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Ohtani in a Montréal uniform is crazy

Expos and SuperSonics are sorely missed iconic teams

An AL East with the Expos, Blue Jays, Yankees, and Red Sox would be absolutely incredible, and Montreal deserves a 2nd chance considering how ownership pretty much sabotaged the Expos towards the end.

Montreal without a doubt! Really is more than time for them to get a franchise brought back, the way most other once-owned MLB cities who having been awarded a second one!👈💯

Feels criminal getting rid of Mets v Braves and Orioles vs Blue Jays

I got a crazy idea for the expansion: Montreal and Vegas 1. Montreal gets its team back 2. Fischer gets a team in Vegas, and the As stay in Oakland

I saw the Expos play the Mets in Montreal back in 1991 when I was 13. I hope Montreal gets their team back, now that I'm an adult and live only a couple hours away in northern New York I'll get season tickets.

I've been to all the MLB stadiums and Montréal was by far the most unique experience and I'd go as far to say perhaps the best. I'll never forget it. I loved the city, the cultural vibe at the game, everything (didn't even mind the stadium). I was truly heartbroken when they moved the team (and I'm a Mariners fan). It would truly be a waste if MLB were to expand without one of the cities being Montréal.

You can’t move the Phillies out of the National League having been in the league from the start.

My first little league team was the Expos. I was so sad when they moved to Washington.

In a recent MLB players poll, a majority of players would like to see expanision to Nashville and Montreal.

Would love to see baseball return to Montréal, but don't see it happening without a stadium deal in place. Olympic Stadium was outmoded 30 years ago. Maybe play there til the new stadium is ready but this would need to be worked out.

Man I was with this so hard until I saw the teams switching from AL to NL and vice-versa. No WAY the Phillies go to the AL, or the Guardians to the NL. Swap the AL and NL teams that are "swapped" already in the East divisions, and I 100% agree wholeheartedly with your division realignment. Not saying you're wrong, like you said, it's your way of doing it. I just can't see that happening. Those fanbases would lose their minds! Orioles fans would die at the thought of not getting to face their division rivals, even if they haven't been competitive in a decade. I'd also swap the Rays back to the AL and the Rockies back to the NL, personally.

In a hockey city, I was an Expos fan and was at their 2nd ever home game at the old Jarry Park. (where a street very close by is now named for Gary Carter). Grew up with the team, went to many games at both stadiums. We got ripped off in 1994 with the baseball strike, so we deserve a second chance. Would love to see them back. But they would need an owner who'd be willing to spend to compete, so as not to end up with the same situation the team went through their last number of years.

One of my biggest dream is to see the Montreal Expos back. Hope i live long enough to see that 🤞

I think the best set-up is to have 4 regional conferences, like your N,S,E,W with the conferences rotating pairings annually. Every team would get a home and away every three years with every other team, and travel for teams (and fans) is significantly less. It might actually have an impact on local tourism if teams are within a half-days drive from each other.

Montreal or Vancouver for the next Canadian team. It be cool to have a west coast Canadian team, start that rivalry up with the Mariners.. But at my heart, I want a Montreal franchise back, and they gotta be in the National league lol

Portland has zero chance of getting a team. The internal politics of that city make it extremely difficult to get all the decision makers rowing in the same direction. My guess is Salt Lake City and Nashville. SLC is growing by leaps and bounds and has a large, deep pocketed population that is very sports oriented. In addition, their tentative ownership group is stable and can write the check for the team as we speak. Nashville is in a similar situation and has already proven itself as a real deal, major league sports town.

I heard from an interview that they want a team in Montreal to open the market for French speaking countries (especially in Africa and Europe). Montreal had low attendance (6000) only at the end and event compared the the Oakland A's (2000) the crowd was 3 sizes bigger. Maybe 1 or 2 seasons before their last season in MTL, I remember when the Olympic stadium had 30 000 people per game when they had a bit of success during that year (I think it was the last season of Vladimir Guerrero before he left The Expos for the Angels). I'm sure it could work. except they need a nice outdoor stadium outside downtown. Montreal in summer is one of the best place in North America. People don't wanna be crammed inside a boring dome.

