*** Is it me, or did David G. Riess mumble this to Barry Laws, Jr.? ***
DGR> Vancouver in fact  is pursuing a MLB franchise.  There is plan in 
DGR> works to convert BC Place  intoretractable roof stadium which could 
DGR> also allow baseball to play  there.  As for a nickname, I'm rather 
DGR> fond of their PCL name, the  Canadians....
PCL as in the Pacific Coast League (AAA)? I wonder what they would do with 
their AAA team if they ever got a major league baseball team (probably move 
it somewhere). The only other cities I can think of that could use a major 
league baseball team are Washington (of course the Senators failed twice so 
fans would probably be skeptical unless they move some ailing National League 
team to Washington...that way the Orioles would be in the AL and the 
Senators(?) would be in the NL...the Senators [the original and the most 
recent] were AL), Nashville or Memphis, San Jose [remember they tried to move 
the SF Giants there], Las Vegas [do they have a MLB-quality stadium], and 
maybe Portland.
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