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DrungoHazewood Hangout Grand Counsel

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Tennesee? Maybe mid state between Nashville and Memphis so they could draw from both.

It's over three hours between Nashville and Memphis. If you put it halfway in the middle that's 90 minutes each way to a ballpark that's the only attraction besides the Waffle House at the Parker's Crossroads interstate exit. Now... Nashville by itself is roughly the same size as San Diego or Baltimore, and Memphis is on par with Buffalo.

Charlotte-Raleigh-Durham seems to be a better bet for a regional team, but I'm having trouble imagining a regional team working in a league that regularly schedules midweek games that start around rush hour end at 10 or 10:30.

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It's over three hours between Nashville and Memphis. If you put it halfway in the middle that's 90 minutes each way to a ballpark that's the only attraction besides the Waffle House at the Parker's Crossroads interstate exit. Now... Nashville by itself is roughly the same size as San Diego or Baltimore, and Memphis is on par with Buffalo.

Charlotte-Raleigh-Durham seems to be a better bet for a regional team, but I'm having trouble imagining a regional team working in a league that regularly schedules midweek games that start around rush hour end at 10 or 10:30.

It takes me 90 minutes to get to OPACY. But I knew that was a point. I get to a game or two a year. If that.

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It's over three hours between Nashville and Memphis. If you put it halfway in the middle that's 90 minutes each way to a ballpark that's the only attraction besides the Waffle House at the Parker's Crossroads interstate exit. Now... Nashville by itself is roughly the same size as San Diego or Baltimore, and Memphis is on par with Buffalo.

Charlotte-Raleigh-Durham seems to be a better bet for a regional team, but I'm having trouble imagining a regional team working in a league that regularly schedules midweek games that start around rush hour end at 10 or 10:30.

Nashville just built a new stadium for the Sounds. There would be a more than a few annoyed officials here if it was completely unneeded just a little bit later down the road.

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Since San Juan already came up, I'd like to throw Havana into the discussion. Yeah, I know it won't happen, but I could imagine that would be one of the best atmospheres to watch a baseball game in. You could pack a 75,000 seat stadium every night down there. Unfortunately, average incomes are essentially nil.

On a more reasonable note though, if US/Cuba relations continue to improve and we see an even more free import of players from there, it may help to fill some of those 50 extra roster spots.

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Since San Juan already came up, I'd like to throw Havana into the discussion. Yeah, I know it won't happen, but I could imagine that would be one of the best atmospheres to watch a baseball game in. You could pack a 75,000 seat stadium every night down there. Unfortunately, average incomes are essentially nil.

On a more reasonable note though, if US/Cuba relations continue to improve and we see an even more free import of players from there, it may help to fill some of those 50 extra roster spots.

Fidel leading the 7th inning stretch a la Harry Caray?

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Baseball needs to expand by two teams. 32 teams would be structured as:

16 teams per league

2 conferences of 8 teams per league

2 divisions of 4 teams per conference

This would make scheduling so much better. Each team would play:

14 games with each of the other 3 teams in its division = 42

10 games with each of the four teams in the other division in its conference = 40

8 games with each of the 8 teams in the other conference = 64

4 games vs. each of 4 inter-league opponents = 16

That adds up to 162 games, with 82 of them in the same conference, fewer games against division opponents, and fewer interleague games.

It also could add more playoff games, with each playoff team a division champion; an equal number of playoff spot without the need for wildcards.

4 best of 7 conference championship series

2 best of 7 league championship series

1 best of 7 world series

You must like baseball in November?

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Does make things interesting. That's why despite Bonds and Clemens being royal jerks, it is stupid to think they shouldn't be in the HOF. Now, put Joe Jackson in there already!

Well, if you put Joe Jackson in there you have to include Pete Rose

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One of California's five MLB teams should move to Montreal. One state doesn't need to have five teams.

California has more people than Georgia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania put together, and those three states combine for five teams. I'd argue that NYC should have five teams by itself. And one of the more intriguing markets for expansion is Sacramento.

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Well, if you put Joe Jackson in there you have to include Pete Rose

All players for way more than a century have been told that if they bet on baseball they'd be banned. They put it on a sign in every clubhouse saying as much. If you're told to not do something and that you'd be banned if you did it, why should baseball go back on their word?

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