Should the MLB expand to 32 teams, I hope they realign into 2 divisions of 8 instead of 4 divisions of 4. That's the NFL format and I don't like because it allows for poor division winners to take playoff spots from better wild card teams. Two divisions per league would actually work perfectly with the current format in place. Both division winners would get a bye and the wild card round would once again be a true wild card round. There is also no need for the two leagues to be overhauled. Just give one expansion team to the AL and the other to the NL.

Have to say, I'd despise the idea of killing the NL and AL as we know them and going geographical...but I also despised giving both leagues the same rules and thus killing the fun weirdness and rivalry that once existed between them, and MLB owners are cheapskates who'll pull every penny out of every couch cushion they can, so I'm sure it's a fait accompli. I'm also in the NYC market, and the idea of the Mets and Yankees sharing a division is anathema to me. I did read a Hardball Times article a few years back that argued that a 36 team league would actually make sense (given population growth, market sizes, etc. over the last number of decades), and if that could be done while eliminating interleague I'd love it, but again, I realize that horse is out of the barn at this stage. In such an extreme situation, though, I'd likely go Portland, Nashville, Montreal, somewhere in North Carolina, and maybe some places like New Orleans or Vancouver for the last couple...or Vegas, if by some miracle the A's were somehow kept in Oakland.

The Washington Nationals weren't the expansion team in 1969. They were called the Montreal Expos

Yes, Nashville. It's far enough away from Atlanta and Cincinnati and TN deserves another professional sports team since all the ones there have flourished. Portland would give another team to the Pacific NW. If the Rays move, it should be to Orlando where they could put a multipurpose stadium similar to Sofi in CA.

The St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns both existed in 1951. St. Louis is, in fact, west of the Mighty Mississipi!

Also I think it makes most sense to keep Tampa in the AL East (as a Rays fan), since a non-negligible portion of its stadium attendance comes from interdivisional series (especially against Boston and NYY). With so many northeastern transplants in the Tampa area, there will always be more turnout at those games than a series against Miami or Nashville (for example)

Louisville would be a cool unlikely small market team, but Nashville, New Orleans, Austin, or Charlotte would all be cool too. I feel like it's really weird that there aren't more southern teams

Our Founder is a former ball player heavily recruited by the Expos at 16. He has not watched an MLB game since they left. We will be first inline to bring the Expos back to Montreal.

I think Montreal is the leading contender to get a team. Indianapolis is a highly underrated expansion city as well. Also back in the 90’s the Mariners almost moved to Indy/Kokomo

Montéral and Nashville would be cool and then with the a’s in Vegas it would really shake things up

Gotta go with the Expos! They have the ownership with deep pockets already lined up, but still need to figure out the stadium location and financing...I think the MLB brass knows Montreal got a raw deal and deserves a second chance

Not sure how to make it happen but Nashville is a big rivalry with St. Louis, it started with hockey over the years, and now mls. Would be good to expand on this. Also somehow bring Atlanta into the mix with St .Louis and Nashville. I think it’s easy to overlook other rivalries outside what you think is traditional.

Can't believe you left Layree Wawkare of that list of Expos players.

Montreal isn't getting a team without a new stadium first. That's a deal breaker for the fans. Olympic Stadium is neither a fun nor comfortable place to spend 3 hours, and the fans won't keep showing up long-term if that's where the games are being played. When ground is broken for a new ballpark, then and only then will I get excited bout the prospects of my beloved Expos returning.

The Nashville Smoked Ribs jerseys are gonna be dope

I want to see Salt Lake City personally and Nashville would be cool

Montreal coming back would be cool. Curious to see where else would be considered

As someone who goes to school in montreal it would be amazing and I think they wouldn’t have a problem with attendance. Just look at events like F1 there and it’s a very cosmopolitan city with people looking for things to do.

This was well thought out! Thank you!

Idk if anyone knows this but salt lake city is already laid plans for a MLB stadium and are relocating the salt lake bees 20-30 minutes south. Utah is gunning hard for a team

In Canada, consider Montréal, Calgary, or Vancouver. Not Portland! Nashville yes!

I would LOVE to see the expos to return to Montreal.

