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Amazing picture of Strawberry

Interesting

Long look at Montreal here, I'll copy and paste if anyone wants https://theathletic.com/4103000/2023/01/19/montreal-mlb-expansion-team?source=user-shared-articlehttps://theathletic.com/4103000/2023/01/19/montreal-mlb-expansion-team?source=user-shared-article Nashville https://theathletic.com/4085693/2023/01/16/nashville-mlb-expansion-team?source=user-shared-articlehttps://theathletic.com/4085693/2023/01/16/nashville-mlb-expansion-team?source=user-shared-article Portland https://theathletic.com/4094197/2023/01/17/portland-mlb-expansion-team?source=user-shared-articlehttps://theathletic.com/4094197/2023/01/17/portland-mlb-expansion-team?source=user-shared-article Vegas https://theathletic.com/4097332/2023/01/18/las-vegas-mlb-expansion-team?source=user-shared-articlehttps://theathletic.com/4097332/2023/01/18/las-vegas-mlb-expansion-team?source=user-shared-article

It will be hard to top this obscure bit of Mets culture

It will be hard to top this obscure Mets bit of culture

Dodgers and Giants not in the same division is criminal

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I had to look up "Gronk". I thought it was going to be some kind of a cartoon character, like Groot or Gru. Probably has the vocabulary of Groot Reading this back it sounds very mean spirited, not my intention, apologies to Gronk. Anyway, apparently he gets to kick a ball Sunday and FOX are making a huge deal out of it, I would much prefer if CBS had the game

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I had to look up "Gronk". I thought it was going to be some kind of a cartoon character, like Groot or Gru. Probably has the vocabulary of Groot

Benjamin Grimm wrote: If they really wanted it to look like a Super Bowl ad, it would include cute CGI animals drinking beer. Plus Gronk. Can't have a commercial without Gronk. FOX are going to have Gronk all over the game , absolutely loathe them

Remember when the 2002 Bobby V Mets imploded and got relegated? Steady hand Art Howe was brought in as he had experience getting teams back into the top flight .... Imagine such a scenario

Edgy MD wrote: I'm a broken record, but MLB could expand infinitely just by dropping affiliation and inviting promotion and relegation. Now that would be amazing

=metsmarathon post_id=117988 time=1675960133 user_id=83] you only do it if you can find a way to celebrate it, and celebrate bobby bonilla. otherwise you're unfairly clowning on him. and i don't think bonilla deserves that shit.

Yeah, in Ireland Yankees hats are a common thing Reminds me of the time Robinho signed for Manchester City, years later he would say he was surprised as he thought Manchester had only one team, I feel like the Mets have a similar issue

If this is about in part building the brand then why air only locally?

