M2 (03-30-2018)
Hoosier Red (03-03-2020)
marcshoe (03-30-2018)
cincinnati chili (02-29-2020)
That's a nice notion but the other 30 owners aren't going to dilute their interest in their share of joint MLB revenues without the new ownership group anteing up to join the club.
Most of them found a way to coerce their municipalities into building them a stadium, I'd expect they'll expect the new groups to do the same.
Why officials from a Major League Baseball franchise visited Vancouver
A Major League Baseball franchise has sent delegations on fact-finding missions to Vancouver twice in the last two years, including one visit to determine the viability of hosting games at B.C. Place Stadium in the event of a structural emergency with its home venue.
The Arizona Diamondbacks visited the Canadian city in 2018 amid concerns over the state of repairs at Chase Field, in Phoenix. Vancouver was on a list of a half-dozen potential (temporary) homes the team had received from MLB headquarters.The Diamondbacks have a lease to play at Chase Field, but the team has also been the subject of relocation speculation. A report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal last summer said officials in Henderson, Nev., had engaged in at least preliminary discussions with the Diamondbacks over several months in 2018.
It has been reported the team has not sought permission from MLB to discuss relocation with any other cities.Bart Given is managing director with TORQUE Strategies, a marketing agency that has worked with major national sports organizations. He is also a former assistant general manager with the Blue Jays, and he was a point of contact when the Diamondbacks ventured north.
“We’re ready for Major League Baseball in Vancouver,” Given said. “I think it’s time to start that conversation and to be loud and proud about it.”“I’ll admit that, in the past, when I’ve been asked this question about expansion in baseball, that I’ve been skeptical on it,” said Given. “I’ve been probably one that’s been downplaying the story. But since these conversations have started and I’ve looked a little bit closer at the numbers, and done some more due diligence, I think it’s a viable option.”
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
North (02-26-2020)
cincinnati chili (02-29-2020),cumberlandreds (02-26-2020),RedsRocker (02-29-2020),Tuff Nut (02-26-2020)
Montreal & Mexico City (just to be "that guy")
Mariners would go nuclear if Vancouver and Portland got teams.
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