I'm from Boston and remember making the trek across the border for an Expos game as a kid. The vibe was friendly, in contrast to Habs games, and Montréal remains the only place in North America where I saw casual sports fans drinking wine at the stadium. In hope they get their Expos back. Besides the Nordiques in Quebec City I don't think I've seen a defunct team with more merchandise being worn around the city than the 'Spos.

The Phillies are the longest/oldest same city same name franchise of any professional sports team on the North American Continent. They actually have played in the same league during the almost 140yrs of their existence. In short, moving the Phillies out of the National League East shouldn't even be an option. If "America's Favorite Pastime" is about Tradition, moving the Phillies would remove all doubt that greed rules the sport.

Also Yankees and Mets in the same division feels like blasphemy

I agree. I would love to see Montreal Expos again. There could be 2 new Texas teams lol

Adding Montreal and either Nashville or Charlotte makes the best geographic realignment. In this scenario, Astros would return to the NL, and either of Rockies or Diamondbacks would move to AL, it looks like this: AL West: Angels, A's, Mariners, Rockies or D-Backs AL Central: Rangers, Royals, White Sox, Twins AL North: Tigers, Guardians, Blue Jays, Montreal expansion AL East: Yankees, Red Sox, Orioles, Rays NL West: Dodgers, Giants, Padres, Rockies or D-Backs NL Central: Astros, Cardinals, Cubs, Brewers NL South: Braves, Marlins, Nationals, Nashville or Charlotte expansion NL East: Mets, Phillies, Pirates, Reds

For the postseason, just add 2 more spots as wild cards for a total of 8 per each league (exactly like in the 2020 MLB playoffs), with a best-of-three game series (i.e.: the Wild Card Series) as its first round tier, then the best-of-5 LDS, the best-of-7 LCS and the best-of-7 World Series. For the two expansion teams, one of them is the no-brainer in the return of the Montreal Expos (similar to the Cleveland Browns on the NFL after the original was relocated and rebranded as the Baltimore Ravens), being placed in the NL; and the other one would be either Carolina (based in Charlotte) or Tennessee (based in Nashville) in the AL. I'll get to that one in a moment. And for division alignment purposes, it should be each league having four divisions of four teams each, but with some twists and tweaks: AL East: Baltimore, Boston, NY Yankees, Pittsburgh AL North: Chi. White Sox, Cleveland, Minnesota, Toronto AL South: Kansas City, Tampa Bay, Texas, Nashville/Charlotte AL West: Arizona, Anaheim (or LA Angels), Oakland (or Vegas), Seattle NL East: Montreal, NY Mets, Philadelphia, Washington NL North: Chi. Cubs, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee NL South: Atlanta, Florida (I mean Miami), Houston, St. Louis NL West: Colorado, LA Dodgers, San Diego, San Francisco In the interleague games, the divisions that share the same name for each league have a natural rival of some extent (i.e.: Baltimore/Washington or Chicago Cubs/W.Sox or KC/St. Louis or Anaheim/LA, etc.). Plus, there would be a balanced number of series of games for scheduling; so no more 4-game series or 2-game series. All are 3-game series. Total games: 168 Interleague: face all 16 teams in a one 3-game series [home park advantage swaps each year in a 2-year span] for a total of 48; plus another 3-game series towards teams of same division name for an additional 12, equalling a total of 60 Same league, but non-division: face all 12 teams in two 3-game series [one home and one road] for a total of 72 Same league, within same division: face all 3 division foes in four 3-game series [two home and two road] for a total of 36

There are only 5 MLB teams in the South (most populous part of the country with 120 million plus people). Nashville, Charlotte, and Austin should be added first before even thinking about Portland or Canada.

I would disagree with your alignments, specifically the LA teams. They should be in the same division because they are both in LA and to have a LA battle every year for 12 or so games would be cool

Not only did you diss the Expos by saying they won’t get an expansion spot, but you didn’t even include them in the league (5:40) at all!

Lived in Portland & played college there so I so wouldn't mind them, but live in Central Idaho so would like an actual rival closer to the Colorado Rockies in driving distance of games in Salt Lake City. I have only been to one MLB game in July 2001 at the old Shea Stadium, but I would love to see more big league games. Best available besides 5A H.S. games in Idaho are short AA seasons in Idaho Falls or AAA in SLC with the Stingers...

