This is how I think it would look:
Ruth Conference (In Honor of Babe plus 3 of the teams he played for are in this conference):
Northeast (Could also be called Atlantic):
New York Yankees
New York Mets
Boston Red Sox
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles
Philadelphia Phillies
Southeast:
Atlanta Braves
Florida Marlins
Tampa Devil Rays
Washington Nationals
North Central:
Milwaukee Brewers
Detroit Tigers
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
Mays Conference in Honor of Willie Mays:
Central:
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Cleveland Indians
Kansas City Royals
Minnesota Twins
Pittsburgh Pirates (Should be in northeast but there's no place to put them because that division would have 7 teams)
Southwest:
Texas Rangers
Houston Astros
Arizona Diamondbacks
Colorado Rockies
Pacific:
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
Seattle Mariners
San Francisco Giants
Oakland Athletics
2007-05-18 14:33:14 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Playoffs would be the same. 3 division winners and 1 wildcard in each conference. The winner of the Ruth Conference would face the winner of the Mays Conference.
All teams would use the DH. I know some people hate it but I love it!
2007-05-18 14:34:04 · update #1
Foleycat but then they'll be back to 4 divisions and it would suck!
2007-05-18 14:53:01 · update #2
I don't see what advantage MLB would have in combining leagues from a revenue standpoint, and as a business, baseball will not make such a radical change unless it generates more revenue. MLB has already addressed the natural rivalry through interleague play. It would not be possilbe to schedule one home and one away series with each team, plus added games within your division unless you increased the number of games played. A 200 game season is a bit much.
Anyway, there is one scenario where I could see baseball merging leagues. It would look like this:
American League - East
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Washington Orioles
Philadelphia Phillies
Atlanta Braves
American League Middle
Texas Rangers
Ohio Indians
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Great Lakes Tigers
American League West
Los Angeles Dodgers
Bay Area Giants
Seattle Mariners
San Diego/Tijuana Padres
Chinese Tai-pei Pirates
World League - Caribbean League
Florida Marlins
Mexico City Gemelos
Guadalajara/Jalisco Cervecero
Santo Domingo Calcetines Blancos
Havana Reds
World Leagues - Asia Pac League
Manila Athletics
Tokyo Devil Rays
Seoul Mets
Beijing Diamondbacks
Australian Nationals
World League - The Rest
Toronto Blue Jays
London Royals
Dubai Mets
Stockholm Angels
Manchester United
All teams would have one long home series and one long road series. When Chinese Tai'Pei and and Bejing Diamondbacks play, the team names will be changed to the Delhi Llamas and Zambian Lions and each will not recognize any wins by the other team. Havana will play home games against U.S. teams in a neutral state such as Switzerland or Iceland. All U.S. teams playing in Havana will have their luggage redirected Guatemala City and be known as the "Team from Caracas."
2007-05-18 15:53:03 · answer #1 · answered by Seinen Wakichou 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Northeast:
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
New York Mets
Toronto Blue Jays
Philadelphia Phillies
Atlantic:
Baltimore Orioles
Washington Nationals
Florida Marlins
Atlanta Braves
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Northern:
Detroit Tigers
Minnesota Twins
Cleveland Indians
Milwaukee Brewers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Central:
Kansas City Royals
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
Southwest:
Texas Rangers
Houston Astros
Arizona Diamondbacks
Colorado Rockies
San Diego Padres
Pacific:
Oakland A's
Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
San Fransisco Giants
Seattle Mariners
6 Division Winners
2 Wild Cards
DH for all teams
2007-05-18 22:02:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Northeast Division
1. Baltimore Orioles
2. Boston Red Sox
3. New York Mets
4. New York Yankees
5. Philadelphia Phillies
6. Toronto Blue Jays
7. Washington Nationals
Southern Central Division
1. Atlanta Braves
2. Cincinnati Reds
3. Cleveland Indians
4. Detroit Tigers
5. Florida Marlins
6. Pittsburgh Pirates
7. Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Midwest Division
1. Chicago Cubs
2. Chicago White Sox
3. Colorado Rockies
4. Kansas City Royals
5. Milwaukee Brewers
6. Minnesota Twins
7. Saint Louis Cardinals
8. Texas Rangers
Western Division
1. Anaheim Angels
2. Arizona Diamondbacks
3. Houston Astros
4. Los Angeles Dodgers
5. Oakland A's
6. San Diego Padres
7. San Francisco Giants
8. Seattle Mariners
2007-05-18 21:47:12 · answer #3 · answered by foleycat 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No specific league/conference names, but the divisions would look like this:
California Division: Angels, Athletics, Dodgers, Giants, Padres
Mountain Division: Astros, Diamondbacks, Mariners, Rangers, Rockies
Central Division: Cardinals, Cubs, Royals, Twins, White Sox
Midwest Division: Blue Jays, Brewers, Indians, Reds, Tigers
Northeast Division: Mets, Phillies, Pirates, Red Sox, Yankees
Southeast Division: Braves, Devil Rays, Marlins, Nationals, Orioles
6 divisions, no wild cards
2007-05-19 00:05:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since the leagues actually did merge operations about 10 years ago - the divisions would look exactly like they do now.
2007-05-19 02:36:57 · answer #5 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would the AL and NL merge in the first place?
The rivalries would be gone! Instead of the Yankees and Red Sox playing 18 to 19 times a year, they would have to share their rivalry with the Mets, who would have to play them the same amount.
NO MERGING!!!
2007-05-18 22:17:36 · answer #6 · answered by bkbaseball725 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes, u have it down, this will never happen though, you need to different leagues in the pro sports
2007-05-18 22:35:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
now you understand why this will never happen...
2007-05-18 21:37:19 · answer #8 · answered by juanes addicion 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