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Baseball: 7 potential MLB expansion cities and team ideas

By Ryan Morik

VERO BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 1981: Gary Carter #8 of the Montreal Expos during a spring training game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)
VERO BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 1981: Gary Carter #8 of the Montreal Expos during a spring training game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) /
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SALT LAKE CITY, UT – FEBRUARY 21: LaMarcus Aldridge #12 of the San Antonio Spurs looks on during a game against the Utah Jazz at Vivint Smart Home Arena on February 21, 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – FEBRUARY 21: LaMarcus Aldridge #12 of the San Antonio Spurs looks on during a game against the Utah Jazz at Vivint Smart Home Arena on February 21, 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images) /

San Antonio

Nickname: Alamo

Closest team, Houston Astros (197 miles)

I would hope a history lesson isn’t necessary for the team name.

A legitimate question. If you’re a die-hard fan of a minor league baseball team, that’s good for you. But the only baseball team in San Antonio is the Missions, the Triple-A Affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. Like, how does that make sense? That’s a Brewers problem, but are San Antonians Brewers fans, even though it’s a four-hour flight? Do they just root for the Astros since that is the city’s the closest team? Or do they live and die Missions baseball?

I guess there’s no wrong answer. But all of the options are a bit weird.

Anyway, the loyalty to the Spurs goes without question. Of course, the 22-straight years of playoff basketball and five rings certainly helped.

San Antonio is also the seventh-most populated city in the United States, with over 1.5 million people calling it home, These people can do something other than go to a Spurs game. Hey, they might have to, especially since the Spurs’ playoff run is over.

And the Spurs probably won’t be a playoff team for a little while, unless Dejounte Murray becomes Tony Parker.

But nonetheless, even though this is my second Texas proposal, it could definitely work.

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