Rob Manfred: Fours work better than Fives for scheduling

[Can_of_corn]

I just don't get the point in reference to the statement. They already have a team.

Right, but the only cities larger have two.

Apparently they think Houston, with over 2 million residents, can support a second team.

Or Weams messed up.

[Can_of_corn]

I think it was my error in transcription.

Fair enough. I don't think the idea of a second team in Houston is that outrageous. It is a very large city that is still growing at a decent clip.

[weams]

So, if it goes regional, and the NL goes away, what do you think the alignments would be?

[MDtransplant757]

Fair enough. I don't think the idea of a second team in Houston is that outrageous. It is a very large city that is still growing at a decent clip.

I would disagree because how many Astros fans are there already, and it wouldn't make sense unless they wanted a newer, Texas sized version of the MASN Dispute on their hands. Austin makes a lot of sense, as does San Antonio.

[MDtransplant757]

So, if it goes regional, and the NL goes away, what do you think the alignments would be?

Depends on whose winning, who has the most championships and where in the state are you from.

[Can_of_corn]

I would disagree because how many Astros fans are there already, and it wouldn't make sense unless they wanted a newer, Texas sized version of the MASN Dispute on their hands. Austin makes a lot of sense, as does San Antonio.

Works fine in the top 3 markets.

[Crazysilver03]

Fair enough. I don't think the idea of a second team in Houston is that outrageous. It is a very large city that is still growing at a decent clip.

Yeah but there is the team in Dallas, not so far away.

[MDtransplant757]

Works fine in the top 3 markets.

Because they started up before revenue sharing, TV deals that make or break teams and other things. The Mets have been there since 62, Angels since 60, and the White Sox have been there since 1900. People wouldn't do things like that now due to how badly contested the deals have gotten, case in point with MASN.

[Crazysilver03]

So, if it goes regional, and the NL goes away, what do you think the alignments would be?

I don't think the NL would go away. Just 4 divisions in each league. AL East would probably just lose the Ray's.

[weams]

Yeah but there is the team in Dallas, not so far away.

Again, I think it was Austin they said. My mistype.

[weams]

I don't think the NL would go away. Just 4 divisions in each league. AL East would probably just lose the Ray's.

Or Toronto? It sounded like he was open to regional realignment.

[Stotle]

So, if it goes regional, and the NL goes away, what do you think the alignments would be?

WEST

Northwest

Seattle

San Fran

Colorado

Oakland

Southwest

LA

LA

Arizona

San Diego

South

Houston

Austin

Texas

Atlanta

Midwest

Chicago

Chicago

Milwaukee

Minnesota

EAST

Southeast

Miami

Tampa

Washington

Baltimore

East

NY

NY

Philly

Boston

Great Lakes

Montreal

Detroit

Cleveland

Toronto

Central

Kansas City

St Louis

Cincinnati

Pittsburgh

[weams]

Or Toronto? It sounded like he was open to regional realignment.

So, you would have Boston, both New York teams, and Philadelphia in one division. I would assume the Orioles, DC, Pirates and Indians. I could be interesting.

[MDtransplant757]

Yeah but there is the team in Dallas, not so far away.

Dallas is 3 1/2 away, whereas Austin is almost 3 hours away from Houston. Putting a team in Texas could cause trouble, just like putting a team in Washington did 11 years ago. MLB should expand to markets that haven't been tapped like Vegas, Portland and Charlotte or go back to Montreal. The reason MLB won't go to places like Vancouver is because MASN is such a headache that it doesn't make sense to go there and do the whole MASN song and dance over again.

[Can_of_corn]

WEST

Northwest

Seattle

San Fran

Colorado

Oakland

Southwest

LA

LA

Arizona

San Diego

South

Houston

Austin

Texas

Atlanta

Midwest

Chicago

Chicago

Milwaukee

Minnesota

EAST

Southeast

Miami

Tampa

Washington

Baltimore

East

NY

NY

Philly

Boston

Great Lakes

Montreal

Detroit

Cleveland

Toronto

Central

Kansas City

St Louis

Cincinnati

Pittsburgh

I like that a great deal but I don't think they are ready to go that large.

I think they would keep the current AL/NL alignment as closely as they could.