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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1978
By Mark Patterson
Pro baseball needs a change
THE BATT DOES IT DAILY
Monday through Friday
Nine games into the 1978 baseball
season 1 think it’s about time to
bring up the old argument about
realigning the baseball divisions in
the major leagues.
With emphasis in professional
sports on profit, one way that the
professional baseball teams could up
their draw at the gates would be to
offer greater rivalries within geo
graphic areas. Of course, a fan may
argue that there are some great
rivalries in existence today, but just
imagine the ones that could be
formed.
Chicago Cubs going head-to-head
with the Chicago White Sox
throughout the season. And all the
California teams in the same divi-
Just think of the New York Mets
battling with the New York Yankees
for the divisional crown. Or the
It would be a great boost at the
gate for the teams that occupy the
same geographic area. Instead ol
battling and competing for the same
fans the two teams would work to
gether. Of course, the scheduling
would become more complicated,
arranging the teams so they don’t
conflict, but the extra work might be
well worth it.
But for a new alignment to func
tion without a hitch, the profes
sional leagues would have to expand
into two more cities. It’s been pro
posed that Denver and Washington
D.C. (or New Orleans) could gain
new teams. If so, the divisions
would expand to seven teams each.
With a balance of teams in each di
vision, scheduling could also be
more balanced. !
Th.ere would still be two sepa
rate leagues along with four differ
ent divisions. And here s how the
season’s games could be scheduled.
Each team would play five games at
home and five on the road with each
team in its division for a total of 60
games within its division.
for a total of 42 games. And to com
plete the schedule, each team
would play two games at home and
two on the road with each team in
the other league.
With this scheduling procedure,
there would be 158 regular season
games. That is four games less than
the present total but the fans in each
city would have the chance to see
every major league team and every
player.
1 might add that the playoff and
World Series format would to need
to be changed to satisfy the new ar
rangement.
Although traveling to all the cities
within the major leagues might add
to the travel costs for each team, the
money that is saved from the travel
within the divisions would offset the
added expenses and possibly lessen
the overall travel costs for an entire
Then each team would play three
games at home and three of on the
road with each inter-division team
Eastern Division
New York Yankees
New York Mets
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Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Montreal
Toronto
Central Division
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
Milwaukee
Minnesota
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Detroit
Southern Division
Texas
Houston
Atlanta
Kansas City
St. Louis
Baltimore
Washington D.C.
Western Divison
Los Angeles
California
San Francisco
Oakland
San Diego
Seattle
Denver
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Back in time
Texas A&M’s Steve Robinson dives safely
back to first base as the ball gets away from
SMU’s Rick Geer on a pick-off play. The Ag
gies defeated the Mustangs twice in the
three-game series last weekend. A&M re
mains one game behind league-leading Ar
kansas.
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