April 21, 20232 yr Knights, Raiders and now the A's. They are salivating for basketball next. Kings maybe?
April 21, 20232 yr 6 hours ago, TBideon said: Knights, Raiders and now the A's. They are salivating for basketball next. Kings maybe? I think they'd get an expansion team in the NBA. Las Vegas and Seattle are leading candidates for the next expansion. The Kings just got a new arena and their fan support is through the roof right now. I feel bad for the city of Oakland, losing the Raiders, Warriors, and A's in quick succession.
April 21, 20232 yr 40 minutes ago, acd said: I think they'd get an expansion team in the NBA. Las Vegas and Seattle are leading candidates for the next expansion. The Kings just got a new arena and their fan support is through the roof right now. I feel bad for the city of Oakland, losing the Raiders, Warriors, and A's in quick succession. Still think it'll be silly of the NBA to add two additional teams to the West. They're already saturated. I'd look for the Kings and/or Trailblazers to leave within 10-15 years of Las Vegas and Seattle getting teams. As for MLB, one of two bad situations are sorted. Now we wait for Tampa. Do they get a new stadium in the Bay area (haha) or do they move to Montreal? Once they are sorted MLB is adding two teams as well. Nashville seems to be a favorite. Then I'd say Raleigh would be best, but Charlotte seems to be ahead. I see almost no way North Carolina doesn't get a team. Almost 11 million people, plus southern Virginia and South Carolina have no teams between Atlanta and DC. That's crazy to me. But it takes someone with money. If neither NC city has someone with the ability to field a franchise it'll go elsewhere. Perhaps San Antonio? Salt Lake City recently threw their hat in the ring, but as with the NBA the West is already saturated. Don't see that working out long term.
April 21, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, aderwent said: Still think it'll be silly of the NBA to add two additional teams to the West. They're already saturated. I'd look for the Kings and/or Trailblazers to leave within 10-15 years of Las Vegas and Seattle getting teams. As for MLB, one of two bad situations are sorted. Now we wait for Tampa. Do they get a new stadium in the Bay area (haha) or do they move to Montreal? Once they are sorted MLB is adding two teams as well. Nashville seems to be a favorite. Then I'd say Raleigh would be best, but Charlotte seems to be ahead. I see almost no way North Carolina doesn't get a team. Almost 11 million people, plus southern Virginia and South Carolina have no teams between Atlanta and DC. That's crazy to me. But it takes someone with money. If neither NC city has someone with the ability to field a franchise it'll go elsewhere. Perhaps San Antonio? Salt Lake City recently threw their hat in the ring, but as with the NBA the West is already saturated. Don't see that working out long term. What do you mean the West is saturated? Cities like Minneapolis, New Orleans, and Memphis are in the West. Seattle is the largest unrepresented metro and never should have lost their team, and Las Vegas is a top-30 market and growing rapidly. Sacramento and Portland both have strong fan bases, no other pro teams to compete with, and top-30 markets, so I'm not sure why they'd leave. Agree that Nashville and Charlotte have to be good bets for MLB expansion. The Southeast does seem very underrepresented in the league.
April 21, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, aderwent said: Still think it'll be silly of the NBA to add two additional teams to the West. They're already saturated. I'd look for the Kings and/or Trailblazers to leave within 10-15 years of Las Vegas and Seattle getting teams. As for MLB, one of two bad situations are sorted. Now we wait for Tampa. Do they get a new stadium in the Bay area (haha) or do they move to Montreal? Once they are sorted MLB is adding two teams as well. Nashville seems to be a favorite. Then I'd say Raleigh would be best, but Charlotte seems to be ahead. I see almost no way North Carolina doesn't get a team. Almost 11 million people, plus southern Virginia and South Carolina have no teams between Atlanta and DC. That's crazy to me. But it takes someone with money. If neither NC city has someone with the ability to field a franchise it'll go elsewhere. Perhaps San Antonio? Salt Lake City recently threw their hat in the ring, but as with the NBA the West is already saturated. Don't see that working out long term. I hope that they do not expand in Nashville. That has traditionally been a Reds market and would be best not to create more competition there. If they are going to go East, I would prefer a team in Montreal (again) and then go to Charlotte over Nashville. Nashville may not be in position when the time comes if the city is spending all the money on the new football stadium anyway. Also, I would love to see a team in Vancouver or even Salt Lake would be a decent opportunity. Balance out the Rocky Mtn states and West Coast.
