Okay, second disclaimer. While I've never been to either Arlington, Texas or Seattle, Washington, I'd imagine that they're very pleasant and filled with very nice people and I'd be willing to bet that some of them are probably very environmentally friendly. (Just a hunch, but I'd wager that there are more in Seattle than Arlington. There are probably one or two in Arlington.) But despite what you very fine cities want, one of you is going to have to drop your Major League Baseball team.
The second most disturbing thing about MLB (after steroid use) is how far away these two teams are. I've included a map for those of you that are visual learners.
Look at that! While it is true that it's much farther (and thus uses more airplane gas) when teams like New York and Los Angeles play each other, Seattle and Texas are in the same division, which means they play each other much more often than other teams.
So I can only see two ways to handle this that will save fuel. Either the Mariners move to Albuquerque or the Rangers move to Portland. And because either team would be hilarious if it moved to the other city (the Albuquerque Mariners in the middle of the desert or the Portland Rangers in the Pacific Northwest) it's hard to chose which one should be the one to start packing their bags.
So we do what the judges do and look up past situations that were similar. And oh, look! Seattle's no stranger to losing a team to the South. A few years back, the Seattle Supersonics NBA team gathered their stuff and moved down to Oklahoma City to become the Oklahoma City Thunder. And while the Thunder didn't do so hot their first year in operation, they are poised to make it into the playoffs this year.
So come fall of 2012, I'm putting money on the Albuquerque Mariners to make it to the playoffs and saving a heap of money and gas in the process!!
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