Solving tanking with owner relegation

The Oakland A’s following the plot of the movie Major League so that they can move to Vegas has made me think about baseball differently as of late. It makes me grumpy when insanely rich people ruin a whole bunch of people’s days in the pursuit of yet more money that they don’t need. In general, I am also not a big fan of tanking for whatever reason. I understand it strategically, and when done right you can get great results like Houston or at least one good run if you are the Cubs. It is, however, a path that is brutal to take. Houston lost 106, 107, and 111 over a three-year span en rout to the becoming a juggernaut. It is also not a guarantee that it will work out, and it has gotten harder to do over time. My heart goes out to the Oakland faithful. I can’t imagine what it is like to see your team gutted of talent so that they can then take the team away from you entirely.

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