April 21, 20232 yr Montreal has got to be a front runner too. Hell, they were supposed to host half the Ray's games before COVID. It's interesting how that would have played out. Teams moving is always a bummer - f-k A's ownership- but Tampa and Miami fans just don't appreciate baseball, and I doubt there would be outcry. Is Nashville a baseball town? I could see Charlotte, Omaha or even Indianapolis campaigning for a team.
April 21, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, TBideon said: Teams moving is always a bummer - f-k A's ownership- but Tampa and Miami fans just don't appreciate baseball, and I doubt there would be outcry. I think this was a 20 years in the making. I do not necessarily blame A's leadership because they let the team wither, but the A's were a small market team for a long time. If anything it was the Giants that led to the demise of the A's. Back in the 90s the Giants claimed rights to the San Jose and all of Silicon Valley as their media market and it prevented the A's from being able to find other suitable locations in the Bay area. Their market was pretty much limited to the city of oakland and therefore had a very small media market footprint (because the rest of the Bay area was Giant's country). Without a ton of public money, it really was never going to be sustainable to keep the team in Oakland. 11 minutes ago, TBideon said: s Nashville a baseball town? I could see Charlotte, Omaha or even Indianapolis campaigning for a team. Nashville has been lookign for a team for a while now. I hope it does not happen though. Indy is not looking for a team but I seriously doubt they would ever be considered as a serious candidate for an MLB team. Their only hope is a relocation of an existing team. Indy and Indiana as a state overlaps with Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Detroit markets for baseball fans. Neither of those markets will want to give up on their fans from the state and an established team in Indy would pull fans from all over the state. Can't see an Indy team getting much support. Just like I could never see Columbus ever getting an expansion team either for the same reasons.
April 21, 20232 yr Send the Rays back to Montreal! Resurrect the Expos! Charlotte is a decent choice but the thought of MLB in Nash is blah.
April 21, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, Brutus_buckeye said: I hope that they do not expand in Nashville. That has traditionally been a Reds market and would be best not to create more competition there. Thanks to TBS, The Braves became the entire South's team. The stadium was...Turner Field, not unlike when the Reds played in Crosley Field and had their games broadcast on Crosley-owned WLW. I expect that The Braves, specifically, will oppose any teams in Tennessee or North Carolina for that reason. If you were a kid in the 80s and early 90s, you'll remember that basic cable had WGN and TBS, which meant you ended up watching Cubs (Harry Carey era!) or Braves (completely boring announcers) games when the Reds weren't on TV. Part of the reason why the Tom Browning rooftop incident looms so large in Reds lore is because so many people saw it on WGN. Nashville has been trying to attract black tourists for a long time and they have announced the idea to resurrect a negro league team name: The blurb overlooks that the "Star" is also the name of Nashville's sad little commuter rail line.
April 21, 20232 yr 12 minutes ago, Rabbit Hash said: Send the Rays back to Montreal! Resurrect the Expos! Charlotte is a decent choice but the thought of MLB in Nash is blah. The Expos moved to Washington, DC and became the Nationals. Tampa was an expansion team.
April 21, 20232 yr One benefit a Nashville expansion team would see is the same as Vegas--people will travel there to see their home team. Or, they live in Nashville but they are from somewhere else and will go see their home town team. This would be good for early attendance numbers for an unproven expansion team.
April 21, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Rabbit Hash said: Send the Rays back to Montreal! Resurrect the Expos! Charlotte is a decent choice but the thought of MLB in Nash is blah. Let's start a No to Nashville petition for MLB, LOL
April 21, 20232 yr 26 minutes ago, Brutus_buckeye said: Let's start a No to Nashville petition for MLB, LOL I really don't get the Nashville appeal. But others seem to. Some tech bro is gonna blow $3-5 billion to get an expansion franchise and stadium in the second hottest city to Austin.
April 21, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Cleburger said: One benefit a Nashville expansion team would see is the same as Vegas--people will travel there to see their home team. Or, they live in Nashville but they are from somewhere else and will go see their home town team. This would be good for early attendance numbers for an unproven expansion team. Nashville has a decent market size, but also has three professional teams already. Baseball needs a big market, but also a large, dense urban area to pull attendance. Despite its MSA growth Nashville's urban area is quite a joke. It's so, so spread out. It doesn't have Austin-bad highway infrastructure, but it's also not good. They already have sky high prices. I foresee very rough growing pains soon.
