if you look at the biggest cities in the U.S., New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, all have two teams. Houston is the fourth largest city in the U.S., is it time for Houston to grow to two teams or not?
2007-03-28 15:20:54 · 21 answers · asked by Dmitri 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
No they can't support the one they have
2007-03-30 22:40:43 · answer #1 · answered by skisram 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this a joke? I'm from Houston and many of the fans are fickled in this city. The Astrodome was empty in the late 1980s and early 1990s when the Astros regularly lost 100 games a season. This town isn't like New York, the Yankees fans make every home game a sell out no matter how bad the team is. Right now Minute Maid is doing well to sell out as many home games as it does.
If our nation's economy keeps on this dwonward spiral no one will have any money left to spend on entertainment. I love the Astros but H Town doesn't need more than one team.
P.S. Baseball hasn't been played in LA for 100 years. The Dodgers didn't move there until 1958. The Houston Astros franchise was established in 1962. That's only a 4 year difference.
2007-03-28 19:16:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to remember that the youngest franchise out of the ones that play in NY, Chicago, and the LA area is the NY Mets who have been around since the 50s.
All 6 of these franchises Mets, Yankees, Cubs, White Sox, Angels and Dodgers have built up longstanding fanbases for generations, and all 6 organizations are extremely well founded and established.
Houston has never had a second mlb team alongside the Astros/Colt 45s. A secondary franchise in Houston today I don't think would survive. The Astros fans that are about as likely to drop the Astros as their team as would say a long-time Bears fan would be drop his team for a new AFC team that play it's home games in Chicago.
Besides with interleague play now, if you want to see American league teams in Houston, you get that chance every year now.
2007-03-28 16:43:20 · answer #3 · answered by Baltimore Birds Fan 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No way! If you want a reason why Chicago and New York have two teams, it's because the American League was started to rival National League teams in 1900, and there were two teams in almost all of the cities, New York (3 teams until 1958), Chicago, Philadelphia (Phillies and A's), Boston (Red Sox and Braves), St. Louis (Cardinals and Browns), etc. It used to be the two leagues battling each other for fans. Technically, there aren't two teams in Los Angeles, though they are in the same Southern Cal market. All of a sudden you want to put two teams in Houston after 45 years? One would obviously have to be in the American league where there is a Texas team. How also would fans be able to divide their loyalties between the two teams? There is no way Houston will get a second team, it's not even on the radar.
2007-03-28 16:17:50 · answer #4 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What do we need 31 teams for?Houston has a team the Astros.They don't need to waste money on a new stadium.When the other cities had 2 teams they had reasons.New York Giand and Dodger fans were sulking because they had moved so they made the Mets and they took over the Dodgers and Giants.Chicago has had both teams since 1901 because there weren't many big cities out west back then.And the Angels play in Anahiem,even though their name is los angeles.
2007-03-29 00:19:54 · answer #5 · answered by red4tribe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if another team in a less-fortunate market gets absorbed by the league. 30 Teams are more than enough for Major League Baseball. I say okay to another team in Houston, but only under those conditions--though I would like to see a team in Oregon or Utah first. I think the Astros are the baseball pride of Houston, anyway. I don't see the owners taking kindly to expansion in their market.
2007-03-28 15:52:32 · answer #6 · answered by Jason C 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No! Nothing against houston or any other city, but major league baseball can't expand any more. they talent is so diluted and poor now, adding another team or two will make it even worse.
In terms of moving a team, I doubt that MLB would go into the same market again. they would be looking at new markets like NC, Southern VA, KY, TN, etc.
2007-03-28 15:26:17 · answer #7 · answered by thunder2sys 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No they shouldn't because then one league would have 16 teams and the other 15
2007-04-01 09:22:14 · answer #8 · answered by Sports fanatic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the size of the city means nothing as far as getting professional sports teams. for example, LA, the 5th biggest city in america has no professional football team, but carolina (raliegh, i think) has the panthers. its all about the market, and right now, houston doesnt have the market for another team, espescially since they cant get their first team to do anything right
2007-03-28 15:51:15 · answer #9 · answered by andrew b 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If MLB moves a team into a market it will be somewhere in the NYC/New Jersey area.
2007-04-01 15:01:00 · answer #10 · answered by Mike S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is a grand idea to build another stadium for Houston. Think about it, New Orleans could have another flood anyday now and where will Houston put all the people?
2007-03-28 15:28:37 · answer #11 · answered by Anthony B 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