Why, despite all of it's problems, baseball kicks football's butt-

Because no baseball team has ever lost a game because of an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after time runs out which leads to a game-winning field goal because of some rule that no game can end on a defensive penalty.

There is no "unsportsmanlike conduct penalty " in baseball and there is no rule stating that a game cannot end on a defensive penalty. In fact, there is no such thing as a defensive penalty. In baseball, the game's over when the last out is recorded. No muss, no fuss, no stupid rules.

And because one team, the A's, can win 23 out of 22 games and still be in a tight pennant race because the team right behind them has won ten in a row.

Oh yeah. The Giants are now a game behind the Dodgers with the Dodgers coming into Pac Bell for a three game series. Next week, a four game series at Chavez Ravine. Yep, a Dodgers/Giants pennant race. Is there be anything better than that?

Bring it on.