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Major League Baseball 2017

Back to the Cubs pitiful bullpen.

Carl Edwards does not inspire much confidence.
 
Dodger role players are horrible in this series, so far. Except for Culberson.
 
Joe Maddon blew this series by putting in John Lackey over Wade Davis.

Really puzzling.

This game was the Cubs chance. Now they need a miracle .
 
And thats baseball. You throw the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose and sometimes it rains.
 
What a horrible mistake by Maddon.

You need to use all your bullets if you are a manager.

The Cubs could have maybe pulled this off in extra innings. Kenley Jansen already pitched an inning.

Joe Maddon and Jimmy Rollins are idiots. They said the Cubs needed to save Wade Davis for the save.... WTF???

Maddon rode Chapman last year like a horse. IMO a baaaad move.
 
Tennessee is a great new market in Pro Sports. Floating Tennessee here as an expansion team in MLB along with a Western city like the growing Salt Lake area, giving 32 teams.

Move to 8 divisions, no wild cards, one week shorter season, 3 of 5, 4 of 7, 4 of 7, and 4 of 7; 8 of 32 would still be a lower % than the other 3 Major Pro Sports ...
 
NIMBY said:
Tennessee is a great new market in Pro Sports. Floating Tennessee here as an expansion team in MLB along with a Western city like the growing Salt Lake area, giving 32 teams.

Move to 8 divisions, no wild cards, one week shorter season, 3 of 5, 4 of 7, 4 of 7, and 4 of 7; 8 of 32 would still be a lower % than the other 3 Major Pro Sports ...
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South-SE: Adding teams in Nashville and Charlotte makes a lot of sense.

West: Vegas, SLC or Portland...maybe 2 of 3.

SW: San Antonio--yes, Texas can support three baseball teams.
 
calamity said:
South-SE: Adding teams in Nashville and Charlotte makes a lot of sense.

West: Vegas, SLC or Portland...maybe 2 of 3.

SW: San Antonio--yes, Texas can support three baseball teams.
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I messed up the original post on TEN. All of these ideas are certainly 'floats'. Give two wild cards plus 4 division winners; they now play 66 games against 10 teams in their league, 76 in the division; and 20 interleague;

32 teams could give 3 by 19 in division as now; 12 by 6 in league; and 25 IL to give 154 and buy an extra week; I like the 2 by 2 with IL rivals; then always play the other 3 by 3 in that IL division for rivalries; rotate the other 3 IL divisions with 12 games as is now done; 2 of 3 for WC series and 4 of 7 for the LDS, LCS and WS.

Vegas has the AAA 51s and is now getting the NFL; One step at a time, now that they also have the NHL. I see SLC making more sense in the AL since the AL really has only 3 teams in the two western time zones. AL should get thin air to hit in too, like COL.

I see enough pitching depth in MLB to expand by two teams; good rivalries for TEN in the NL with CIN, MIA and ATL; TEN would be good with SL also inter division, with SL never splitting from CHC;

PHL--WSH---NYM--PIT; ATL--MIA--CIN--TEN; CHC--MIL--SL--COL; SD--LAD--SF--AZ;

AL could be LAA--SEA--OAK--SLC; HOU--TEX--KC--TB; CHW--DET--CLE--MIN; NYY--TOR--BOS--BAL;

Lots of possibilities ...
 
NIMBY said:
I messed up the original post on TEN. All of these ideas are certainly 'floats'. Give two wild cards plus 4 division winners; they now play 66 games against 10 teams in their league, 76 in the division; and 20 interleague;

32 teams could give 3 by 19 in division as now; 12 by 6 in league; and 25 IL to give 154 and buy an extra week; I like the 2 by 2 with IL rivals; then always play the other 3 by 3 in that IL division for rivalries; rotate the other 3 IL divisions with 12 games as is now done; 2 of 3 for WC series and 4 of 7 for the LDS, LCS and WS.

