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Thread: Tampa Bay Rays, Oakland Athletics, new stadiums, and expansion discussion

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    Quote Originally Posted by Forever Fredi View Post
    Trump should just get AZ to rename stadium Sheriff Joe's Tent Ballpark. Gonna draw.
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    In Sheriff Joe’s Tent Ballpark, every day has mother’s day uniforms.
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    Solid.
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    I am tired of teams relocating. So I propose a new rule, when a team relocates the old team is wiped clean and they start like an expansion team.
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    Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and his wife joining the efforts to get a team in Portland

    https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/r...b-to-portland/
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    We need less teams, not more

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    Quote Originally Posted by PurpleBrave View Post
    We need less teams, not more
    agreed. I vote for killing off the Mets, Nationals, Marlins, and, most of all, the Phillies

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    Quote Originally Posted by CrimsonCowboy View Post
    Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and his wife joining the efforts to get a team in Portland

    https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/r...b-to-portland/
    This can’t make me happy if I’m a Seattle fan, especially since Wilson has nothing to do with Oregon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CyYoung31 View Post
    This can’t make me happy if I’m a Seattle fan, especially since Wilson has nothing to do with Oregon.
    I should say a Seahawks fan living in Seattle. Most people in Oregon are Seahawks fans anyway.

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    The problem with expansion is it comes with an expansion draft.

    An expansion draft always hurts teams with deep farms and young teams and helps teams with a bunch of expensive bad contracts.

    After spending about 5 years getting rid of their expensive and bad contracts and building one of the best farms in baseball and developing an exciting, cheap, young ML team, the Braves stand to be one of the teams to lose the most.

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    Sounds like if/when MLB expands, Portland is near or at the top of the list

    https://www.kgw.com/article/sports/m.../283-564488692
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    Portland and Charlotte near the top for expansion.

    Charlotte leads the Minors in attendance almost every year.

    Would be good for Braves to have a Southern rival. MLB needs to further penetrate the South.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SJ24 View Post
    Portland and Charlotte near the top for expansion.

    Charlotte leads the Minors in attendance almost every year.

    Would be good for Braves to have a Southern rival. MLB needs to further penetrate the South.
    I agree. Need more deep southern penetration

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    I agree. Need more deep southern penetration
    that's what William Tecumseh Sherman believed
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    Quote Originally Posted by SJ24 View Post
    Portland and Charlotte near the top for expansion.

    Charlotte leads the Minors in attendance almost every year.

    Would be good for Braves to have a Southern rival. MLB needs to further penetrate the South.
    I don't like it.

    The Braves don't need another team dividing loyalties in what has traditionally been their home territory.

    Now if it works like the Nationals/Orioles thing, where MLB supplements the Braves payroll every year for some bull**** reason, then I'm all for it.

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    Rather than go into Mexico, a team should be put in San Antonio. Would love Montreal to return if they go retro with uniforms.

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    Montreal and Portland are the apparent front runners.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rico43 View Post
    Rather than go into Mexico, a team should be put in San Antonio. Would love Montreal to return if they go retro with uniforms.
    I'd want them to bring back the retro hat like I have. It's gorgeous.
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    Btw where are you guys seeing this at
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    Quote Originally Posted by Forever Fredi View Post
    Btw where are you guys seeing this at
    I generally type "MLB expansion" and "MLB Charlotte" and "MLB Portland" into Twitter and search.

    There was a really good Stark article about it a few weeks ago in The Athletic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    I agree. Need more deep southern penetration
    I'm for deep penetration wherever it happens.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GovClintonTyree View Post
    I'm for deep penetration wherever it happens.
    very true

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