The 10th Inning


Might've just called it The Rise and Fall of Barry Bonds (with a side dish of Red Sox circle jerk).

I think Burns made a mistake by not revisiting the 80s. It was so glossed over in the 9th other than the 86 WS and the collusion. Anyway, he failed to mention a lot of important things that happened between 94-09:
*The new ball parks
*The 90s expansions, moving to a 3 division format, Brewers switching leagues, the wild card and Inter league play - the most important developments of the last 20 years.
*The failed constriction and everything that resulted from it (the Expos-Marlins-Sox ownership changes, the Twins almost getting the axe and rebounding, Expos leaving Montreal and the sweepstakes to get them).
*Selig mostly incompetent tenure (the 02 ASG and the WS home field in particular).
*The White Sox WS.
*Late 90s Indians and it's players.
*The Marlins fire sales.
*The fact that all 4 expansion teams made the WS.
*Players that deserved to be highlighted more; Randy Johnson, A-Rod, Santana, Tony Gwynn, Vlad, Roy Halladay, Rivera, Pujols.

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