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mlb reconstructing adding 2 teams or moving a nl team to al
mlb | july3,2011 | atlbravesfan

Posted on 07/03/2011 10:48:19 AM PDT by atlbravesfan

if mlb adds two teams in baseball i feel they should add an american league team in atlanta ga with the nl best braves if they should move an nl team to the al it should be the phillies cause penn has 2 nl teams phils an pirates


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To: atlbravesfan

I say get rid of the Yankees and the Red Sox. I’m sick of hearing about them. :)


21 posted on 07/03/2011 11:56:56 AM PDT by Sporke (USS-Iowa BB-61)
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To: MediaMole

That’s....

...actually not a bad idea. Up there with shooting Bud Selig into the sun.


22 posted on 07/03/2011 12:00:29 PM PDT by OnlyTurkeysHaveLeftWings
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To: scrabblehack

Well, if you think there should be 32 “major league” teams (my personal choice would be 16), how about four eight-team leagues, five game round-robin (A v B, C v D, A v C, B v D), top 2 play World Series?


23 posted on 07/03/2011 12:04:38 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Freedom is the freedom to say 2+2=4. If that is granted, all else follows.)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

There is a brand new stadium in coney island where the cyclones play. Doesnt hold a lot of people so they wont be able to pay million dollar salaries.

Would love to eat a $2.00 hot dog and have a $3.00 beer again.


24 posted on 07/03/2011 12:04:45 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Save the planet, destroy the MSM)
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To: mc5cents
As much as the DH is detested, it does give new, well, extended life to aging assets, and protects the higher-value, with briefer life spans, pitchers from risk.

But, that is business viewpoint, not a purist's.

OTOH, if you have the AL competing for the pitchers that can bat as well, their economic value will rise, and the fans get shafted again.

So, I guess you must be an agent representing a hitting pitcher?

Personally, I don't care. I gave up on baseball with that last strike. I heard Ken Burns promoting his product say that the strike was a good thing, because it brought a so-far, lasting peace between the owners and players, unlike other sports.

You do have to admit that in the 1975 series, Tiant was pretty funny getting a hit, and not knowing what to do.

25 posted on 07/03/2011 12:05:38 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: OnlyTurkeysHaveLeftWings

Put every team into a hat and pick 15 teams for each.

Have 3, 5 team divisions. Division winners and one wildcard.

Done.


26 posted on 07/03/2011 12:09:18 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Save the planet, destroy the MSM)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

For all pitchers unless they played another position in college, they did not get to hit until they got to the major leagues. Colleges all have the DH, as well as all the minor league teams.

I would like to see the NL take the DH for a year and see how they like it.


27 posted on 07/03/2011 12:26:45 PM PDT by Eric Roelfsema
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Up until after highschool the best all around player is probably a very good hitter and pitcher, compared to other players. Then the skill levels at college and beyond just start to require specialization, I guess. Plus there are just very few humans walking the planet that have the skill to either throw a major league fastball consistantly for strikes on the corners or to hit it. Babe Ruth is the best ever, in my opinion, because he was a great pitcher and a god-like hitter. So it can be done. Part of it is the union wanting as many specialized roles as possible too.

I often wonder why more fastball/changeup/curve guys don’t develop a knuckleball as another offspeed pitch. I guess the answer is because it really is just very, very hard to throw at the major league level for strikes. But imagine if a knuckleballer’s fastball was mid-90’s. It would look like 100+mph after seeing the kuckleball. If a person had any type of decent change up, then it would be really rough for the hitters, plus there would be less stress on the arm. I remember seeing a quote of Phil Niekro being asked what would happen if someone like Roger Clemens had a knuckleball like Niekro’s. Niekro said he would have won 600 games.

Freegards


28 posted on 07/03/2011 12:28:41 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: Eric Roelfsema

While I am a purist at heart, putting a kid who hasn’t hit since little league again a major league pitcher is dangerous.


29 posted on 07/03/2011 1:17:50 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Save the planet, destroy the MSM)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Otherwise, you’re down to smaller cities such as Portland, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Columbus, Charlotte, Indianapolis as major league baseball expansion sites.

Nashville has been pretty good at supporting NFL and NHL franchises.

30 posted on 07/03/2011 1:35:45 PM PDT by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (The "p" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
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To: atlbravesfan

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Over? What kind of sentence structure is that? Anyway, when does college football begin? How many here think the BCS National Championship Game will be between Alabama and Oklahoma?


31 posted on 07/03/2011 2:15:50 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: SVTCobra03

I’ll give you 10-1 against it.


32 posted on 07/03/2011 2:32:38 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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