Yes, and agreed on all those cities that may want an MLB
team—big enough to support?
>>they’ve won in the past.
Red Sox fans have fond memories of 2003 when the Marlins,
featuring future Sox Mike Lowell and Josh Beckett, beat the Yankees in the WS. The Yankees with the zillionaire payroll vs. the low budget Marlins. (Beating the Yanks like that
makes Red Sox fans happy...one time Marlins owner or part owner John Henry is now the principal owner of the Red Sox)
I haven’t been to the new stadium, no but have been to the following:
Bos., NY Mets (Shea), Montreal, Toronto, Cleveland (Prog Field), Milwaukee (County), Chi (both teams, new Comiskey and old Wrigley), Balt., DC (both RFK & National Pk),
Angels, Dodgers, A’s, Giants (new field), Pitt (PNC),
Philly (Cit Bank), etc.— but no have not been to
either Fla. park.
>>Montreal has already proven they can’t support a baseball team.
There is indeed an effort to bring Mont. a team again but I think you’re right. I made sure to attend a game at Stade
Olympique the last yr they were there...
>>Portland? Salt Lake City? San Antonio? All probably too small.
What else, Buffalo? Toronto wouldn’t be too crazy. Of course the O’s owner wasn’t too crazy about D.C. getting a team
again.
should say Toronto wouldn’t be too crazy about it.
Loved most of your comments, but had to laugh at this one. Been to Buffalo lately? Or even nearby Rochester?
Both are poster children for once great towns in decline. (Their motto: "At least Detroit is doing worse!") Rochester has the once great Taj Mahal of Eastman-Kodak headquarters. Buffalo has the buffalo statues by the interstates which are kind of cool.
Beyond that, they have far more history to brag about than present. Buffalo manages to support a fairly pathetic NFL and NHL franchise because they are football and hockey crazy. Both Buffalo and Rochester manage to support (barely) AAA baseball teams which are only marginally successful both at the box office and on the field.
Not exactly the ingredients necessary to support a MLB franchise even if you could combine both markets, which I think is doable if the other ingredients were in place. But they're not.