I supported the Expos until 1994 - going to as many as 40 games a season. No chance of getting a team now without the millions/billions needed for a franchise and a decent stadium. Private money is needed - governments won't get involved - there would be too much of a backlash by the general public. .

Well, I think expansion would be the death knell for at least one long standing MLB tradition, the END of the separate National & American leagues. We've already seen measures to complement this move with the umpires now universal and the end of the DH in the National league. Realignment is certain and this would permit conferences as opposed to "leagues" but except for the NFL the other major sports seem to prefer Eastern/Western conferences, I think MLB will go this route. It enables them to align strictly geographically without fan bias towards the National & American leagues, I think having the conferences named National/American retains that bias. How these teams would be aligned depends certainly on what the two new teams are, I think Montreal is OUT unless they step-up and have a ready-made major league facility at least under construction. I also see the Rays moving to Orlando, Florida is NOT going to have three teams especially with the two they have now near the lower attended games. That also means Nashville & Portland are geographically the most desirable locations...BUT I caution, until the fates of the A's and Rays are decided once and for all, nothing is going to happen on the expansion front.

Great video. I enjoyed the history of expansion.

The 10 minute mark of this video is gonna enrage so many people and I am here for it

There's been strikes of we know 1972 and 1981 didn't really affect a team to move like 1994 with Montreal Expos which cost them a possibly season of world series victory along with Tony Gwynn late Hall of famer hitting 400 average of Ted Williams 1941 batted 406 average with AL mvp joe Dimaggio hit 56 game hitting streak both world war two veterans.

8:17 "Next up is Nashville." Proceeds to show Montreal. lol

The only thing I (personally) don't like about the idea of an expansion is 4 team division I really like the five teams per division but I am willing to give that up to get two more MLB teams. I also think there should be more then just one team in Canada

Lots of interesting history there. If there’s going to be a second Canadian team it should be Vancouver. I’m not from there and I’m a Jays fan so I don’t have a dog in the fight but with the balance you mentioned a couple times it would make sense to have an eastern Canadian team. And it’s impressive to see the way they take over Seattle when the Jays are in town

i think Vancouver BC would be a good expansion city, however, there isnt a feasible place to put a huge baseball stadium like that. the Vancouver Canadians draws sellout crowds a TON in the summer they had to add more bleachers and places to hangout.

As a Pirates fan, it would be so bizarre not being in a division with the Reds, Cubs, Cards, and Brewers. Would be a cool change tho

One large city that wasn't mentioned that loves baseball is Indianapolis. Just a thought. I'd like to see baseball back in Montreal too.

The most common complaint in MLB is the small and mid market teams cannot compete with the large market teams. So what does MLB want to do? Add more small market teams. The best idea MLB had in the last generation was contraction.

Your graphic at 5:42 is confusing and misleading. The team that is now based in DC was originally admitted as the Montreal Expos in the NL in 1969. The Astros were not an original AL team; they moved over from the NL after being admitted as the Colt 45's in 1962. The Brewers did not originate in the NL; they were added to the AL as the Seattle Pilots. Several current teams have relocated and changed names. This information could have been presented much better with little effort.

Excellent analysis!

Weren't the Brewers originally an AL team?

Portland couldn't support a MLB team. Nobody with money could possibly support that idea.

You introduce Nashville and then show video of Montreal with the Molson Canadian Brewery and the Radio Canada building 😂

Here's actually realistic reorg if anyone is interested. AL East: NYY, BOS, TOR, BAL South: TEX, HOU, TB, KC Central: MIN, CHC, CLE, DET West: SEA, Portland, LAA, OAK//LV NL East: NYM, PHI, PIT, WSH South: ATL, MIA, Nashville, STL Central: CIN, CHC, COL, MIL West: LAD, SL, SD, ARZ It changes as little as physically possible while not creating any absurd geographical borders between divisions

Raleigh would be such a better option in NC than Charlotte. Nike, Amazon, and Google all are moving there and the business is going to be booming. The TV Market is larger than St. Louis and the the community would be awesome. The Hurricanes are packed every night.

