Can baseball just get rid of the Nationals???

[cadillacman]

this team serves zero purpose to the game...disperse Ryan Zimmerman, maybe Dunn and one more player perhaps to some other teams and give the rest a severece packing. It's hard to stomach their play.

 

[Broncos625]

I hear ya. Despite the big come back tonight, with the way the current economy is, you just can't put that poor of a product on the field and expect ppl to spend their hard earned money on them.

 

[MCB]

this team serves zero purpose to the game...disperse Ryan Zimmerman, maybe Dunn and one more player perhaps to some other teams and give the rest a severece packing. It's hard to stomach their play.

Sorry to hear you bet on the Dodgers.... lol

 

[rza]

yeah!!!!! and can we get rid of detroit too - they lost me money tonight. also i lost on minnesota last night so let's get rid of them and...

stop whining like a bitch

 

[YourAllAmerican]

In all seriousness, Washington and Minnesota have both been mentioned as possible candidates for elimination if MLB contraction came to pass. Florida and Tampa Bay have also supposedly made that short list.

 

[sportsfan882]

In all seriousness, Washington and Minnesota have both been mentioned as possible candidates for elimination if MLB contraction came to pass. Florida and Tampa Bay have also supposedly made that short list.

FAIL. Get your facts straight. Washington has a 30-year lease in D.C. They are not going anywhere.

 

[YourAllAmerican]

FAIL. Get your facts straight. Washington has a 30-year lease in D.C. They are not going anywhere.

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.

 

[cadillacman]

yeah!!!!! and can we get rid of detroit too - they lost me money tonight. also i lost on minnesota last night so let's get rid of them and...

stop whining like a bitch

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.

 

[douglas]

people may have said the same of the rays couple years ago .....

 

[coitus_maximus]

Maybe the possible solution could be SALARY CAP.

Why do NYY and Boston and the METS get good players?

 

[rza]

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.

 

[sportsfan882]

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.

These guys are just freaking clueless. Trying to talk about stuff which they know nothing about.

hno:

 

[cadillacman]

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.

8-18 this yr..they are really on pace for imporvement...

59-102 last yr...
They are not the worse team in baseball?..will be good in a yr or two? Ok. you got me.

 

[YourAllAmerican]

almost as funny as allAmerican's MLB contracting conspiracy.

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.