Am I dreaming or has the god of competition awoken from a long slumber and begun to smite the wicked?
Is my prescription ripe for an update or are those the Red Sox and Rangers at the bottom of the pile?
Is that a typo or do the Pirates have a better record than the Yankees, 120 games in?
Did Milwaukee and Kansas City just grow into big media markets? Because I notice they're both atop the standings.
Wait, was that Oakland taking on mega-payroll for a playoff run? Oakland?
The media markets of KC, Milwaukee, Baltimore and Pittsburgh combined are smaller (by two million TV sets) than N.Y. And all four teams have assembled better rosters than either the Yankees or Mets. Did I just write that?
Sure, the big market Dodgers and Angels are World Series contenders, and first place Washington is no cow pasture (although it has more than its share of male cow excretions and methane gas being expelled.) But we're on track for a post-season without representatives from New York, Chicago, New England or the state of Texas. Aren't we?
Thank you, God, for this season. And thank you, Mr. Selig, for more competitive balance.
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