To Contract or not To Contract, That is the Question
             The 2001 Major League Baseball Season is long gone. Barry Bonds shattered Roger Maris' old home run record of 61, and strutted right past Mark McGwire's recent home run record of 70, by hitting 73 home runs just this past season. But the major story this season isn't about how many home runs Barry Bonds will hit this year, or talk of who is going to win this year's World Series. The topic right now is contraction. Contraction in baseball is the elimination of an even number of teams. This is done so that the league can rid itself of any franchises that are not able to compete with the rest of the league anymore. Contraction is not a bad thing; it helps make the league more competitive, but I am in complete disagreement with one of the selections that Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig chose to contract.
             When Commissioner Selig decided that he was going to rid Major League Baseball of at least two teams, it caught a lot of people off guard. There had been quite a bit of talk over the past couple of years about contracting some teams, but nobody believed Selig would follow through with it. There was a lot of positive feedback, though, when the idea was first mentioned. Bud Selig received approval to eliminate two unspecified teams from Major League Baseball on November 6th, 2001. It was obvious that the Montreal Expos would be one of the two teams contracted. One of the major reasons for this is that the only thing they had accomplished since entering the league in 1969 is that they've had the worst attendance record each year and they've done nothing as far as making it to the playoffs. It's been clear for quite some time now that the Expos were going to be contracted. The question on everybody's mind was "who is the second team going to be?"
             When Commissioner Selig announced that the Minnesota Twins we...