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Pick only two people...
Reno and Las Vegas 25%  25%  [ 2 ]
San Antonio and Charlotte 38%  38%  [ 3 ]
Portland and Salt Lake City 25%  25%  [ 2 ]
Alburquerque and Detroit 13%  13%  [ 1 ]
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18 Feb 2009, 5:58 pm

Again, not a baseball fan, but what two cities
should be perfect for a major-league baseball team,
if any teams relocated or expanded?


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19 Feb 2009, 4:32 am

Las Vegas -- this city should not be deprived of a pro sports act!
Portland --- Why isn't anybody considering playing in this city of roses?



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19 Feb 2009, 2:49 pm

Here in Portland, we want soccer, not baseball.


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20 Feb 2009, 1:33 am

This is kinda weird... What is the use of MLS for Portland? It's a bush league, man...



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28 Feb 2009, 12:46 pm

Uh, Detroit's had a baseball team for over a century now.



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28 Feb 2009, 3:41 pm

Oh that's right. My bad. :oops:

How about a Canadian team?


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28 Feb 2009, 9:27 pm

MLB can return to Montreal now :p



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20 Mar 2009, 6:59 pm

I so badly want Montreal to have a baseball team again: a National League one (a GOOD one). The closest I ever physically got to the Expos was the one summer I lived in Ottawa, and got to listen to their games on the radio (they had so many great players, but from that season I particularly remember Dustin Hermanson, who, as far as I know, is still the last pitcher to hit a home run in his first career at-bat). But the whole spiral of penny-pinching ownership and terminally apathetic fanbase eventually got to me. Even though I'm not the rabid baseball fan I was before the infamous 1994 season, I still long to see MLB back in Montreal.



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21 Mar 2009, 1:59 pm

As of yesterday, Portland and Vancouver BC
were awarded MLS expansions for 2011.

The total package the new MLS Portland team
must make back over a certain course of time
is approximately $130 million.

In opinion, this is better than baseball.

The only question is: Where will semi-pro baseball team the Portland Beavers play?


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22 Mar 2009, 12:19 am

Weird... Why would Portlanders want MLS when all it matters in soccer is in England?



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27 Mar 2009, 2:37 pm

I would have picked Charlotte but I don't think San Antonio could support a baseball team.

Vegas would be an excellent city! As long as they wouldn't make it an indoor stadium. I can't stand indoor stadiums. And Vegas needs way more things to do outside.


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27 Mar 2009, 2:40 pm

Oh yeah - and Reno blows big time - but they could attract from Sacramento all the way to Salt Lake.

The could call them the Reno Silverados! Hyah!! !


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31 Mar 2009, 1:23 pm

ruennsheng wrote:
Weird... Why would Portlanders want MLS when all it matters in soccer is in England?


Um...Portland's not a big sports city.

The MLS idea was the idea of Merritt Paulson, the son of former
Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson.

Would I see an MLS game when games begin in 2011? Of course I would!

Anyway, if I was an MLB commissioner, I would relocate or expand to the following:

1.} Las Vegas
Like Portland, this city is another laughingstock in pro sports.
With all the casinos and vice running amuck, this should
give families something to do away from the casinos.

2.} Charlotte
Animal names are overrated.
The Bobcats? Gimme a break!
How about the Blue Socks? :lol:


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