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If it was Montreal then bring it on.
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Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit |
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In response to the OP if the league were to contract I think they would probably remove Houston and Miami over Oakland and Tampa Bay.
Also both Boston and New York(A) owners have both said in the past (early 2000s when contraction was talked about) they wouldn't agree to any realignment that kept them in the same league/division together. So any realignment has to have one of them moving to the National League. Which in turn would probably also bring the DH. Not to mention that if the Yankees moved to the National League then the MLB would want/have to move the Mets to the American League. |
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I did a report on expanding or contracting the MLB in a college class back in 2003 and I remember quoting several media sources including ESPN but as I said I can't find any of that information or any online links anymore. The part about the Mets having to move of the Yankees moved is because in the league bylaws you can't have two teams in the same league that close together. MLB would probably say the Mets were grandfathered to get around that though. |
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Yeah I'm going to cal B.S. on that one too lol
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I think ra7c7er is thinking of the 'radical' realignment plan that Selig (and some owners) were in favour of in the run-up to the 1998 expansion. That would have seen quite a few teams changing leagues.
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Best avatar I have seen in a long time, bet Bru loves it too!
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Bah the Expos need to be in the NL East. I want my all Canadian World Series and the ratings crater that would accompany it!.
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I think they should go 32 teams....4 divisions, div winners go to post season...and that's it..no more after such an expansion
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Everyone hates what they have and wants whats on the other side of the fence.
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Major League Baseball needs to establish clubs in the southern states. Being someone who currently lives in the south (raised in the North though), I can tell you that just about everyone in Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Northern Florida roots for the Braves. The Braves are the team of the south and very much are currently representing the entire region.
Sure, Florida has two clubs, but let's be honest, Florida really isn't a traditional southern state. I think Major League Baseball should look into occupying one of the metros in the south like Charlotte, New Orleans, or Nashville. The south is very passionate about their college baseball and there is a lot of ground that could be taken by a GM moving a team to one of those two cities. This is a region that sells more tickets for NCAA Baseball than any other region by a landslide. If SEC ticket sales are any indicator of the popularity of the sport in the south, then It might be a good move. Just my two cents.
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How about we contract the Giants and let the A's move to San Jose.
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Approved. I hate San Francisco.
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Oakland just needs a new stadium. Tampa Bay needs to relocate though.
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I hated the 1-wildcard system because it mostly made pennant races meaningless, but I don't mind the 2-wildcard system, because it makes winning the division mean something again. No one wants to have to take their chances in a 1-game crapshoot, so you'd better win your division now.
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Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC: 103 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI: 100 Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN: 96 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA: 75 Charlotte is just above Milwaukee, while Nashville is just below. New Orleans is well off the pace, however. |
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