If Major League Baseball were to expand to 32 teams? (ESPN, Houston Astros, watch)
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Raiders are likely to leave for LA. I think after they leave, the A's may get a new stadium and stay in Oakland. Another team that may leave is Cleveland. Their attendance has been bad like the Rays and they have been in the wild card race the last few seasons except for last season.
The Braves are removed from being the "team of the south." Their decline in play and abandonment from the standard of winning has placed them in their current situation. An American League team in either Charlotte or Raleigh, North Carolina would provide an alternative and much needed competition.
Oh, I agree. I can't stand the fans in Atlanta as during the '90s, they didn't even pay any attention until the last week of the season when there wasn't much of a chase for the division. 1 title in 10 years of division dominance, yech.
As far as the Indians leaving Cleveland, I don't see that ever happening. It would have happened in the 1980's if it was ever going to. They still have one of the better stadiums in the AL and no MLS team to share the summer with.
If MLB could expand to 32 teams, what do you think the MLB would look like? What cities do you think could get a new team?
Current cities
Anaheim
Arlington(part of Dallas-Ft.Worth,TX)
Atlanta
Baltimore
Boston
Chicago(2)
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Detroit
Houston
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New York(2)
Oakland
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
St. Petersburg
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Toronto
Washington DC
Possible places:
Portland,OR
Las Vegas, NV
San Antonio,TX
Virginia Beach,VA
It would more likely be in San Antonio and Orlando, since I think people wanted MLB teams there. As for Las Vegas, don't they have the 51s?
That would be really cool living in a baseball stadium. Then I could see all the games from my window.
Not so sure...
Have you ever sat in an outfield upper deck seat for a ballgame? You are far removed from the main action in the infield, and you can't even really see the pitched ball from such a vantage point. Watching a game from your apartment would be like that.
Further, you would have to schedule your activities around the home schedule. You couldn't have friends just dropping by because on game days it would be a mess trying to fight through the traffic...and where would they park? In the stadium lot for 15 bucks? The same sorts of restrictions would apply to your own comings and goings...game days will be difficult.
And what about the noise? Is the stadium used for other activities? You might be wanting to enjoy an evening of quiet tv watching and just outside some rock concert is being staged.
It would be cool living in a baseball stadium...for maybe a week or month...then it would settle down into a general pain in the butt.
Have you ever sat in an outfield upper deck seat for a ballgame? You are far removed from the main action in the infield, and you can't even really see the pitched ball from such a vantage point. Watching a game from your apartment would be like that.
Further, you would have to schedule your activities around the home schedule. You couldn't have friends just dropping by because on game days it would be a mess trying to fight through the traffic...and where would they park? In the stadium lot for 15 bucks? The same sorts of restrictions would apply to your own comings and goings...game days will be difficult.
And what about the noise? Is the stadium used for other activities? You might be wanting to enjoy an evening of quiet tv watching and just outside some rock concert is being staged.
It would be cool living in a baseball stadium...for maybe a week or month...then it would settle down into a general pain in the butt.
Okay, maybe using a baseball stadium as my apartment wouldn't sound nice. I guess it would've been better if it was used as a hotel. But I think they should put in sound-proof windows so that the audience wouldn't wake you up during the middle of the night.
New Orleans, Charlotte, Portland, and OKC would probably work out.
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