Barry Laws, Jr.? ***
Having confronted Dr. David, Barry Laws, Jr., International Man Of Mystery, 
exclaimed:
 
 DGR> also allow baseball to play  there.  As for a nickname, I'm rather 
 DGR> fond of their PCL name, the  Canadians....
 BLJ> PCL as in the Pacific Coast League (AAA)? I wonder what they would do
 
      Yesseree Bob! er...Barry!
 
 BLJ> with their AAA team if they ever got a major league baseball team
 BLJ> (probably move it somewhere). The only other cities I can think of
 
      Undoubtedly, though in hockey the Philadelphia Flyers moved their 
farm team to the Spectrum just across the street from their new arena 
and both draw well even when their going head to head.  Chicago, Los 
Angeles, Phoenix and Detroit also have minor league teams in addition to 
their NHL clubs.  Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton, and Calgary all co-exist 
with junior hockey clubs. OTOH I can't think of any baseball examples.
 
 BLJ> that could use a major league baseball team are Washington (of course
 BLJ> the Senators failed twice so fans would probably be skeptical unless
 BLJ> they move some ailing National League team to Washington...that way
 BLJ> the Orioles would be in the AL and the Senators(?) would be in the
 BLJ> NL...the Senators [the original and the most recent] were AL),
 BLJ> Nashville or Memphis, San Jose [remember they tried to move the SF
 BLJ> Giants there], Las Vegas [do they have a MLB-quality stadium], and
 BLJ> maybe Portland. 
      Carolina seems to be a popular destination for sport clubs in 
recent years and would have to be considered, ditto with Nashville.  It's 
still a crime that Washington doesn't have a team (the most recent 
expansion bid had picked the Nationals as their moniker.)  San Jose 
would be too close to San Fran, Memphis with their poor support of the 
Oilers might be a bad choice and Las Vegas really would need an indoor 
stadium.
     If MLB wants to continue to expand they might want to look outside 
English North America. San Juan, Puerto Rico would be a good spot as 
would Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic and certainly Guadalajara, 
Mexico City, and Monterrey in Mexico would all make could choices. 
Personally I can't wait for the London Kings to start playing...
                                       Sincerely Yours
                                       
                                       David G. Riess
                                       EchoMr.Geography
... I'm sorry, Dave, I can't let you do that.
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