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Old 06-19-2015, 08:45 PM   #30
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financially it might make sense, but the talent pool would be quite depleted. you'd be better off tying expansion to participation rates of kids each year (obviously offset by quite a few years).

the population may be 1/7th larger give or take, but that doesn't mean they are all playing baseball at the same rates as before.
There's a half billion more people in Latin America and Asia. And besides, professional football has started a slow-motion implosion with concussion concerns. Moms aren't letting their kids to play growing up.
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