re: Commissioner Rob Manfred sees expansion in MLB's future

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Minnesota out draws them in a terrible climate and much much smaller less desirable city with an equally as bad team and new stadium.

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The Minneapolis Saint Paul metro area has 2.9 million people. That's more than double the population of San Diego. San Diego is also less than two hours from Anaheim - so the baseball fans in the area are not without options.

There's nothing wrong with Oklahoma City as a possible destination for a baseball team, I'd just be more biased to look at a bigger market like San Antonio because a larger population (Minn/St Paul) has an easier time generating attendance than a smaller population center (San Diego). ETA - the larger population also has an easier time supporting the taxes for periodic stadium replacement.