Expansion and realignment

[Mike A. S.]

Portland, Montreal Reportedly Target Cities for MLB Expansion

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Just send the Nationals back

 

[RP-29]

Eliminate the AL and NL and realign into four geographic divisions of eight teams. ...So this is the ploy that will ultimately implement the DH for the entire league...

 

[Mike A. S.]

I'm all for the expansion...and obviously some sort of realignment would be required but I think getting rid of the AL & NL is a terrible idea. I'd much rather keep the AL & NL and just have either 4 divisions of 4 teams or 2 divisions of 8 teams for each league. I think it'd work out pretty well to add Portland to the AL and Montreal to the NL. It could look like this:

AL WEST
Portland, Seattle, Oakland, LA Angels
AL SOUTH
Houston, Texas, Tampa Bay, Kansas City
AL NORTH
Detroit, ChiSox, Minnesota, Cleveland
AL EAST
NY Yankees, Boston, Baltimore, Toronto

NL WEST
San Diego, San Francisco, Arizona, LA Dodgers
NL SOUTH
Miami, Atlanta, Washington, Cincinnati
NL NORTH
Colorado, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Chicago Cubs
NL EAST
NY Mets, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Montreal

 

[The Q]

I'd like to keep the AL and NL but have the DH universal, or at least for interleague play and the WS.

NL v NL...do whatever you want.

As for locations....I think Vegas is the best spot.

 

[TheStarOne]

NO........to both

 

[Voltaire26]

I'm all for the expansion...and obviously some sort of realignment would be required but I think getting rid of the AL & NL is a terrible idea. I'd much rather keep the AL & NL and just have either 4 divisions of 4 teams or 2 divisions of 8 teams for each league. I think it'd work out pretty well to add Portland to the AL and Montreal to the NL. It could look like this:

AL WEST
Portland, Seattle, Oakland, LA Angels
AL SOUTH
Houston, Texas, Tampa Bay, Kansas City
AL NORTH
Detroit, ChiSox, Minnesota, Cleveland
AL EAST
NY Yankees, Boston, Baltimore, Toronto

NL WEST
San Diego, San Francisco, Arizona, LA Dodgers
NL SOUTH
Miami, Atlanta, Washington, Cincinnati
NL NORTH
Colorado, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Chicago Cubs
NL EAST
NY Mets, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Montreal

Looks like a good line up ... I like 4 wild card teams to play a one game playoff ( to get it down to 2) and then the two top teams get a bye series ... Schedule 162 games, but throw in a few doubleheaders to end the season a little earlier. Expand the rosters to 27 players.

 

[The Oldtimer]

Eliminate the AL and NL and realign into four geographic divisions of eight teams. ...So this is the ploy that will ultimately implement the DH for the entire league...

Fuck the DH. The DH IMO has ruined baseball. You have some player sitting on his ass collecting splinters and all he does is come to the plate and bat 3/4 times a game.

 

[Erie Warrior]

Fuck the DH. The DH IMO has ruined baseball. You have some player sitting on his ass collecting splinters and all he does is come to the plate and bat 3/4 times a game.

I also do not like the DH, but MLB seems hell bent on forcing the NL to accept it. This seems like the "easiest" way for them to slide in the change.

 

[RP-29]

Fuck the DH. The DH IMO has ruined baseball. You have some player sitting on his ass collecting splinters and all he does is come to the plate and bat 3/4 times a game.

I completely agree... Hate the DH.

My intended point was the linked suggested realignment in the OP is the means to integrate the DH into the whole league.

 

[Voltaire26]

Fuck the DH. The DH IMO has ruined baseball. You have some player sitting on his ass collecting splinters and all he does is come to the plate and bat 3/4 times a game.

I also do not like the DH, but MLB seems hell bent on forcing the NL to accept it. This seems like the "easiest" way for them to slide in the change.

I completely agree... Hate the DH.

My intended point was the linked suggested realignment in the OP is the means to integrate the DH into the whole league.

I just wish it was either DH or No DH ... same in both leagues.

 

[calsnowskier]

The only way I would ever accept the DH is if the DH were linked to the pitcher. If the starter comes out, so does your starting DH. You have to declare a new DH the next time the “pitcher” is up to bat.

But even this idea sucks. It just sucks less than the DH rule as it exists today.

 

[The Q]

The only way I would ever accept the DH is if the DH were linked to the pitcher. If the starter comes out, so does your starting DH. You have to declare a new DH the next time the “pitcher” is up to bat.

But even this idea sucks. It just sucks less than the DH rule as it exists today.

Nothing sucks more than being forced to watch pitchers hit.

It’s awful. An eyesore. It’s the weirdo with all the statues and trinkets in the front lawn of a nice neighborhood.

 

[broncosmitty]

The only way I would ever accept the DH is if the DH were linked to the pitcher. If the starter comes out, so does your starting DH. You have to declare a new DH the next time the “pitcher” is up to bat.

But even this idea sucks. It just sucks less than the DH rule as it exists today.

The NL is the only baseball in the world that intentionally is inferior.


It's a weird decision.

 

[tducey]

Yes to expansion, but keep the AL and NL. Montreal and Portland would be my choices for an MLB expansion team.

 

[JohnU]

I don't know that Portland is all that appealing to me as an expansion site.

As for realignment, it's not relevant that teams be organized by geography other than it makes it easier for you to make lists.
Time zones might matter. Rivalries only exist on ESPN.

The leagues are organized well enough now and there's no need to go shoving teams into a south division just because it looks good on a map. They invented airplanes.
And aside from how a few teams' fans travel, it's not relevant.

 

[calsnowskier]

Nothing sucks more than being forced to watch pitchers hit.

It’s awful. An eyesore. It’s the weirdo with all the statues and trinkets in the front lawn of a nice neighborhood.

Why not abolish the lineup entirely? If I am at an Angels game, I just want to see Trout hit. Allow him to hit every AB. If he gets on base, put in a designated runner and Trout picks up the bat again.

Now THAT would be a cool game.

And who wants to watch a noodle armed statue play 3B just because he can hit? Let’s put defensive specialists at every position.

Now that is really an example of 9 on 9!

 

[obxyankeefan]

Why not abolish the lineup entirely? If I am at an Angels game, I just want to see Trout hit. Allow him to hit every AB. If he gets on base, put in a designated runner and Trout picks up the bat again.

Now THAT would be a cool game.

And who wants to watch a noodle armed statue play 3B just because he can hit? Let’s put defensive specialists at every position.

Now that is really an example of 9 on 9!

Damn talk about being a sarcastic F-wad.

 

[JohnU]

A guy makes a legit post about expansion and it devolves into another demagoguery on the fuckin' DH.

 

[navamind]

A guy makes a legit post about expansion and it devolves into another demagoguery on the fuckin' DH.

Thanks NL.