It makes sense that some teams would have to move from NL to AL, but I think the NL East as depicted here wouldn’t work. I would move Cleveland to the NL North and put Baltimore and Washington in the AL East, leaving Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, NY Mets, and Philadelphia as the NL East. I think Portland and Nashville end up in.

Get your facts straight!! The 1969 expansion of the Natonal League included the Montreal Expos, NOT the Washington Nationals. The Expos (sadly) moved to Washington for the 2005 season, and your summary @5:45 should reflect that.

8:17 "next stop is Nashville".. but the image shows Montreal (you see Molson Brewery and Olympic Stadium behind and Jacques-Cartier Bridge). I wish the Expos to come back, but that would be very surprising. Portland seems very close to have a team.

Here in Sioux Falls South Dakota there was news that we may be getting a professional baseball team soon. But that was nixed when we found out that if we got one, then Minnesota would want one too.

As a Mets fan the prospect of the Braves being in a different division gives me hope for the future lol

"Next up is Nashville" accompanied by a photo of Montreal. But he did at least get the part about MLB never coming back to Montreal right.

San Antonio would go nuts if they got a team, they treat their Spurs like their baby

I thought about this recently, and here is my proposed expansion/realignment plan: NL East: Mets Phillies Reds Pirates AL East: Yankees Red Sox Blue Jays Orioles NL South: Braves Marlins Nationals Nashville/Charlotte expansion team AL South: Rays Royals Rangers Astros NL Central: Cubs Cardinals Brewers Rockies AL Central: Guardians Twins Tigers White Sox NL West: Giants Dodgers Diamondbacks Padres AL West: Mariners Angels Oakland/Las Vegas A's Portland/Vancouver expansion team The American and National Leagues are restored as independent organizations with their own rules, umpires, and management structure. The regular season schedule will be weighted towards intra-divisional play, with each team playing each other team in its division 18 times, and playing other teams within its league 9 times each for a full 162 game schedule. There will be no more regular season interleague play. The playoff format will consist of a 5 game Division Series, to include the 4 division winners from each league, seeded by win-loss record, then the 7 game League Championship Series, then the 7 game World Series. Home field advantage in each series will be awarded to the team with the better record (with appropriate tie-breaking rules in place). This arrangement isn't perfect, but it is probably the most optimal when it comes to the most likely sites for expansion while keeping the current teams' league designations.

If East and West, I go for Portland, Oregon and obviously Montreal, QC

New teams and division could look something like this: (New teams Jacksonville, Montreal and Las Vegas via Oakland) AL West: Seattle, Las Vegas A's, LA Angels, Colorado AL East: NY Yankees, Boston, Baltimore, Kansas City AL North: Toronto, Montreal Expos, Chicago White Sox, Minnesota AL South: Houston, Texas, Detroit, Cleveland NL West: LA Dodgers, San Diego, San Francisco, Arizona NL East: Philly, NY Mets, Pittsburgh, Washington NL North: Cincinnati, St Louis, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee NL South: Miami, Tamp Bay, Jacksonville, Atlanta. It will be interesting to see which teams get moved, I have Cleveland and Detroit but it could easily be the White Sox and Twins. There's just so many teams up north, at least 2 will have to move to a division that's not aligned perfectly with their location.

Expos has the best logo imo

I think it would be easier for baseball to realign back to two divisions if they were to add 2 more teams.

A’s move to Vegas and Nashville and Montreal gets the 2 extension teams.

I think it’ll be Nashville and Utah, but I kinda want to see Texas get a third franchise and put it in Austin.

Would love to see Charlotte, NC get a team and have that team in the Yankees division :)

3:03 "Until 1952, in fact, none of these teams were located west of the Mississippi River." St. Louis, a city in the southwest corner of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers: "Am I a joke to you?"

The stadium issue has less to do with the relocation of the Expos than poor ownership did

Please bring back The Montreal Expos! I’m a Phillies fan, but I always loved the club from up north.

as a New Orleans resident . I really want a team here , I know about the bad weather but with enough money we can make a hurricane proof stadium it could take a while but it could happen . The Orleans Expos has a nice sound to it than Montreal . it would bring more tourists than we have now and it will be a win win for the MLB , the Expos and new Orleans . sorry this comment is long I just got really excited when he mentioned new Orleans .

