If you think about it,four new baseball teams will exist due to the decision of one man. Charlie Finley took the Athletics and left Kansas City six months ago. So now,not only does Oakland have the A’s,but the Royals will be in Kansas City,the Pilots in Seattle,and two new National League clubs will be created. The cities will be selected in a matter of weeks. I don’t know why anyone would call the American League the junior circuit any longer because it is obviously pulling the train at the moment. The National League voted to expand to 12 teams in step with the American League’s plan pushed through due to Mr. Finley’s actions last fall. The NL announced that they decided to follow the AL’s game plan,but everyone knew they had to go along. Was the NL champion just going to wait for the AL champion to be decided by the new playoff round? And more importantly,the NL was not going to let the AL have all the money created by television and tickets for this new playoff round. Hey,I may be a freshman but I’m starting to see out how the world really works.
The Twins and Braves lead their leagues after a week. Harmon Killebrew is off to another fast start. He leads the big leagues with five home runs,and teammate Dean Chance already has three wins in a week and two days. The Angels won on their final at-bat. It was the second time in three days they had done so. Some of these teams are going to make things interesting.
