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[QUOTE="Townie72, post: 1834171, member: 780"]
As an Orioles fan, I do know how the AL East finished up in past years. I'll stick with my comment that watching the Yankee fan base's horror over being relegated would tickle me.  (Having grown up 45 mi. from NYC, I know there are different groups of Yankee fans.)

Of course, the fact, that the Red Sox went from worst to first in 2013 strikes at the heart of this interesting but essentially silly idea. And when you try to imagine how it would work at the college level --- with the radically changing rosters from year to year --- you can see how it actually worsens the competitive situation.

It's works for professional football in England with the structure of their leagues and the number of teams and because these are PROFESSIONAL leagues whose composition is relatively stable. There are 20 teams in the Premiere League and the big teams (Four to six depending on how you count) dominate the thing. Being in the Premiere League makes a huge difference financially.

Occasionally there's a Leicester City or even a Swansea. But mostly it's about smaller teams like Queens Park Rangers moving up and down between the Leagues.
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