There are none so blind as those who won't see.
http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/02/28/will-baseball-revisit-contraction/
There would be hoops to jump through to contract the Nationals -- there would be giants hoops to jump through for baseball to pull of any sort of contraction -- but it's not impossible. Leases can be worked around. Washington's truly big stick to use in an anti-contraction fight would be to threaten baseball's anti-trust exemption. The back-office political lobby would be stronger in D.C. than in any of the other cities with struggling franchises.
you think that's the reason??? The Nats ended up winning, but I had ZERO stake in this game. What I did do is have the opportunity to watch them the past two night and can plainly see why they are the worst team in baseball. Walks, errorr, k's, lack of fundamental play..You want me to go on? So don't talk out of school and act you know the reason for my op. People like you are so far behind in the race they actually think they are winning.
not even 30 games into the season and your spouting off about who the worst team in baseball is? that's a fukking joke. almost as funny as allAmerican's MLB contracting conspiracy.
the nationals have a long way to go but i seriously doubt they'll even end up with the worst record in baseball. they have a better lineup then half the teams in the league. pitching is their weakness but help will be on the way with strasburg. zimmerman and martis are 22 and 23 and should be fine in a year or two.
you're nothing but another internet irriatation.
hno:Major League Baseball has looked into the possibility of contraction several times dating back to 2001. It came somewhat close to happening in time for the 2002 season, in fact. You don't know this stuff?
http://law.marquette.edu/cgi-bin/site.pl?2130&pageID=474
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/contraction1.html
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/contractionfaqs1.html
There's far too many legal red tape for me to think it'll ever happen -- the lawsuits could choke a horse -- but baseball's execs have wanted it to happen for some time.