April 21, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Lazarus said: Thanks to TBS, The Braves became the entire South's team. The stadium was...Turner Field, not unlike when the Reds played in Crosley Field and had their games broadcast on Crosley-owned WLW. I expect that The Braves, specifically, will oppose any teams in Tennessee or North Carolina for that reason. If you were a kid in the 80s and early 90s, you'll remember that basic cable had WGN and TBS, which meant you ended up watching Cubs (Harry Carey era!) or Braves (completely boring announcers) games when the Reds weren't on TV. Part of the reason why the Tom Browning rooftop incident looms so large in Reds lore is because so many people saw it on WGN. Nashville has been trying to attract black tourists for a long time and they have announced the idea to resurrect a negro league team name: The blurb overlooks that the "Star" is also the name of Nashville's sad little commuter rail line. If two people/groups in Nashville and NC have $4 billion+ total for expansion fees, I don't think MLB will give a damn how the Braves feel lol.
April 21, 20232 yr 6 hours ago, TBideon said: Montreal has got to be a front runner too. Hell, they were supposed to host half the Ray's games before COVID. It's interesting how that would have played out. Teams moving is always a bummer - f-k A's ownership- but Tampa and Miami fans just don't appreciate baseball, and I doubt there would be outcry. Is Nashville a baseball town? I could see Charlotte, Omaha or even Indianapolis campaigning for a team. I hear the Sounds do well. Omaha is too small, and college baseball is a whole different ball game. Indianapolis already has NFL and NBA (and they're pushing for MLS). A city their size could not support a MLB team.
April 21, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, aderwent said: If two people/groups in Nashville and NC have $4 billion+ total for expansion fees, I don't think MLB will give a damn how the Braves feel lol. This is the key. I dont think the MLS was really encouraging expansion in Cincinnati or even St. Louis at the time and if they had their choice on markets they would have picked others first, but those markets had strong ownership groups willing to pay the price of a team.
April 21, 20232 yr 7 hours ago, acd said: What do you mean the West is saturated? Cities like Minneapolis, New Orleans, and Memphis are in the West. Seattle is the largest unrepresented metro and never should have lost their team, and Las Vegas is a top-30 market and growing rapidly. Sacramento and Portland both have strong fan bases, no other pro teams to compete with, and top-30 markets, so I'm not sure why they'd leave. Agree that Nashville and Charlotte have to be good bets for MLB expansion. The Southeast does seem very underrepresented in the league. I think doing East and West Conferences really hurts NBA and NHL. By saturated I mean adding Vegas and Seattle makes nine teams west of the Rocky Mountains. That's 28% of the teams for ~20% of the US population. I will say the markets are spread out well. So it could work if not ideal. I guess do what NHL does and have Utah move to West - Central Division. I do agree it was dirty to move the Supersonics. Las Vegas is the 40th in DMA size. Although their tourism industry brings a unique element.
April 21, 20232 yr ^All of the leagues have too many teams. 30 teams means, all things being equal, a single franchise will only win three times per century. The Cubs went 107 years without a championship. Several other franchises will similarly go 100 years without a championship, since the league is now so much bigger than it was during the first 50 years of Chicago's losing streak.
April 21, 20232 yr 10 hours ago, aderwent said: They're already saturated. I'd look for the Kings and/or Trailblazers to leave within 10-15 years of Las Vegas and Seattle getting teams. Sacramento just built a new arena and Portland is a big market with a newer arena. Back to MLB expansion. Nashville has a solid plan and so does SLC. Portland might have a plan but there’s been some hold ups there. Tampa Bay is moving so I wouldn’t be surprised to see them go to Montreal or one of the expansion cities. Whoever has a stadium plan and the money to invest will win out, just like in other leagues. The NBA and NHL are looking to expand too and MLS isn’t done expanding either.
April 27, 20232 yr On 4/21/2023 at 1:14 PM, Lazarus said: The Expos moved to Washington, DC and became the Nationals. Tampa was an expansion team. Well aware. That doesn't preclude the Rays moving to Montreal and adopting the Expos name, AFAIK.
