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OT: MLB Thread

Re: OT: MLB Thread 2012

Dr.Phibes said:
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When he says he doesn't care, it is clear he is lying. A true sports fan has only one team per sport and that support never goes away, even if the team does. He just won't admit it.
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Couldn't agree more. There is no way a true fan can jettison his first love team in a sport. Count is probably the biggest Expos fan here and tears will flow when they officially come back.
 
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Lotusland said:
Couldn't agree more. There is no way a true fan can jettison his first love team in a sport. Count is probably the biggest Expos fan here and tears will flow when they officially come back.
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If all of you were the fans you claim, you would be cheering on the Nationals, a rose by any other name. The franchise divorced me. If they come back in AL they aren't same team.
I've made the switch. No going back.
 
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TheCountofMonteCristo said:
If all of you were the fans you claim, you would be cheering on the Nationals, a rose by any other name. The franchise divorced me. If they come back in AL they aren't same team.
I've made the switch. No going back.
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I don't know why you're so hung up on this AL/NL thing. Interleague play has blurred the distinctions so much that I can barely keep track of which teams are in which league anymore. I prefer not having a DH rule but there's no question that divisional rivalries with Toronto, Boston and the Yankees are far sexier than the old NL standby's like the Mets, Phillies and Pirates. And again, thanks to interleague play you'll still see games against those old NL foes.
 
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ExposNation ‏
The new Commissioner likes Montreal!


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/s...-steer-young-people-toward-baseball.html?_r=1

MONTREAL “Look, I think Montreal helped itself as a candidate for Major League Baseball with the Toronto games that they had up there last year. It’s hard to miss how many people showed up for those exhibition games. It was a strong showing. Montreal’s a great city. I think with the right set of circumstances and the right facility, it’s possible.”
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Yeah, I'm sure they'll see them as a rival the same they see the Jays as a rival. From a team standpoint, it'd be better to put Montreal in the ALE, as sticking them in the div with NY and Boston will help attendance, and they should be able to start a decent rivalry with Toronto.
 
You don't think that Red Sox and Yankees fans in upstate NY, VT and NH who balk at paying the hefty prices they charge at Fenway and Yankee Stadium won't drive to Montreal to see their team play?
 
TheCountofMonteCristo said:
So in other words, the team in Montreal will need fans from other teams to attend to be successful.
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I never said they "needed" fans from other teams to survive. I was only merely refuting your claim that the Yankees and Red Sox would not view the Expos as rivals.

But at the same time it certainly doesn't hurt if you have all those bandwagon Yankees and Red Sox fans living close by to sell tickets to either. There are a lot more of them in upstate NY and Vermont than Mets fans.
 
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