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2007-06-20 04:40:53 · 29 answers · asked by Yahoo Man 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
To alwaysmoose:
Same City:
New York Yankees
New York Mets
Chicago White Sox
Chicago Cubs
Orange County:
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Los Angeles Dodgers
Bay Area:
Oakland Athletics
San Francisco Giants
State of Missouri:
Kansas City Royals
St. Louis Cardinals
State of California:
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Los Angeles Dodgers
Oakland Athletics
San Francisco Giants
San Diego Padres
State of Florida:
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Florida Marlins
Maryland/ Washington, D.C. area:
Baltimore Orioles
Washington Nationals
State of Texas:
Texas Rangers
Houston Astros
My point is that why can't there be another team in Seattle?
2007-06-20 04:50:11 · update #1
Oh by the way, MLB tried the Seattle Pilots in 1969, failed, and moved to Milwaukee in 1970. Why would it hurt to try again?
2007-06-20 04:54:14 · update #2
I can see that you put a lot of thought into this re-alignment. However, I don't think it'll work. Too many reasons, and most have already been provided by posters ahead of me.
Like one said, the talent on some clubs are AAA... more teams would take it down to AA level and below.
Keep working on it. You never know.
2007-06-28 03:57:02 · answer #1 · answered by Jay9ball 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!
First big problem is the Expansion team in Seattle. Not a large enough market to support two teams; at times does not support ONE team. Louisville would struggle to support a big league team. The Philadelphia move would lose too much money in rivalry between Mets and them. It is a good idea for the four divisions and to get rid of the Wild Card but not practical just yet. More expension means more records will fall, it is already having AAA pitching from the 80's pitching in the majors that would lead to AA caliber pitchers serving up meat to the big boys of hitting.
2007-06-20 04:51:03 · answer #2 · answered by bdough15 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No way! There is no way MLB would put two teams in the Seattle market. Nothing against the people of Seattle, but they couldn't support the old Pilots, who ended up as the Brewers.And the Mariners are not leading the league in attendance. And I won't even get into talking about your so called other changes
2007-06-20 04:59:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No - baseball would never want to give up the tradition of having two separate leagues. I do like the idea of things being geographically set up, particularly because I live in Chicago and would love to see the Cubs and Sox play more often and have the games be more important. This setup could be similar to the NBA in that you could play teams from the other areas, but not as frequently. However, I would disagree with you about adding teams as I feel that MLB is already too diluted.
2007-06-27 08:03:36 · answer #4 · answered by artistictrophy@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MLB will not do that. They won't expand any time soon, especially after talking about contracting teams within the past 10 years. Las Vegas is more likely to get a team than Seattle, Portland, or Louisville. It is a big market without any pro team (except Arena Football).
2007-06-20 05:07:50 · answer #5 · answered by GeckoBoy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I certainly hope not. There needs to be contraction, not expansion. Also, the teams should remain in their traditional leagues. Also, the D-Backs are not a Midwest team.
I would contract 2 teams (the Devil Rays and 1 other, probably either the Royals of Rockies). Return Milwaukee to the AL. Have 2 7-team divisions. Eliminate the WC. AND TAKE THE STUPID RUBBER BAND OUT OF THE CENTER OF THE BASEBALL!
2007-06-20 05:05:47 · answer #6 · answered by †Lawrence R† 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I dont see baseball expanding again for a while.They need to stabilize current franchises.As for that divisional configuration, how do you figure Cubs in the same division as Arizona and not Cincinnati or Milwaukee?And I dont think Seattle is ready to support 2 teams.
2007-06-24 14:41:39 · answer #7 · answered by mikecubbie69 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no way that Seattle could support another team. The only place in the great northwest that could even remotely be considered is Portland, Oregon, and they would be way way down the totem pole of consideration among cities that currently do not have a franchise.
2007-06-20 05:24:58 · answer #8 · answered by tjjack50 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im a cubbies fan, you can't take the brewers out of the same division and put the diamondbacks in there!. the one team in the current NL central that would cause the least amount of contraversy to remove would in my opinion be the pirates. Houston, St louis are great rivalries and Milwaukee is basically wrigley field North.
2007-06-20 04:44:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I sure hope not. I honestly wish they would have not even split into 3 divisions. It was a really big deal to make the playoffs in baseball when it was just 2 divisions per league, and you felt like your team accomplished something if they did. Now it's not a big deal, but still not as bad as basketball and hockey.
2007-06-20 05:27:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