Major League Baseball ToDay

Can you believe it but spring practice games will be here in about a month? It seemed like just yesterday that the Boston Red Sox won the World Series.

Maybe this is the year for the Chicago Cubs, who haven’t won a world championship since 1908, which was a century ago. It is not like “The Friendly Confines” team hasn’t had good squads in the past. As a matter of fact the team has come mighty close to achieve something this franchise desperately needs.

Some would say that every franchise needs a world championship but most franchises that haven’t won one have been in existence for only fifty years or less.

Teams like The New York Yankees have won a total of twenty-six championships and unlike many teams the Yanks make it blatant that they have to win a championship or their season is in vain.

Every team’s goal is to win a championship but most teams don’t put it on a big bulletin board like the Yankees would. That is meant to emphasize how important they make the playoffs out to be.

The St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers are model franchises who have won many championships in the past. The world series champion is often the team who played the best ball heading into the playoffs. That’s why it is of the utmost importance for viable teams to have quality starting and relief pitching, excellent defense, and hot hitting.

Every year attendance in major league baseball seems to rise. Last year was no exception. If estimates are correct, attendance records this year are projected to be slightly higher than 2007’s. Rival games contribute to ticket sales.

Most people would say that the Yankees-Red Sox , Dodgers-Giants, and Cubs-Cardinals are the three biggest rivalries.

What separates the Cubs-Cardinals rivalries from any other MLB rivalry in America is that any time these teams hook up (which is approximately 15-18 times in a regular season), half of the home stadium can be seen with a barrage of Chicago Cubs merchandise and the other half St Louis Cardinals merchandise.

With other rivalries, the home team usually has at least 90% of the fans. It just goes to show that fans of the two teams are willing to drive or fly proudly declaring their favorite baseball team. Either way, the Cardinals fans want to beat the Cubs just as bad as the Cubs want to beat them and also their cross-town Chicago White Sox, as the city nearly shuts down for the cross town classics.

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