Certainly trending this way

I have read this several times, obviously this is a slow news time for MLB and Bowden gets paid to write stuff. Jim has definitely got people talking. Another MLB season is almost here, and despite the many changes to the game this year — from new rules to a new schedule — 30 teams from six divisions will take the field on Opening Day, as they have for 25 years. But make no mistake, expansion is coming, and when it eventually arrives, it could — and should — lead to a radical realignment of the league. When I spoke to commissioner Rob Manfred at the World Series last October, I asked if expansion was still on the table, and he assured me it was. Manfred said, as he has for many years, that the Tampa Bay Rays and Oakland A's respective stadium issues must be resolved first, and he acknowledged that has taken much longer than expected. But it's clear the commissioner and the club owners he represents want to expand to 32 teams soon. What's less clear is “where to?” and “what's next?” Manfred hasn't indicated what cities could be the front-runners, though he has previously named potential expansion locations such as Nashville (Tenn.), Charlotte (N.C.), Portland (Ore.) and Las Vegas, as well as Montreal and Vancouver in Canada. (The Athletic recently examined four of those options in stories that we've linked to here.) So, once the stars align for expansion, what's next for baseball? It's way too early to say, of course. But when MLB finally expands to 32 teams, it should seize the opportunity to implement a dramatic geographic realignment of the sport. The league could do so while maintaining the American League and National League framework, but a complete overhaul would arguably maximize revenue and certainly improve the travel burden on teams. MLB has carefully considered geographic realignment for years, and Manfred cited “a more geography-based alignment” as a benefit of expansion in an interview with The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal in 2018. It's impossible to predict what will happen because there are so many expansion variables and scenarios. Yes, the AL and NL could survive. But I think the move to 32 teams is the perfect time to do away with those leagues and form Eastern and Western conferences consisting of four geographically-aligned divisions apiece. Four teams per division, 16 teams per conference. With significantly more interleague play (46 games per team per season, starting this year) and the universal designated hitter, there's no reason — beyond tradition and losing some rivalries — to keep the present infrastructure. Think about what MLB would gain. Leaning into geographic rivalries would likely increase attendance and excitement in the regions where each team is located. Imagine divisions that featured the Mets and Yankees, Dodgers and Angels, Giants and A's, Royals and Cardinals, Rangers and Astros, Marlins and Rays, and Orioles and Nationals. It would be easier for fans to travel to see their teams play. MLB could maintain the 12-team postseason field, with six clubs from each conference — the four division winners and two wild-card berths — and the playoffs could be structured in a similar manner to last year if desired. Or not! So what could the new conferences and divisions look like? Just for fun, here's the Bowden Realignment Plan. (For this exercise, I included Charlotte and Nashville as the expansion cities, both in the Eastern Conference, and left open the possibility of the A's remaining in Oakland or moving to Las Vegas.) Eastern Conference East Division Boston Red Sox New York Mets New York Yankees Philadelphia Phillies North Division Cincinnati Reds Cleveland Guardians Detroit Tigers Toronto Blue Jays Mid-Atlantic Division Baltimore Orioles Charlotte expansion team Pittsburgh Pirates Washington Nationals Southeast Division Atlanta Braves Miami Marlins Nashville expansion team Tampa Bay Rays Western Conference Midwest Division Chicago Cubs Chicago White Sox Milwaukee Brewers Minnesota Twins Southwest Division Houston Astros Kansas City Royals St. Louis Cardinals Texas Rangers Pacific Coast Division Colorado Rockies Oakland/Las Vegas A's Seattle Mariners San Francisco Giants West Division Arizona Diamondbacks Los Angeles Angels Los Angeles Dodgers San Diego Padres Can you imagine the EC East? You'd have the New York rivalry of the Yankees and Mets combined with two of the other biggest markets in the sport, Boston and Philadelphia. All four would duke it out in the same division, without a single small-market team having to worry about the payroll disparities. Or how about the WC West? You'd get all the Southern California teams along with the Diamondbacks — making home and away travel more feasible for avid fans. And in the WC Pacific Coast, the Seattle Mariners players will get a bit of a reprieve, with road division games that are closer than what they're dealing with now. Bottom line: Geographic realignment would enhance the schedule and save teams considerable time and expense that's currently consumed by unnecessary travel. I hope to see it happen when MLB expands, and the sooner the better. How about you?

I guess why not embrace it, so tired of all the nonsense around it

Dunno but that brown one is fire , totally rips the Padres but hey

Link above isn't working so I'm linking this https://nypost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/nypost.com/2023/02/05/carlos-beltran-leaving-yes-network-for-mets-front-office-job/amp/?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16756390238588&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2023%2F02%2F05%2Fcarlos-beltran-leaving-yes-network-for-mets-front-office-job%2Fhttps://nypost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/nypost.com/2023/02/05/carlos-beltran-leaving-yes-network-for-mets-front-office-job/amp/?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16756390238588&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2023%2F02%2F05%2Fcarlos-beltran-leaving-yes-network-for-mets-front-office-job%2F Anyway, good to have him back

I've always loved this picture

I remember stories and that picture and those red pants back in the day