April 27, 20232 yr On 4/21/2023 at 3:02 PM, Brutus_buckeye said: Let's start a No to Nashville petition for MLB, LOL Ditteaux. I've despised that town ever since they made a late play for the rock hall. You have your own music and that's not it.
April 27, 20232 yr Nashville also wanted the medical mart. It might have been wise to let them have it.
September 4, 20231 yr talk of a new white sox stadium and/or the team leaving town — there are six years left on the lease — White Sox VP Denies Team Close To Decision: Billions To Build New Ballpark ‘Doesn’t Fall Out Of The Sky’ ChicagoEconomic Dev August 30, 2023 Ryan Wangman In the latest Chicago sports edition of will-they-won’t-they, the White Sox remain opaque about the organization’s plans for the team’s home when its lease expires after the 2029 season. more: https://www.bisnow.com/chicago/news/economic-development/white-sox-deny-guaranteed-rate-field-decision-120451
September 13, 20231 yr a massive espn expose on the mlb biogenesis/bosch ped scandal -- THE BIOGENESIS FILES BY MIKE FISH The largest performance-enhancing drugs operation in U.S. sports history was exposed 10 years ago. Biogenesis of America, a Miami wellness clinic fueled by a cocaine-addicted biochemist who introduced himself as "Dr. T," outed some of the nation's biggest stars as PED users; still others have not been publicly tied into the scandal -- until now. Drawing upon more than 1,400 pages of confidential U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration investigative documents obtained exclusively by ESPN and dozens of interviews, this package of stories provides an unforgettable look at Tony Bosch's operation, the attorneys and league officials caught using unsavory tactics, and the depths to which athletes will go for an advantage -- and to protect their images. more: https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/36055058/biogenesis-america-tony-bosch-peds-fallout-10-years-later
September 28, 20231 yr https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwPuNR2oG01/ Why doesn't this embed? Somebody help. Edited September 28, 20231 yr by Lazarus
September 29, 20231 yr congrats to francisco lindor — three taters in a doubleheader — Francisco Lindor becomes 4th Mets player to record 30-30 season By Joe PantornoPosted on September 27, 2023 more: https://www.amny.com/sports/francisco-lindor-30-30-mets-9-27-23/
October 7, 20231 yr its on — 2023 MLB playoffs: World Series odds, division series preview ESPN Oct 4, 2023, 10:39 PM ET The 2023 MLB playoffs are in full swing! After the wild-card round ended quickly with sweeps in all four series, the division series matchups are set. Will the favored Atlanta Braves roll through the National League, or will one of the Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers or Arizona Diamondbacks be the NL's last team standing? Can the Baltimore Orioles turn a 100-plus-win season into a World Series berth, or will we see a deep run from the Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins or defending champion Houston Astros? MLB experts Bradford Doolittle, Alden Gonzalez and David Schoenfield get you ready for it all with odds for every round, a predicted date of each team's last game and a name to watch for all 8 remaining World Series hopefuls. more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38513575/2023-mlb-playoffs-preview-world-series-odds-matchup-keys-tips
November 19, 20231 yr ok ok once in awhile them yankee fans are nice — weepppaaaa! 😂 https://www.instagram.com/reel/Czttk0bOaQX/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
December 10, 20231 yr blockbuster ohtani dodgers contract — Shohei Ohtani surpasses biggest active contracts in MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL more: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35186336/biggest-active-contracts-mlb-nfl-nba-nhl
December 10, 20231 yr 8 hours ago, mrnyc said: blockbuster ohtani dodgers contract — Shohei Ohtani surpasses biggest active contracts in MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL more: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35186336/biggest-active-contracts-mlb-nfl-nba-nhl That’s almost the entire NHL salary cap lol
December 10, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, bumsquare said: That’s almost the entire NHL salary cap lol It was reported that his annual salary will be more than the team payroll of 8 MLB teams, including the Guardians. MLB is a joke.
December 10, 20231 yr He was rumored to be going to the Blue Jays but apparently he or his people looked at the Canadian tax code. Keep in mind that assuming he recovers fully, after this season he's two superstar players not one.
