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Grapfruit League
1) Atlanta Braves
2) St. Louis Cardinals
3) Pittsburgh Pirates
4) Tampa Bay Rays
5) New York Yankees
6) Toronto Blue Jays
7) Washington Nationals 
Baltimore Orioles
9) Cincinnati Reds
10) Boston Red Sox
11) Detroit Tigers
12) New York Mets
13) Philadelphia Phillies
14) Florida Marlins
15) Houston Astros
16) Kansas City Royals
17) Cleveland Indians
18) Chicago White Sox
19) Chicago Cubs
20) Milwaukee Brewers
Cactus League
1) Minnesota Twins
2) Los Angeles Angels
3) Oakland Athletics
4) Texas Rangers
5) Los Angeles Dodgers
6) Colorado Rockies
7) Seattle Mariners San Francisco Giants
9) Arizona Diamondbacks
10) San Diego Padres
Sure, they might be uneven, but it might save money & gas, right? It just makes sense based on the location in the country.
American League
East
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Baltimore Orioles
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Central
Toronto Blue Jays
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Milwaukee Brewers
Midwest
Chicago White Sox
Minnesota Twins
Louisville Sluggers (expansion team)
Kansas City Royals
West
Los Angeles Angels
Fremont Athletics (moving to Fremont, CA in a few years)
Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers
National League
East
New York Mets
Atlanta Braves
Washington Nationals
Florida Marlins
Central
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cincinnati Reds
Indianapolis Comets (expansion team)
Midwest
Chicago Cubs
Arizona Diamondbacks
Colorado Rockies
St. Louis Cardinals
West
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Francisco Giants
San Diego Padres
Houston Astros
Every team will play their division rivals 12 times and every other league rival 6 times. All teams will play 18 interleague games.
This would be a good way to expand the league and still just keep the season as long as 162 games.
There are millions of talented players graduating high school and college. Maybe each team should hire more scouts to search for talent.
Think of it this way.
If this does happen, it can’t expand even further. A 32 team league would be perfect for MLB.
About the Brewers,
yeah they should keep them in the National League Central and put the new expansion team i call the Indianapolis Comets into the American League Central.
For the Athletics moving to Fremont, CA, why not just change their name to the California Athletics?
If I mail this idea to Major League Baseball, they might do it. Just look at how even the scheduling would be!!!
I just realized I made a mistake in the scheduling.
I said the teams would play their division rivals 12 times. It really should be 24 times. I counted the games and now it adds up to 162 games.
To Yankee Dude:
Why not let the Phillies play the Pirates 24 times in the Central Division? They’re both from Pennsylvania.
Putting Houston in the West Division. I did that to match the American League’s Texas Rangers, who are also in the West Division.
for eternal darnation in hades. Jeebus will make you listen to John Tesh and Celine Dion CD’s on eternal loop. Then Dan Quizenberry from the 1985 World Series Champs Kansas City Royals will throw 95 mile an hour fastballs sidearm style at your genitals.
Word is born!
Anyone else want a cup of coffee?
Anyone else remember the Quiz?
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