Handful of Teams with Funding Issues

Last year was the 18th Season of lackluster performance by the MLB Franchise that is the Pittsburgh Pirates. There are high-school seniors in Western Pennsylvania who have NEVER seen a winning record from their local team.

While the situation in Pittsburgh seems hopeless, there are a handful of additional teams that seem to 'spruce it up' a bit every 6 - 8 years, but, generally put on a show that is no better. Teams such as the Florida Marlins, the Baltimore Orioles [who might finally be on the right track with Buck Showalter], the Kansas City Royals, the Colorado Rockies, the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Oakland A's,and even the Tampa Bay [Devil] Rays. While these teams have had some success on the field, they have had a hard time putting fans in the seats. Cripes! Even when the Colorado Rockies made the World Series in 2007 there were empty seats at the games. Empty Seats! At a World Series Game!

If the baseball demand is not there, the franchise should migrate to a place that would welcome the Team. Some teams should just be folded up. Teams that make the Playoffs and even the World Series but can not fill the stands for those games [never mind the regular season games that you can hear echos accross the field from up on the cat-walks].

There are places in the Carolina's that would welcome a Major League franchise. There might even be places in foreign countries where a franchise would be welcomed. Not sure about that, but seeing empty ball parks, especially from competitive teams is embarassing!