swishnicholson wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:Morosi thinks MLB will expand to 32 teams within the next 5-10 years, with Montreal and Austin getting the expansion clubs and the divisions looking like this:

AL Northeast: Boston, Montreal, NY Yankees, Toronto
AL East: PHILLIES, Baltimore, NY Mets, Pittsburgh
AL Southeast: Atlanta, Miami, Tampa Bay, Washington
AL Central: Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Minnesota

NL Midwest: Chicago Cubs, Chicago WS, Milwaukee, St. Louis
NL South: Austin, Houston, Kansas City, Texas
NL Northwest: Colorado, Oakland, San Francisco, Seattle
NL Southwest: Arizona, LA Angels, LA Dodgers, San Diego


Minnesota in the "east" and Milwaukee in the "west" doesn't make sense, but whatever

They ought to just dispense with the whole National League/American league concept since the leagues as such don't really exist any more. Just name then the Draft kings League and the FanDuel League and get it over with.

Montreal is the largest metropolitan area in the U.S. or Canada without a Major League Baseball franchise.

Austin could be MLB’s best expansion option in the United States — a distinction that should crystallize further in the coming years.

Austin is a haven for tech firms and startups — and, consequently, the Millennials whom MLB wants to capture through its marketing efforts. Austin is the only top-50 metropolitan area in the U.S. with double-digit population growth since the 2010 census, according to the Austin Chamber of Commerce, with one estimate projecting 2.6 million people will live in the metro area by 2025.

Austin is the nation’s No. 39 television market, according to Nielsen. That would be the smallest in the major leagues, a distinction that currently belongs to Cincinnati. But Austin’s effective size is greater than that, with San Antonio, the No. 32 market, roughly an hour’s drive away. (San Antonio is a legitimate expansion candidate in its own right, but Austin has the more rapidly growing population and higher per capita income.)

Austin’s appeal is enhanced by the fact that it doesn’t already have a major professional sports franchise; it does have a Fortune 100 company headquartered in the area (Dell Inc.) and a Baseball Hall of Famer/businessman/former MLB owner (Nolan Ryan) who could lend legitimacy to Austin’s effort.

A critic might say that Texas already has two major-league franchises, including one — the Houston Astros — that in 2015 surpassed the 2 million mark in attendance for the first time in four seasons. But even with three teams, Texas would have fewer MLB teams per capita than California.

The B1G Piece wrote:this is also Jon Morosi.

Shore wrote:

The B1G Piece wrote:this is also Jon Morosi.

bleh wrote:moving the Phillies out of the NL after 130 years is stupid.

Wheels Tupay wrote:Who is it?

bleh wrote:not against going to 8 divs, but getting rid of the NL east and moving the Phillies out of the NL after 130 years is stupid.

Slowhand wrote:A team in Montreal worked out so well last time.

swishnicholson wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:Morosi thinks MLB will expand to 32 teams within the next 5-10 years, with Montreal and Austin getting the expansion clubs and the divisions looking like this:

AL Northeast: Boston, Montreal, NY Yankees, Toronto
AL East: PHILLIES, Baltimore, NY Mets, Pittsburgh
AL Southeast: Atlanta, Miami, Tampa Bay, Washington
AL Central: Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Minnesota

NL Midwest: Chicago Cubs, Chicago WS, Milwaukee, St. Louis
NL South: Austin, Houston, Kansas City, Texas
NL Northwest: Colorado, Oakland, San Francisco, Seattle
NL Southwest: Arizona, LA Angels, LA Dodgers, San Diego


Minnesota in the "east" and Milwaukee in the "west" doesn't make sense, but whatever

Can't imagine a new Montreal club wanting to be dumped into a division with the Yankees, or the owners wanting to put such a team in such a division after the last experience in Montreal. The owners are a stupid, greedy lot, yes, but not, I think, this stupid -

They ought to just dispense with the whole National League/American league concept since the leagues as such don't really exist any more. Just name them the Draft Kings League and the FanDuel League and get it over with.

The family who discovered the cards in a neglected paper bag at the run-down house of a deceased great-grandfather has asked to remain anonymous.

The cards' value is sure to shift now that there are so many more in existence, and an exact figure is difficult to pin down. But Orlando said the total worth of the whole cache should exceed $1 million. It's not yet clear what the family who found them intends to do with them.