Yes, I said it and I'm not backing down from this post at any point during this long, boring, there should be at least 30 games eliminated from the overall schedule, MLB season. The Pirates and Royals will be above .500 for the first time in a decade or so and they will contend for their respective division titles!

Management is finally competent on each team and there starting to get results from their farm systems. There's still much room for talent improvement on each team but '09 will be the year the tide turns and we get a chance to see these once-great baseball towns shine again

I'm sure nobody with any kind of marginal sports knowledge will agree with this post so I took the responsibility and shrewd stupidity to walk the plank and make the prediction. K.C. and Pitt will once again be a MLB factor like they were in the 80's and early 90's. Can I get an Amen? Anyone? Please? OK, I don't need your support I can do this all on my own, see u in early October when the AL and NL Divisional Round Playoffs will open up in Kaufman Stadium & PNC Park respectively