As a Mariners fan, it would be great to see two new teams come into the league. That way we wouldn't be the only team that has never been to a world series again. You don't know pain until you have been a Seattle sports fan your entire life.

I have done some mental gymnastics on this a long time ago with the same two expansion cities (Portland and Nashville), and this is the only thing that makes sense for me. The Astros were a NL team as recently as the last re-alignment, so putting them back wouldn't be a big deal. As past expansion teams, the Rockies and Diamondbacks could be move more easily to the American League, which allows the other 13 NL teams to stay in the league, absorb the two new expansion teams, and of course return the Astros to their ranks... The final shakeout would keep both the AL Central and East, as well as the NL Central and East largely intact, with the two Central divisions being re-named the North divisions, while only the Marlins and Cardinals being moved to the newly created South division, along with joining Houston and the new Nashville expansion team in the National League. In the American league, the same concept would be deployed with only the Royals and the Rays being taken from their current divisions, and then being added to the Rangers from the AL West and the Diamondbacks from the NL West to create the new AL South. The AL & NL West divisions both retain three current members in Las Vegas (Oakland), Los Angeles, and Seattle in the AL, while Los Angeles (Dodgers), San Diego, and San Francisco are retained in the NL. In the end, geographically, this makes the most sense while also respecting some of the past rivalries that fans expect and enjoy. These realignments create interesting interleague rivals. If Nashville named their team the Bandits, they could have their interleague rival be the Rangers, which seems very fitting. While the Astros and D-backs would both swap leagues, making them an interesting (Mexican) border town rivalry. Seattle would finally get a geographically relevant rival, as the Giants and Athletics could remain their same rivals, leaving Colorado and San Diego a chance to "catch up as newly assigned interleague rivals. I also love the shared city rivalries of Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York stay in interleague play, while storied franchises like Pittsburgh and Detroit align to be rivals, as do the Twins and Brewers to relocation success stories. Also retained are the state rivalries of St. Louis and Kansas City, Cleveland and Cincinnati, as well as Tampa and Miami. The beltway battle of altimore and Washington still exists, as does the historical city rivalry of Boston and Philadelphia. AL West - Colorado Rockies, Las Vegas Athletics, Los Angeles Angeles, Seattle Mariners AL South - Arizona Diamondbacks, Kansas City Royals, Tampa Rays, Texas Rangers AL North - Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins AL East - Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays NL West - Los Angeles Dodgers, Portland (Lumberjacks?), San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants NL South - Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, Nashville (Bandits?), St. Louis Cardinals NL North - Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Milwauke Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates NL East - Miami Marlins, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Nationals

Would love that antitrust story ❤

Bring back the Expos ⚾❗👍

"Next up is Nashville" while showing up a view of Montréal

A 35,000 seat stadium in Montreal will absolutely work.

Growing up as an Expos fan, it was hard to see them leave. Ever since then, I always hope that one day, the Expos would return. As long as they get a new stadium, there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Montreal will support the team, regardless of their play. Just like in Oakland, the fans were screwed over by bad stadiums and bad ownerships. It's certainly not the fans. I can only hope it's sooner than later.

I’d love to see Montreal & Charlotte get teams. Montreal gets an instant rival with the Nationals & one with the Blue Jays. Charlotte meanwhile gets one with the Braves. If you wanna say Nashville instead of Charlotte, same thought applies. So with Charlotte, & Montreal in mind, I’d have the divisions like this… AL East: Both NY teams, Boston, Philly North: Both Ohio teams, Pittsburgh, Detroit South: Teams from Texas, & Missouri West: Seattle, Vegas, Arizona, Colorado NL East: Both Canada teams, both beltway teams North: Both Chicago teams Minnesota, Milwaukee South: Charlotte, Atlanta, both Florida teams West: All the California teams left after the A’s move.

Montreal deserves their Expos again. That French Canadian baseball culture was incredibly unique

Your chart at 5:38 incorrectly identifies the Milwaukee Brewers as an expansion team in 1969. Actually, this team started as the Seattle Pilots before moving after only one season to Milwaukee.