April 12, 2023

The Other Great Lake

A group from Salt Lake City would like to win an MLB expansion franchise:

Big League Utah, a group headed by longtime Jazz owner Gail Miller, will join Nashville’s Music City Baseball and the Portland Diamond Project in lobbying to join the current 30 MLB organizations. Las Vegas, considered a prime destination for a franchise, has emerged as a strong candidate if the Oakland Athletics relocate.

While sources said MLB does not plan to expand until it figures out the futures of Oakland and the Tampa Bay Rays — both of whom have considered moving amid struggles to secure new stadiums in their current metropolitan areas — commissioner Rob Manfred told ESPN in July: “I would love to get to 32 teams.”

ESPN.com

I would also like to see 32 teams. Eight divisions of four teams means more first place teams and fewer wild cards in the playoffs.

The location seems good, too as the Rocky Mountain Power District is surrounded by three interstate highways.

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