It is a collection of teams that lost on opening day (Philadelphia and New England), two teams that once played in the same division (Indianapolis and New England) and two that have only sparse connections (Carolina and Philadelphia).
Then scramble the divisions so that the California teams all play in the same division, so that the Royals and Cardinals play as often as the Astros and Rangers, so that Toronto and Montreal battle for Canadian supremacy within the same division.
I certainly think so, particularly if I'm being given the chance to play in the same division that I know for a fact I can hit well against.
However, the response to this survey supports research carried out in January by BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme that revealed gates had fallen by an aggregate of 430,000 among clubs that had been in the same division for five or more seasons.
KEY ADDITION -- Sosa KEY LOSS -- Jerry Hairston Jr. KEY TO SEASON -- They have to ignore that they are in the same division as the Yankees and the Red Sox and not let themselves be intimidated by the fact that they are.
"It's almost impossible to have that many good teams and that many good players in the same division," said Tampa Bay outfielder Matt Joyce, who grew up in Florida rooting for the hapless Devil Rays, who changed their name before that 2008 season.
That the teams play in the same division makes the comparison more intriguing.
In the AL, having 14 teams meant ballclubs that did not play in the same division would have more opportunities to play each other, but in the 16 team old NL, teams only saw outer-division clubs but twice a year, playing a set in each ballpark.
PASADENA — Not only was the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy girls' volleyball team playing arguably the best program within the San Gabriel Valley, but the Tologs also faced a La Salle squad that was top-ranked in the same division.
FISH assays showed that this gene maps in the same division (34A) of chromosome-3R as the other two paralogs.