Vegas has the AAA 51s and is now getting the NFL; One step at a time, now that they also have the NHL. I see SLC making more sense in the AL since the AL really has only 3 teams in the two western time zones. AL should get thin air to hit in too, like COL.

I see enough pitching depth in MLB to expand by two teams; good rivalries for TEN in the NL with CIN, MIA and ATL; TEN would be good with SL also inter division, with SL never splitting from CHC;

PHL--WSH---NYM--PIT; ATL--MIA--CIN--TEN; CHC--MIL--SL--COL; SD--LAD--SF--AZ;

AL could be LAA--SEA--OAK--SLC; HOU--TEX--KC--TB; CHW--DET--CLE--MIN; NYY--TOR--BOS--BAL;

Lots of possibilities ...
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Nashville is a natural. Not only would it pull in all of TN, but also include Louisville, Lexington and the rest of KY, plus probably 50% of WV and western VA and half of NC, SC and Alabama. Also add in a good chunk of Arkansas, Southern Illinois and Northern GA for good measure.

Vegas is also the obvious choice, but MLB has a gambling monkey on its back. So, maybe not so fast is the right call. SA, TX is perfect because of the Latino factor.
 
calamity said:
South-SE: Adding teams in Nashville and Charlotte makes a lot of sense.

West: Vegas, SLC or Portland...maybe 2 of 3.

SW: San Antonio--yes, Texas can support three baseball teams.
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Putting a baseball team in San Juan, Mexico City, and Montreal make much more sense.
 
Bucky said:
Putting a baseball team in San Juan, Mexico City, and Montreal make much more sense.
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There was a team in Montreal. It failed.

MC would work though. They's support an NFL team too.
 
Yankee bats woke up in the Bronx...again. 3-0 early
 
CC is making me nervous.

If the Yankees go to Bentances, I might have to close my eyes.
 
calamity said:
South-SE: Adding teams in Nashville and Charlotte makes a lot of sense.

West: Vegas, SLC or Portland...maybe 2 of 3.

SW: San Antonio--yes, Texas can support three baseball teams.
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charlotte will not support a major league baseball club. its triple A team and facility are appropriate for the current market
 
justabubba said:
charlotte will not support a major league baseball club. its triple A team and facility are appropriate for the current market
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They have to much political turmoil in that city as well.
 
Jack Hays said:
The Cubs' collapse of 1969: An oral history. Ex-Cubs Ernie Banks, Glenn Beckert and Ron Santo look back on the ill-fated 1969 Chicago Cubs team, which led the NL East for most of the year, only to lose out to the New York Mets.[COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.541176)]Oct 17, 2015[/COLOR]

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Wrigleyville - Baseball Prospectus
 
The monster has been UNLEASED!

Just destroying the Astros.
 
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Threegoofs included this one, but it was great fun:

San Diego Magazine
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That first time San Diego made it to the playoffs, we went all the way to the World Series. But it was the National League Championship Series with the Chicago Cubs—the race for the pennant—that produced all the drama. In a now-familiar scenario, the Padres came home down 0-2. They would need to sweep the next three games to clinch the pennant.

Before game three, legendary Chicago columnist Mike Royko lit a fuse under San Diego fans with an incendiary column questioning our Padres’ right to even share a field with his Cubbies. In essence, Royko declared the Cubs would win the playoffs because “truth, justice and the American way” were on their side and San Diegans were “lousy wimps” who’d rather go surfing than watch baseball.
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NIMBY said:
Tennessee is a great new market in Pro Sports. Floating Tennessee here as an expansion team in MLB along with a Western city like the growing Salt Lake area, giving 32 teams.

Move to 8 divisions, no wild cards, one week shorter season, 3 of 5, 4 of 7, 4 of 7, and 4 of 7; 8 of 32 would still be a lower % than the other 3 Major Pro Sports ...
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Priorities:

Move the D-Rays to a different city on the east coast

Move the Oakland Athletics to a different city on the west coast

After that, we should discuss expansion.
 
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