December 10, 20231 yr 44 minutes ago, LibertyBlvd said: It was reported that his annual salary will be more than the team payroll of 8 MLB teams, including the Guardians. MLB is a joke. The Dodgers are still only 3rd in MLB behind the Mets and Phillies.
January 26, 20241 yr that time joe carter pulled one of mlb’s best pranks — 😂 https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2dT6GWx0XQ/?igsh=dXR4aXd3d3RmN3hu
January 31, 20241 yr bleh — Latest updates on Oakland A's stadium plans, Las Vegas move Jeff Passan, ESPN Jan 30, 2024, 08:00 AM ET With Major League Baseball typically sharing a tentative schedule for the next season with teams early every year, the Oakland A's were supposed to have figured out by the end of December where they'll play in 2025 and beyond before moving to Las Vegas in 2028. That didn't happen. A mid-January deadline passed. Soon enough an end-of-January target will, too. Even after the A's secured the deal to leave Oakland permanently, the franchise's near-term future remains in limbo. It's not just the MLB-low payroll or the lack of significant improvement of a roster from a team that went 50-112 last year. It's something as fundamental as not having a home following the expiration of their lease with the Oakland Coliseum after this season. Here is what you need to know about where the A's stadium plans currently stand, according to multiple people involved with the process to find the team a home. more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39419922/oakland-stadium-plans-las-vegas-move-update
February 8, 20241 yr an incredible wrigleyville drone video — https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2XmspUr2jO/?igsh=MXFzNzdsdWtoZXUwbQ==
February 15, 20241 yr New rendering for a proposed MLB stadium and development district just dropped https://thepowerdistrict.com/#renderings I honestly think the A's wind up in Salt Lake City as their new home. This is a great stadium plan. Most of the site is former industrial brown field and it's right on a major LRT line.
February 15, 20241 yr 11 minutes ago, JaceTheAce41 said: New rendering for a proposed MLB stadium and development district just dropped https://thepowerdistrict.com/#renderings I honestly think the A's wind up in Salt Lake City as their new home. This is a great stadium plan. Most of the site is former industrial brown field and it's right on a major LRT line. Aren't they already approved to move to Las Vegas? It sounds like stadium construction is about to start, and while they'll need a temporary home for a couple years, there's no indication that they're second-guessing the move to Vegas.
February 15, 20241 yr They were supposed to but they can't seem to get a stadium built in LV. SLC has said they'd host the A's in 2025 because as of now, they can't play in Oakland after this season. My guess is that they won't be able to get a LV stadium done, and if they move to SLC, the A's will sell to the Utah ownership and just stay there permanently
February 18, 20241 yr yankees in talks to lure cory kluber out of retirement — 🙀 Yankees are in talks to reunite with retired two-time AL Cy Young winner, report says Published: Feb. 15, 2024 https://www.silive.com/yankees/2024/02/yankees-are-in-talks-to-reunite-with-retired-two-time-al-cy-young-winner-report-says.html
February 21, 20241 yr david cone, gangsta — 🙀💥😂 https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2-V7fkuwdJ/?igsh=bnU3dmZnNTR6cWNu
February 22, 20241 yr zack greinke shows why there is a pitch clock — 😂 https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3irbpoOFQl/?igsh=amtuZndudzJ4MXRz
February 22, 20241 yr mlb expansion chat -- MLB expansion: Potential cities, top locations to land teams ESPN Feb 21, 2024 Major League Baseball expansion is coming -- it's just a matter of when ... and where. While the timeline for MLB to go to 32 teams remains a bit murky, commissioner Rob Manfred recently said he hopes to have a process "in place" for the league to expand to 32 teams before he retires in 2029. There are plenty of candidates to land one of the franchises when the sport does expand, headlined by a pair of cities that have moved to the front of the line. Is your city one of the places that baseball could be eyeing? We asked our MLB reporters to break down the cases for and against the leading options. more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39563422/mlb-expansion-potential-cities-candidates-teams-austin-montreal-nashville-orlando-portland-raleigh-salt-lake-city
February 22, 20241 yr I hope the White Sox can get this done. This would be a great place for a ballpark. https://ballparkdigest.com/2024/02/15/plans-for-new-chicago-white-sox-ballpark-unveiled/
February 22, 20241 yr I bet you could get a lot more people to show up for games in Mexico than in the couchlocked U.S. Edited February 22, 20241 yr by GCrites
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