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OT: MLB Thread

Don't know if there is any truth to this, but saw this on the Expos board.

How the Return of MLB to Montreal will Transpire:

1. The Board of Trade study will go public and support the viability of MLB in Montreal.
2. After the study is made public; Bell Media will go public with it's interest
in obtaining a MLB franchise for Montreal.
3. A final attempt to secure a new ballpark in Tampa will proceed and fail.
4. Bud Selig retires at the end of the 2014 season. A new commissioner
sympathetic to the return of MLB to Montreal will replace Selig.
5. Financing will be put in place for a new baseball park in the Griffintown
section of Montreal (Peel&Wellington).
6. MLB will announce the relocation of the Rays to Montreal.
 
XPOFAN said:
Don't know if there is any truth to this, but saw this on the Expos board.

How the Return of MLB to Montreal will Transpire:

1. The Board of Trade study will go public and support the viability of MLB in Montreal.
2. After the study is made public; Bell Media will go public with it's interest
in obtaining a MLB franchise for Montreal.
3. A final attempt to secure a new ballpark in Tampa will proceed and fail.
4. Bud Selig retires at the end of the 2014 season. A new commissioner
sympathetic to the return of MLB to Montreal will replace Selig.
5. Financing will be put in place for a new baseball park in the Griffintown
section of Montreal (Peel&Wellington).
6. MLB will announce the relocation of the Rays to Montreal.
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I don't know, it all hinges on Tampa not finding a site for a stadium, getting out of their lease, and getting financing for a new stadium. But I think it all comes together for them. If that does, then no matter what happens with the Montreal study/Bell, there won't be a team unless there is expansion in the future anyways.
 
XPOFAN said:
Don't know if there is any truth to this, but saw this on the Expos board.

How the Return of MLB to Montreal will Transpire:

1. The Board of Trade study will go public and support the viability of MLB in Montreal.
2. After the study is made public; Bell Media will go public with it's interest
in obtaining a MLB franchise for Montreal.
3. A final attempt to secure a new ballpark in Tampa will proceed and fail.
4. Bud Selig retires at the end of the 2014 season. A new commissioner
sympathetic to the return of MLB to Montreal will replace Selig.
5. Financing will be put in place for a new baseball park in the Griffintown
section of Montreal (Peel&Wellington).
6. MLB will announce the relocation of the Rays to Montreal.
Click to expand...

That be some fine ganja you be smokin' mon...

Ain't gonna happen.
First off, sure Selig is human pond scum, but there is no guarantee that a new commish, even if sympathetic to a return of baseball in Montreal, will ever go to bat for the city.
Second, where is this funding coming from for a new stadium. Jarry is too small,the Big Owe sucks and a new loacation involves a very expensive build out. Montreal is still rebuilding their infrastructure. No way this is gov't backed and I don't see any in the private sector stepping up.
Third, even if Tampa does not ge a new stadium, who's to say they will feel pressure to move.
Fourth, what makes anyone feel there is a viability for baseball in Montreal. Montrealers want a winner and the Expos soured that for many. A stadium that can work HAS to be downtown to pick up walk-by traffic or it will be deadon arrival

Too many ifs to ever see this happen.....
 
TheCountofMonteCristo said:
Peel and Wellington is an atrocious place to put a stadium.
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It's too far from any Metro Station and there's nothing else in the neighbourhood. That location is near where the old Autostade was. Ask anyone who used to see Alouettes games there about the shadflies.

The Siths had a prime location just south of the Bell Centre and they blew it.
 
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BREAKING: Robinson Cano and the #Mariners have agreed to a deal reportedly for 10 years, $240 million, pending a physical.
 
I like Cano but the Mariners are waaaay more than one player away from contention. One insanely-paid marquee player isn't going to get them very far.

Still, it's nice to see the Yankees decline even further. The Ellsbury deal is way too much money for a player clearly in decline.
 
No way Cano is worth that contract. It will be an albatross by year 5, not to mention the hit his numbers will take moving ballparks. This is as much about PR as it is about winning games.
 
XPOFAN said:
FOX Sports: MLB ‏@MLBONFOX
BREAKING: Robinson Cano and the #Mariners have agreed to a deal reportedly for 10 years, $240 million, pending a physical.
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Same GM/team that wouldn't give Arod (25 then) a similar contract 13 years ago... Cano is much older (31)... 3 years from now, they will beg the Yanks to take him
 
Dr.Phibes said:
No way Cano is worth that contract. It will be an albatross by year 5, not to mention the hit his numbers will take moving ballparks. This is as much about PR as it is about winning games.
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The Mariners had the outfield wall moved in last year to make it easier to hit home runs but Safeco Field is still a decent pitcher's park. It favours line drive gap hitters like Ichiro more than home run guys (which is why Ken Griffey orchestrated a trade shortly after the M's left the Kingdome - a hitter's park if ever there was one - to Safeco. Then the Reds had their new ballpark specifically designed to favour Griffey's hitting style)
 
Tim Raines ‏
To all of those that continue to passionately make my @MLB @BaseballHall #HOF case, I sincerely thank you.
 
Arpon Basu
Nice RT @JonHeymanCBS: Halladay and Blue Jays will announce a 1-day contract at press conference so he retires as a jay
 
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