose by this week", "Will they lose two out of three or get swept", "Which good player they'll trade". It would sure be fun. As a baseball fan, I can tell you that's really where the exciting stories are, for sure.
Date
Fri 07/28/06, 7:16 am EST
