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GoMuskies
09-26-2011, 03:22 PM
Bud Selig has put on the table that one franchise might need to be replaced. Let's just call it the "Nuclear Option".

http://blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/2011/09/26/selig-threatens-to-kick-dodgers-out-of-mlb/
xavierj
09-26-2011, 03:27 PM
Bud Selig has put on the table that one franchise might need to be replaced. Let's just call it the "Nuclear Option".

http://blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/2011/09/26/selig-threatens-to-kick-dodgers-out-of-mlb/

Cincinnati barely even supports the Reds anymore.
GoMuskies
09-26-2011, 03:29 PM
The Dodgers would be one helluva pickup for the Big XII if MLB kicks them out.
drudy23
09-26-2011, 03:30 PM
Why would the elimination of the Dodgers allow Cinci to get a second team? I'm not getting the reference for two teams?
GoMuskies
09-26-2011, 03:31 PM
More sarcasm font required.

The elimination of the Dodgers would require a new expansion team, though, because you have to have an even number of teams in baseball.
xavierj
09-26-2011, 03:35 PM
Maybe it is time to put a team in the Carolina's or better yet Vegas.
pizza delivery
09-26-2011, 03:49 PM
Maybe it is time to put a team in the Carolina's or better yet Vegas.

I think Portland makes the most sense. They support the Blazers so well and the Mariners need a geographical rival pretty badly.
xeus
09-26-2011, 03:53 PM
I think Portland makes the most sense. They support the Blazers so well and the Mariners need a geographical rival pretty badly.

And you can get to the games via trolley.
pizza delivery
09-26-2011, 04:01 PM
And you can get to the games via trolley.

No one rides those stupid choo choos.
nuts4xu
09-26-2011, 05:40 PM
Cincinnati barely even supports the Reds anymore.

The Reds attendance was actually pretty good this year at GABP. They had the highest attendance since 2004 the ball park's second year at 2.2 million people. We drew better in the days of the Big Red Machine with averages over 2 million people for 8 straight years.

If the average NL attendance is stll 2.5 million per year (the historical stats I found only went through 2009), we are just below average with a limited payroll.

This is not to say we are ready for MLB team #2, but if the Reds win, people will go to their games. If they suck, people stop going. Bob Castellini should understand this just fine by now.
LA Muskie
09-26-2011, 06:25 PM
Folks, the Dodgers aren't going anywhere. It was a legal argument to explain why the Dodgers can't use the BK system to write their own deal -- screwing over MLB and Fox in the process.
GoMuskies
09-26-2011, 06:27 PM
Folks, the Dodgers aren't going anywhere.

Really?!?
LA Muskie
09-26-2011, 06:33 PM
Really?!?
Are you being facetious? McCourt is going. The Dodgers are not.
GoMuskies
09-26-2011, 06:40 PM
Are you being facetious? McCourt is going. The Dodgers are not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_KIzbktgJk
LA Muskie
09-26-2011, 06:44 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_KIzbktgJk
Love it!