A's and Rays can Leave, but MLB doesn't have to Leave those Cities.

Oakland and Tampa.

If you share the California Angels and Florida Marlins in those towns, baseball can expand without expanding to 32 teams.  It could just expand by 2 or 4 (or more) cities to 26 or about 28 cities full-time on a part-time basis.  Ditto for some Rangers action in Austin/San Antonio.  Ditto for the Mets or Yankees in Buffalo.

Think the West Coast Athletics in Portland and Las Vegas and the Rays doing something else, as in my previous post.

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What to Do with Devil Rays

Keep that MLB franchise in the south.  But the true south.  The actual south.  Montreal another time.

Memphis?  New Orleans?
So, is it Charlotte or Nashville.  Why not both?


Question:  Could they be moved to Tennessee?

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Question: Other musical cities?

In Nashville AND...New Orleans

Southland Band, traveling home-camp team?
Musically, Nashville, Memphis and New Orleans is a Southland Band.  What a name and traveling band that would be?!  Build a baseball stadium float off of Gulfsport.  Casino Field.

A part-time option to stay in Tampa-St. Pete?

New Orleans, Tampa and Mexico (Monterrey)?

I'm a bigger fan of Tampa sharing the Florida Marlins:

Tag Team cities for Florida

Bounce me some ideas?  Bounce 'em off each other.  Sports of all sorts throughout the blog.

What New NBA Cities? With your Heart. And try with your Head.

I'm sure I'm not the only one that has the guess I'm about to say.  Just check the galactic wide web:
And I mean, "new now".  So,....... like a Seattle again.

The next NBA expansion will be Louisville.  And Seattle.  Maybe it'll take awhile.  But yeah.
Is Las Vegas an argument in the west?  Will they put that arena in double-time mode?

What east?
You have some major league cities like St. Louis, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh without.
Westerly you have:  Mariners Country.  Padres Pais.

But doesn't West Coast Warriors have a ring to it?  I know the San Fran area could hold two teams alone.  But wouldn't it be nice for San Diego to have a share in the Golden State?  Selfish vanity of L.A. .  West Coast Clippers?  The name West Coast Warriors could split time in Las Vegas.  Even Boise bouncing for a stretch.

What about some unconvention?  What about an East Coast Flights team housed in Cincinnati as well as Pittsburgh.  Okay, maybe not them.  But, somebody...and Norfolk?  What with that newer arena in Kansas City?  A relationship like the KC-Omaha Kings again?

What are your thoughts?

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Which City in the West, if Montreal gets Expansion nod in the East?

In the east, your first thought might be Montreal and Charlotte.

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Given population and television market, I'd go with Portland.  I wish Sacramento would split time with Anaheim for the California Angels rebirth.

I'm okay with the A's and Rays departing.  I'm all for the Florida Marlins part-timing in Tampa Saint Pete, and the Rays becoming something in Charlotte.  And then we can fight over the future of east baseball being in Indy, Louisville or Nashville sometime.

But what out west?
Portland, Vegas,....or even San Antonio in the west?
 Are fringe cities in mind for the somewhat distant future like Oklahoma City, Omaha, New Orleans or Salt Lake City?  Havana?  Plenty of these options have been discussed throughout the blog.

Can we do something unconventional like splitting the A's with Vegas?  San Diego-Monterrey Padres?  South Coast Rays in New Orleans.  East Coast Rays with Charlotte?

With market realities, like television revenue and stadium costs, can't we do something unconventional?

Texas Rangers in the Alamodome about 300 miles south of their mainstay.

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How do you feel about these Baseball Maps?

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Are they fairly accurate or do you beg to differ?
I would think since the "Florida" Marlins won a couple Championships, Florida overall has a stronger affection for the first Fish.
I've heard New Orleans is more Astros turf.
Maryland looks a little weird on the second map.
For the top map, I think it's fair to say Wyoming is probably about some Rockies (only state without any pro ball at all) ball and Kansas feels for Kansas City.

Rough Regionsl Sports Network map according to MLB Blackout map via Wikipedia

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