Our national pastime is recovering from its most unbalanced season in modern times. Too many teams tried to lose on purpose, so the industry needs reform.

Those kinds of various small changes could address baseball's issue. But if the sport continues down this path, more dramatic change will be needed — such as establishing two competitive tiers with a relegation system.

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This year 10 teams lost 90 or more games, and four of them topped 100 losses. The Detroit Tigers lost 114 times, doing everything possible to kill their fan base — short of sending their mascot Paws into the concourse to sucker punch patrons in the beer line.