Promotion, Relegation, and an Old Adage Proves True

All right, for your perusal, the final 2010 Premiership Baseball League tables:

PREMIERSHIP STANDINGS (TRUE)

POSITION	TEAM	GAMES PLAYED	WINS	LOSSES	RUN DIFF	CHAMP RD	LAST TIME
#1	Boston Red Sox	94	54	40	57	17	#2
#2	Tampa Bay Rays	86	48	38	45	108	#1
#3	St. Louis Cardinals	62	33	29	40	55	#4
#4	Philadelphia Phillies	84	49	35	40	92	#5
#5	Atlanta Braves	77	40	37	30	79	#3
#6	San Francisco Giants	75	40	35	16	98	#6
#7	Colorado Rockies	80	37	43	6	47	#7
#8	New York Yankees	82	40	42	4	162	#8
#9	Minnesota Twins	54	27	27	-2	112	#9
#10	Los Angeles Angels	77	36	41	-14	-7	#10
#11	Chicago Cubs	58	29	29	-23	-59	#11
#12	Texas Rangers	69	32	37	-35	135	#12
#13	Toronto Blue Jays	94	44	50	-40	67	#13
#14	Los Angeles Dodgers	82	35	47	-60	35	#14
#15	Florida Marlins	76	31	45	-64	66	#15

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (TRUE)

POSITION	TEAM	GAMES PLAYED	WINS	LOSSES	RUN DIFF	PREM RD	LAST TIME
#1	Cincinnati Reds	86	54	32	126	-21	#2
#2	San Diego Padres	65	41	24	103	-19	#1
#3	Oakland Athletics	68	43	25	88	-51	#3
#4	Chicago White Sox	86	49	37	50	-2	#7
#5	Detroit Tigers	90	49	41	37	-29	#9
#6	Milwaukee Brewers	77	41	36	22	-76	#4
#7	New York Mets	66	35	31	13	-9	#5
#8	Arizona Diamondbacks	61	28	33	-6	-117	#10
#9	Washington Nationals	76	35	41	-18	-69	#11
#10	Cleveland Indians	91	42	49	-22	-84	#12
#11	Kansas City Royals	87	41	46	-50	-119	#6
#12	Seattle Mariners	74	32	42	-50	-135	#8
#13	Baltimore Orioles	60	25	35	-51	-121	#14
#14	Houston Astros	78	37	41	-57	-61	#13
#15	Pittsburgh Pirates	86	23	63	-185	-94	#15

So now, the moment we've all been waiting for: the official promotion and relegation for the 2011 Premiership Baseball season! We'll keep this simple, and just like its soccer cousins -- bottom three in PRD get relegated, top three in CRD get promoted. That means that Toronto, Dodgers, and Florida are out, and Cincinnati, San Diego, and Oakland are in!

To the winners, welcome to the big show! To the unlucky demotees, best of luck on a swift return.

Now, there's one more thing I've noticed that I'd like to address. Watch what happens when we line up this year's top ten teams in CRD (run differential against Championship clubs):

YANKEES: 162
TEXAS: 135
CINCINNATI: 126
MINNESOTA: 112
TAMPA: 108
SAN DIEGO: 103
SAN FRANCISCO: 98
PHILADELPHIA: 92
OAKLAND: 88
ATLANTA: 79

Notice anything interesting? What you have there are the eight 2010 MLB playoff teams, San Diego (who lost their spot on the last day of the season), and Oakland. Compare Boston, who won the Premiership but had only a +17 CRD and missed the playoffs. Here might just be proof positive that good teams don't beat themselves.

That's all for 2010. Pitchers and catchers have reported, so it's good luck to all squads in 2011!