ESPN discovers 28 other MLB squads

BRISTOL, CT — With the help of a research team numbering in the hundreds, sports media giant ESPN made a startling discovery this weekend that, over time, could prove to alter their coverage of professional sports forever. For years, the network has been operating under the apparently erroneous assumption that baseball was played exclusively in the cities of New York and Boston. Research now shows that the sport is played professionally all over the country: on the West Coast, in the Midwest and in the South. After a careful review of highlights shown by the network over the past couple of years, SSNN has discovered that the Yankees and Red Sox were actually playing against many of the previously undiscovered franchises. “It is mind boggling that we could have made such an incredible oversight. We promise to look into teams like the Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics. As soon as we find out what an Athletic is, we promise to share it with the world in one of our earth-shattering SportsCenter exposés,” an ESPN representative announced on Sunday. “These things don’t happen overnight, but eventually we hope to incorporate baseball teams all over the country into our normal coverage of MLB.”

It’s going to be tough for this sport to sweep any nations, but it’s still pretty frickin’ cool!