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MLB's cities reflect the fact that many were chosen in the 19th century.
20 years from now, Austin will have 2 million jobs, >3 million people and a bigger local economy than Baltimore, Cleveland, etc. Yet I doubt baseball will be there.
I'm thinking 3 million is about the minimum today for a new MLB city. It's 80 home games each season, so you need a large population or a historical fan base to support it.
Yeah, I can cosign with this. I mean I used to hate the @&#! out of baseball, until I realized how useless it is to hate on other people's hobbies. I still read it on my social media timeline, but most people rebuke it.
Now I'm a baseball watcher (and I'm 26). Not to mention that IMO, baseball attracts the cuter female fans. At least here in LA.
You can also extend the random strangers' text to almost anything nowadays. Look at City-Data. I didn't realize how irrelevant all our lives are for not living in NYC until I got on CD. Why don't I hear that more in the real world?
exactly. You watch the blue jays or dodgers and rangers fans, tons of great looking asian woman and latinas at those games as well. Baseball is very popular in certain asian and latin american countries. The nationals are fun but very disappointing this year, I want to go to a blue jay game. They even have a hotel where you can watch the blue jays play from your hotel room
expansion would be great to see what kind of cool new stadiums could be built
pics from wikimedia commons
I think this young lady was probably hired company lol
Texas is a FOOTBALL state, with basketball second. Nobody cares about baseball in Texas...unless the Rangers or Astros are winning.
Also, baseball is looked at as a sport for people 50 and up these days. Outside of the Northeast and a few select areas of the Midwest that have traditionally popular MLB franchises like St. Louis and Chicago, baseball isn't even on most young people's radar. With that being said, the MLB's best option would be to just phase out two or three teams instead of trying to relocate them.
Texas is a football state I agree. Can't agree that basketball is the overwhelming second. Baseball is extremely popular throughout the state from great college programs to competitive franchises in MLB.
Well, according to this NY Times fan base map, the NC and NM areas of the country are the largest parts without any real local fanbases. They seem like good candidates. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...ball.html?_r=0
The Dodgers might as well have relocated, given how well they showed up in the playoffs
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