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According to the USA Today, at least 13 MLB teams are offering all-you-can-eat seats for part of the 2008 season.

Ticket prices for these seats range from $30 at the low end with the Atlanta Braves to $200 at the high end with the St. Louis Cardinals. The majority fall within the $30-$55 range. Most teams include pre-cooked, easy-to-prepare ballpark fare such as hot dogs, nachos, peanuts and soft drinks but don’t include beer, burgers, pizzas and desserts.

The Padres, meanwhile, will offer an All-You-Can-Eat buffet, including burgers, hot dogs and soft drinks, with 180-250 seats on top of the Western Metal Supply Co. building in PETCO Park’s left field corner. The section will feature bleacher seats with an adjoining buffet/eating area.

Leave it to America to figure out a way to shove more food in your face at sporting events. And let me say for the record, that I personally love the idea.

The East Coast Bias ranked the most overpaid MLB teams of 2007.

Here are a couple teams that made the list:

SF Giants ($90 Million , 71-91) – Behind huge contracts to Zito and Bonds (neither of whom performed at a high level consistently), the Giants floundered to a last place finish and the 2nd worst record in the NL (Pirates, tied with Marlins). Good thing they let Schmidt go so they could sign Zito.

Baltimore Orioles ($93 Million, 69-93) – An increase of $20 Million over 2006 netted the Orioles absolutely no benefit, leaving them still the second-best team in the Baltimore-Washington area. As a point of pride, the O’s finished ahead of the Rays. On the other hand, the Rays only paid $24 Million to finish 3 games worse.

Chicago White Sox ($108 Million, 72-90) – The White Sox appear to have overpaid to keep an aging team together following their World Series victory, and it really cost them last year. 4th place behind medium market teams is not worth the 5th highest paid team in the league.

Somebody cap that league so these teams can stop embarrassing themselves.