re: how would you re-align mlb divisions?

Posted on 6/29/15 at 2:19 pm to molsusports

Posted by geauxjuice

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Posted on 6/29/15 at 2:19 pm to molsusports

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Baseball's weakness is how regional the coverage and attention span has been... your plan would exacerbate that issue IMO

Do not put all of the NE teams and CA teams in teh same divisions. You want the major media hubs to cover more than two divisions.

i know, every scenario i came up with you are left with at least one very "meh" division that you know would get very little coverage. mainly i was thinking how cool it would be to see the major population centers in the northeast, california, and great lakes in the same division and the rivalries that would create.

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Posted by molsusports

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Posted on 6/29/15 at 2:54 pm to geauxjuice

If you want to change baseball's divisions in a rational way you probably have to increase the total number of teams by two to get to 32 total. Then you have the potential for four divisions in both leagues.

Let's arbitrarily make the case that Sacramento and Austin are your expansion sites (large states with well supported baseball attendance, affluence, etc) because San Jose is SF territory, Las Vegas brings gambling and the other probable sites like Montreal, Providence, Charlotte, and Memphis don't look like they would have the combination of affluence and population to support a 162 game season.

Then you could talk about moving around a few teams while keeping intact a few blocks like:

yankees, red sox, orioles
cardinals, cubs, reds +/- pirates
phillies, mets
dodgers, giants, padres
tigers, twins, white sox, indians
A's, mariners

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