Maybe Salt Lake has a path to become a Major League Baseball city afterall...

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Jun 20, 2019
12:01:52pm

Tokolosh All-American

Maybe Salt Lake has a path to become a Major League Baseball city afterall...

BREAKING: The Tampa Bay Rays have received MLB's permission to explore becoming two-city team: the Tampa Bay area and Montreal, sources tell ESPN. The plan: Play early-season home games in the Tampa Bay area and finish the season in Montreal. News at ESPN: https://t.co/X6uSt4KLfC
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) June 20, 2019

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1141761834434871297

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Maybe Salt Lake has a path to become a Major League Baseball city afterall...

Tokolosh All-American

6/20/19 12:01pm

Narrator: They still don’t.

TCuz

6/20/19 12:03pm

Here is the path: mlb decides to aggressively move west like they should (they won't)

shimmy

6/20/19 12:06pm

I think the only path for SLC wound require MLB to get to 36-38 teams.

TCuz

6/20/19 12:09pm

Only way with 32 is an intentional westward push. I think a westward push would be smart

shimmy

6/20/19 12:14pm

Where would they play October/November?

scootsy

6/20/19 12:12pm

Vegas. 😉

Tokolosh

6/20/19 12:15pm

1) where do Boston, New York, and Minnesota play in October?

shimmy

6/20/19 12:16pm

If that's the case, they should just move to Montreal permanently. The only reason they would play in Tampa to start the

scootsy

6/20/19 2:22pm

November?

dtownCoug

6/20/19 2:49pm

2 World Series have extended into November now, including:

TCuz

6/20/19 3:03pm

Home Cities are like QBs. If you think you have 2, you actually have 0

billyrust

6/20/19 12:14pm

Having the Devil Rays be in Tampa was a huge mistake by MLB and I'm surprised

kimdaddy35

6/20/19 12:16pm

Yeah, this seems like a terrible idea. Why would fans go to early-season games

fredgarvin

6/20/19 12:18pm

It is trying to fix a problem by putting a band-aid on it

kimdaddy35

6/20/19 12:27pm

All good points. That joke of a stadium the Rays play in doesn't help either.

fredgarvin

6/20/19 12:39pm

One of the advantages of Montreal is that it is still in the "east."

lilpenny

6/20/19 12:37pm

SLC can't support a team. It' not a baseball city. I wish I was wrong because I

SoValleyCOUG

6/20/19 12:50pm

Two new stadiums for 1/2 slate of games? I'd like to see the cost-benefit

6/20/19 2:37pm

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