KevFu
Registered User
Does anyone have a link to a quote from MLB that they are actually interested in 32 teams and an 8x4 structure?
Manfred's views on expansion and advocating for 32 have been quite widespread. Probably the best stand alone quote is:
“I would like baseball to be in the midst of exploring whether we could get to 32 teams, either by adding additional teams in the United States but also open to the idea of Canada, Mexico, as possibilities. I think 32 opens up the opportunity for a substantial rethinking of our format and postseason format, meaning realignment, as well as reconstruction of divisions. Maybe even geographical realignment.”
Manfred has spoke about expansion and potential cities so much that he recently joked about how he should not mention specific cities by name because doing so has set off tizzies in those cities.
He has specifically mentioned: Montreal, Nashville, Charlotte, Portland, Las Vegas; Vancouver, Mexico City. Maybe San Juan. (Edited)
The specifics of 8 divisions of 4, or 4 divisions of 8 have not been specifically mentioned. But I outlined the pros/cons of 8 of 4 and 4 of 8 earlier in the thread.
But I assure you, if you google "Manfred on Expansion" you'll get 5.4 million results starting in May of 2016. Most the dates of articles are obvious: Opening Day, All-Star time, Post-season time, Winter Meetings time: Every big “state of baseball” press conference occasion, an article on expansion follows.