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Havana would be a slam dunk if they dumped communism and the Castro influence in the near future. I actually think this could happen. The team's mascot could be the Havana Jalopies to honor their automobiles over the last 50+ years.
Havana would be a slam dunk if they dumped communism and the Castro influence in the near future. I actually think this could happen. The team's mascot could be the Havana Jalopies to honor their automobiles over the last 50+ years.
This island would pack them in every game.
Actually, Havana had a minor league team, the Havana Sugar Kings. Today, they are the Jacksonville Suns, minor league affiliate of the Miami Marlins.
why not create a 2nd tier league below MLB that is unaffiliated with the farm system and then develop a promotion/relegation system?
32 MLB clubs
32 MLB 2 clubs
16 in each league(national and american). Balanced schedule. No inter-league play. The last place team in each league goes into a 7 game playoff with the best teams in MLB 2. Say bye-bye to Miami Marlins, hello to Portland or North Carolina.
It will never ever happen. But if it did the MLB would be much much more popular nationally.
why not create a 2nd tier league below MLB that is unaffiliated with the farm system and then develop a promotion/relegation system?
32 MLB clubs
32 MLB 2 clubs
16 in each league(national and american). Balanced schedule. No inter-league play. The last place team in each league goes into a 7 game playoff with the best teams in MLB 2. Say bye-bye to Miami Marlins, hello to Portland or North Carolina.
It will never ever happen. But if it did the MLB would be much much more popular nationally.
and add a 2nd MLB team in Philadelphia as the city deserves to have two teams like it used to be.
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With a bustling downtown and an ever-increasing population, a baseball team is all that Brooklyn is missing.
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NYC already has two MLB teams
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It's a bigger city and a much larger sports market than any of those cities you mentioned.
New York at one time had three ball clubs. Perhaps the city deserves to have three teams "like it used to be." After all, New York is "a bigger city and a much larger sports market" than Philadelphia.
One possibility that might be considered would be to have the next two teams in Japan and Latin America, with restrictions on home-grown players. Presently, players from, outside US/Canada are not included in the draft, and are all considered free agents. The Japan and LA teams could be considered to have, by default, drafted all players from their areas and have exclusive rights to contract with them, but could sell or trade those draft picks to any other team. Accordingly, the Japan team would consist almost entirely of Asian-born players, and the Latin team of Latin American players.
Obviously, there would be a lot of problems setting it up. But currently, all the talent from outside the USA simply goes to the highest bidder, and we all know who that is.
Ain't gonna be Japan with the 13 hour time difference from the East coast and 10 hour flight from the west coast. Mexico City, San Juan, Havana, Caracas, and Monterrey would be good locations IF MLB ever decided to expand outside the US for a couple teams.
New York at one time had three ball clubs. Perhaps the city deserves to have three teams "like it used to be." After all, New York is "a bigger city and a much larger sports market" than Philadelphia.
I can read through your sarcasm but it still doesn't change the fact that Philly could support 2 MLB teams like it used to be. The only possible way I could ever see a 3rd MLB team in the New York market would be to put a club in Northern New Jersey. Other than that, NYC should not have a 3rd MLB team.
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Ain't gonna be Japan with the 13 hour time difference from the East coast and 10 hour flight from the west coast. Mexico City, San Juan, Havana, Caracas, and Monterrey would be good locations IF MLB ever decided to expand outside the US for a couple teams.
Considering the politics involved, I would say San Juan is the best place to put an expansion team outside of the USA mainland.
Sorry, MILWCITY, but Houston will never be in the American League. Astro fans will never support that. When there are 16 teams in three divisions like the NL has, the configuration is five, five, and six. That's the way it is. It's more geographically prudent to have six teams in the center, with five on the sides. Not sacred, mind you, just prudent. That's what the AL's challenge would be if it expanded from 14 teams. But, no, Houston's a National League city all the way, and no expansion or realignment will ever change that.
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