About once I year I link to a story about some plan in a non-MLB town to lure a baseball team. The plan is almost always a pipe dream and there?s always a fatal flaw. ?Then, in the comments, someone says that it?s a no-brainer to move a team to Las Vegas. Then I write a post explaining why I think Las Vegas is a horrible idea for a major league team. Then we go round and round.
Maury Brown has a post up at Baseball Prospectus today that should save us all some time. In it he ranks the top potential destinations for a relocating major league team, listing the stats, the pros and the cons. ?It?s a pretty comprehensive list of candidates.
And guess what: Las Vegas isn?t at the top. Guess what else: the only truly workable one ? as I?ve noted before ? is the New York metro area, and that?s not really workable given MLB?s anti-competitive territory system. So it really doesn?t look like there are any great landing spots.
But at least with Maury?s piece we now have a good one-stop resource for our arguing purposes.
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