Major League Baseball
This year’s schedule and related emotional investments has been even more intense than ever before as dozens of milestones and the most hallowed record in all of sports were reached this year by numerous different players. Baseball has resurged from its years of disinterest in the 1990s and the awful strike of 1996 to become more popular than ever before, and the players associated with the game have subsequently undergone more scrutiny than ever before.
The Competition
What can best be remembered about the 2007 Major League Baseball season though? It’s hard to say until the season is over and passed, but the changes are greater than ever. First, the competition. For the first time in years, the level of competition in Major League Baseball has reached an all time high.
The Boston Red Sox have ended an 11 year streak of Eastern Division titles by the New York Yankees, winning their first such title in more than a decade. Many consider the Red Sox to be the strongest team in the major leagues and with one of the best pitching lineups in baseball and some of the best rookies in professional sports this year, they stand the best chance of going all the way.
But it is not just the Red Sox this year that have surprised this year. The Chicago Cubs are poised to win the division for the first time in years and the Milwaukee Brewers are almost back from the brink of last place with a winning season and the Seattle Mariners – despite a late season collapse – managed to end in second place behind the outrageously good Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
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