Winds of Change?

[Greg Pappas]

Choose how you'd prefer to see things in the near future of MLB.

One choice per person. Public vote.

[Greg Pappas]

As an aside... IF MLB were to expand, adding two new teams, which cities would you expect/want to get the nods?

[O'sFanThruJune]

As an aside... IF MLB were to expand, adding two new teams, which cities would you expect/want to get the nods?

Mexico City

San Juan

...or similar

[zff4]

would have liked to have seen the choice of dropping interleague play

[BaltimoreTerp]

Bel Air and Catonsville.

Ok, seriously...

I bet there are a few cities that would work for a baseball team. Charlotte, San Antonio, Portland, Las Vegas, Hartford (for the whole region, to take fans from New York and Boston) or northern New Jersey, and Norfolk.

I wouldn't put teams in ALL of those cities, and some would definitely be small-market, but they would all be options.

[backwardsk]

I didn't vote for expansion, but if there was, I'd like to add a team to NY/NJ area and maybe Raleigh, NC. That area of the country is growing and the Canes attendance wasn't horrible. They may be able to support a team.

[tennOsfan]

I think it would be cool for Japan to have a team.

[Greg Pappas]

Mexico City

San Juan

...or similar

Yeah, I imagine that a team in Mexico or PR would get a fanatical following. I like the idea. Toronto made it, why not these two? I feel confident that MLB wouldn't allow both, but one or the other is a good option it seems.

Good post.

[Greg Pappas]

would have liked to have seen the choice of dropping interleague play

I could see that as a poll unto itself... start a poll asking if people want to keep interleague play.

[Greg Pappas]

Bel Air and Catonsville.

Ok, seriously...

I bet there are a few cities that would work for a baseball team. Charlotte, San Antonio, Portland, Las Vegas, Hartford (for the whole region, to take fans from New York and Boston) or northern New Jersey, and Norfolk.

I wouldn't put teams in ALL of those cities, and some would definitely be small-market, but they would all be options.

I think all those cities would get serious looks... Portland and Charlotte would possibly be among the early favorites, eh?

[orayole]

For the 2 extra teams I'd say Portland and Northern New Jersey.

Redo divisions. Balanced schedule.

AL North/East : Boston, NYY, NJ, Toronto

AL West: Portland, Seattle, Oakland, LAA

AL South: Tampa, Texas, Baltimore, Kansas

AL Central: CWS, Minnesota, Detroit, Cleveland

NL West: LA, Arizona, San Fran, San Diego

NL East: Philly, NYM, Pitt, DC

NL South: Florida, Atlanta, Houston, St. Louis

NL Central: Colorado, Milwaukee, Cubs, Cincinatti

[RShack]

For the 2 extra teams I'd say Portland and Northern New Jersey.

I say NJ and Havana...

[orayole]

I say NJ and Havana...

Havana? Cuba?

No more outside countries.

And that would screw up my perfect division rebalance.

Or get rid of divisions and have top 4 records go to the playoffs.

[MNAFETSC]

One thing I've always wished would happen is get rid of the whole AL/NL structure and replace it with an East League and West League. A. You get to compete against your former interleague rivals for playoff spots and B. It will reduce the cost of travel.