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jmowreader

(53,309 posts) Sun May 21, 2017, 03:48 PM May 2017

What two cities need MLB teams? [View all]

Any real baseball fan will agree: the Wild Card race is an atrocity...but when you have 30 teams, the only equal division is three five-team divisions in each league.

By adding one more NL and one more AL team, you can create four 4-team divisions in each league...call them North, South, East and West. The playoffs could rotate combinations from year to year to make it fun.

Now...where to put the teams? I think Raleigh, New Orleans, Nashville, Portland Oregon, and Albuquerque would be fine baseball towns.

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What two cities need MLB teams? [View all] jmowreader May 2017 OP

San Diego...LOL SHRED May 2017 #1

Raleigh? Naw, the people in the Triangle area barely support the bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #2

Miami and San Diego could use Professional baseball teams 4139 May 2017 #3

I thought they had the best minor-league teams in the Majors.....! lastlib May 2017 #15

Miami and San Diego are the Top.... 4139 May 2017 #16

Maybe New OrleNs or Portland shenmue May 2017 #4

No, no, not Albuquerque. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #5

Plus, your minor league team has the greatest name of all time!!! Coventina May 2017 #17

Yes, it does. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #20

Now you've given it away! lastlib May 2017 #21

I know! PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #23

I would say AL: New Orleans, NL: Portland Initech May 2017 #6

Atlanta. klook May 2017 #7

this wyldwolf May 2017 #24

Nashville (AL) and Portland (NL) bluedigger May 2017 #8

Not Nashville! GreydeeThos May 2017 #9

Montreal and Las Vegas? CanonRay May 2017 #10

I think baseball already failed in Montreal jmowreader May 2017 #11

No, baseball failed Montreal. In 1982 they had higher attendance than the Yankees. FSogol May 2017 #18

Yes and no True Dough May 2017 #33

Hell no to Albuquerque left-of-center2012 May 2017 #12

Charlotte and Portland First Speaker May 2017 #13

Mexico City and Guadalajara rurallib May 2017 #14

Honolulu and Juneau whistler162 May 2017 #19

Anchorage would be better than Juneau jmowreader May 2017 #22

NL: New Orleans, AL: Portland Buckeye_Democrat May 2017 #25

I think with all the interleague play they ought to ditch the old AL/NL concept rurallib May 2017 #30

I like your thinking bif May 2017 #31

I agree! Buckeye_Democrat May 2017 #32

No. Just No. Ditch interleague play. While you're at it ditch that stupid designated hitter crap! retread May 2017 #36

I agree, but they are making a buck on it so it will never change now rurallib May 2017 #37

Definitely Portland! Mme. Defarge May 2017 #26

Montreal & Portland Locutusofborg May 2017 #27

Imhop talent already too thin benld74 May 2017 #28

Ulan Bator and Lagos jberryhill May 2017 #29

Omaha and Memphis 47of74 May 2017 #34

Omaha has a beautiful stadium that's near MLB size that they barely use.... Tommy_Carcetti May 2017 #35