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10/16/17

Baseball America - New Expanded League - Thoughts



 Baseball Expansion –

There seems to be a building consensus that baseball will soon be headed to a 32-team configuration. It will lead to major realignment and adjustments in schedule, which will allow MLB to address the growing concerns of the union about travel demands and off days…

North: Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Minnesota, Montreal, both New York franchises and Toronto.

A 156-game schedule would include 24 total games against the eight teams in each of the three other divisions—three games against each opponent.
The schedule would include 12 games—six home and six road—against each of the seven divisional opponents.

            I have to digest this a little before I say what I think.


            Your thoughts?
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10 comments:

  1. Tom BrennanOctober 16, 2017 at 7:36 PM

    1) Interesting, and useful to many offensive players who can't crack the big leagues much, if at all, due to the 12 pitchers carried these days.

    2) I don't want to have to play the Yanks a lot, unless ownership gets serious - or changes.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 16, 2017 at 7:41 PM

    I don't mind the 32 team MLB.
    But I like the 8 divisions of 4 team alignment
    Would prefer going old school and a 154 game schedule.
    Also all teams using the DH

    On a side note I'm kinda upset ,I really wanted Ausmus as a manager for the Mets
    The same reason id like him the manager is probably the reason,
    he backed out he is too smart to get involved with being Alderson's puppet

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  3. That Adam SmithOctober 17, 2017 at 12:18 AM

    I actually have no problem reducing the number of games by a few, particularly if it meant that the WS wouldn’t have to stretch into the winter months, as it does now. Baseball in near-freezing weather is terrible to play, and terrible to sit in the stands for. Of course, if they went back to daytime WS games (at least on the weekends) that would help too.

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  4. UnknownOctober 17, 2017 at 7:13 AM

    I hate the idea .. I hate the current 3 division & interleague setup .. I’m a purist to the 2 division setup that debuted in ‘69!.. call me a purist .. or just old & out of touch

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  5. Tom BrennanOctober 17, 2017 at 8:08 AM

    Ed Marcus, watching this team we are ALL old and out of touch.

    I just don't want to play the Yanks 12 times a year UNLESS OWNERSHIP SMARTENS UP AND STOPS HALF STEPPING IT - or Mets fans will be humiliated annually.

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  6. HobieOctober 17, 2017 at 9:19 AM

    32 Teams--fine. 154-56 game season--fine. Two 8-team divisions per league--fine.

    But both NY's (or CHI's or LA's) in the same division? ABSOLUTELY NOT. If there is no chance of a Yankee-Met WS, don't bother playing the game.

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  7. Tom BrennanOctober 17, 2017 at 10:40 AM

    Like your take, Hobie.

    I for one do not want to see the Mets play the Yanks 12 times, go 3-9, we miss play offs, their fans ridicule us, and we get to do it all over again the next season.

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  8. Eddie from CoronaOctober 17, 2017 at 11:23 AM

    OMG please say no...
    I hate to say I am afraid of the Yankees But with this ownership we should be... We would never do what it takes to compete with Boston and the Yankees...
    So unless we force the wilpons out then I pray this doesnt happen...

    Also I hate the DH so hope that never happens either...

    Lastly there should be Contraction, in all sports not expansion... Money may be at a ll time high but the product is not... less teams means more talent around the league...
    Personally we should lose about 4 teams in every professional league everywhere...

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  9. Pablo GrullonOctober 17, 2017 at 11:51 AM

    Not feeling this idea for a couple of reasons.
    1. If there are less home dates then the owners will ABSOLUTELY raise the prices of tickets, concessions, parking, etc to make up the difference in money lost due to games lost because of the shorter schedule. That would make it even tougher for the average family to attend games.
    2. Why expand to different markets when you can look into relocating teams in failing markets like Tampa Bay to a new market? Like say Vegas, Charlotte or even going back to Montreal if its at all feasible.
    MLB would basically be banking on creating a robust market in an unproven place. Hasn't worked in Tampa bay or Arizona despot the dbacks being a playoff team every few years. I don't see how expanding to 32 teams helps that dynamic at all.

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  10. RobbOctober 17, 2017 at 12:01 PM

    I would like them to keep the traditional nl/al divide, bc i dont like the dh, nl 4 eva. but not adverse to 4 divisions in each league. i think the retaining long standing rivals is important. Ie, the mets, phillies, montreal and nationals in one group. the yankees, redsox, baltimore, toronto, in another. but they cold create a southern division too of marlins, braves, rays and ? in an other.

    personally i would like teams in portland and montreal more then anything else (2 pointless teams in florida, but miami aint going anywhere). its funny the one place in florida that should have a team is actually orlando based on market size and pop growth.

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