MLB commissioner Rob Manfred is not afraid to push baseball forward. A few years ago, he implemented the pitch clock, forever changed the sport, and made it a more digestible product for casual viewers. This season, he brought in the ABS (Automated Ball-Strike) System, which has changed the way umpiring in the century-plus sport will be handled for the rest of time, if it stays in place.
And now, with the rules and functionality of the game in a strong place, Manfred is looking at the next logical step: expansion. It is no surprise that the MLB is looking hard at adding two new teams in the next few years to take the franchise count to 32, with cities across North America putting together potential ownership groups to pitch their cases to Manfred.
The first city, Nashville, has seemed like a frontrunner from the get-go, already with a strong well of support in the state of Tennessee and the capital on bringing a major league team to it. Tennessee has become a hotbed of college baseball over the past few decades, with the Volunteers and Vanderbilt among the state's must-see attractions. The other city, though, might be more of a shock: Salt Lake City.
While cities like Charlotte, Vancouver, Portland, Orlando, and others have been bandied about, per Nightengale, it is Utah that leads the second expansion slot alongside Nashville.
I can see it now - the Nashville Hillbillies vs. the Salt Lake Mormonettes. Play ball - a couple more billionaires need a hobby...
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They can buy and move the Rockies. I'll give them $100 in cash, which is much more than their total worth.
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ReplyDeleteThe pitch clock was a good idea. ABS? not so much. Yeah, it makes for better umpiring, but these yahoos are starting to challenge damn near every pitch. That's going to slow the game way down.......aaaaagain.
ReplyDeleteWould they sell beer at a Salt Lake City ballpark ?
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