Red Sox & Yanks in east

[SpringfieldFan]

I was just looking at the standings, and notice that once again, the AL East has come down to Boston and New York. Nobody else in that division has a chance - again. I can't imagine how it must feel for the Toronto, Baltimore, and TB fans, whose teams seemingly have NO chance year in and year out competing against the nearly half a billion dollars of payroll at the top. Not only that, but the unbalanced schedule dooms the bottom three to losing records as well. I wonder, is this good for that division? On one hand its a great rivalry, but on the other, its really only a two team division. What do you all think?

 

SFF

[Greg The Bull Luzinski]

Let me be the first to suggest contraction start with the Red Sox and Yankees.

 

But seriously a salary cap and capping the salary of draft pick would be helpful. Eventually, the other three cities will be dead baseball towns. Its killing the competion in simple economic terms.

 

[WhiteSoxfan1986]

Baltimore had some good years in the 90's, and Toronto had it's heyday in the late 80's/early 90's. That's another thing I don't like about the 3 division format, the same teams are in the playoffs year in-year out.