Detroit should have a MLB National League team.

**iheartthed** · September-29-14, 07:37 AM

Originally Posted by Spartan

"a lot" might be a bit of an understatement. They're the 3 largest cities in the USA [[and only Houston is within 1 million of them). You could fit almost 4 Detroits in Chicago.

Metro Detroit is roughly half the size of Chicagoland... but yes, it's still a far cry. I think the smallest market with two MLB teams is the San Francisco Bay area, which is closer to Detroit in size than it is to LA or NYC, but obviously is a far more affluent place.

**Bham1982** · September-29-14, 08:29 AM

Originally Posted by iheartthed

Metro Detroit is roughly half the size of Chicagoland... but yes, it's still a far cry. I think the smallest market with two MLB teams is the San Francisco Bay area, which is closer to Detroit in size than it is to LA or NYC, but obviously is a far more affluent place.

And Oakland Athletics historically have horrible attendance, and regional sports "catchment" is enormous, including Sacramento and other Northern CA metros not part of the Bay Area metro. Bay Area should probably just have one team.