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1) No designated hitter, but increase all the rosters by one position
2) A salary cap that would guarantee performance bonuses, pay into a pension plan via profit sharing, keep guaranteed contracts but allow for a buyout during some kind of injuries, slightly increase minor league salaries BUT do a better job of allowing teams to keep franchise players
3) A better TV contract...there should be a primetime double header once a week....jump in bed with UPN or the WB...some network that doesn't have a national news broadcast...Saturday should be 10-12 hours of baseball on a major network....abc/fox
4) No designated hitter
5) A third party testing agency that would conduct random testing for any performance enhancing drugs
6) Realign the divisions....at the very minimum offer the Expos to Portland and move them to the AL west, and Pittsburgh to the AL East, creating five team divisions. Expand by two more teams and create four four team divisions in each leage, and eliminate the wild card. I would advocate moving Denver to the AL as well and expanding the NL by two teams.
7) You gamble, you cheat, you do anything to affect the integrity of the game, you forfeit your salary and you are benched for a year....do it twice and your banned for life
Realingment thoughts...
NL West/Pacific...San Fran, Los Ang, San Diego, Az
NL Central/Midwest...STL, ChiC, Mil, Hou
NL Southeast/Southcentral...Cin, Atl, Fla, EXP team (New Orleans/Tennesse/Gulf Coast/Carolinas)
NL East/Atlantic...NYM, Phil, Pit, EXP (Wash...with the script 'W' or No Va/ Carolinas)
AL West...portland, Ana, Seattle, Oak
AL West/central...KC, Colorado, TX, Minn
AL Central/whatever...ChiS, Det, Cle, Tor
AL East...Balt, TB, NYY, Bos
just my thoughts
2) A salary cap that would guarantee performance bonuses, pay into a pension plan via profit sharing, keep guaranteed contracts but allow for a buyout during some kind of injuries, slightly increase minor league salaries BUT do a better job of allowing teams to keep franchise players
3) A better TV contract...there should be a primetime double header once a week....jump in bed with UPN or the WB...some network that doesn't have a national news broadcast...Saturday should be 10-12 hours of baseball on a major network....abc/fox
4) No designated hitter
5) A third party testing agency that would conduct random testing for any performance enhancing drugs
6) Realign the divisions....at the very minimum offer the Expos to Portland and move them to the AL west, and Pittsburgh to the AL East, creating five team divisions. Expand by two more teams and create four four team divisions in each leage, and eliminate the wild card. I would advocate moving Denver to the AL as well and expanding the NL by two teams.
7) You gamble, you cheat, you do anything to affect the integrity of the game, you forfeit your salary and you are benched for a year....do it twice and your banned for life
Realingment thoughts...
NL West/Pacific...San Fran, Los Ang, San Diego, Az
NL Central/Midwest...STL, ChiC, Mil, Hou
NL Southeast/Southcentral...Cin, Atl, Fla, EXP team (New Orleans/Tennesse/Gulf Coast/Carolinas)
NL East/Atlantic...NYM, Phil, Pit, EXP (Wash...with the script 'W' or No Va/ Carolinas)
AL West...portland, Ana, Seattle, Oak
AL West/central...KC, Colorado, TX, Minn
AL Central/whatever...ChiS, Det, Cle, Tor
AL East...Balt, TB, NYY, Bos
just my thoughts
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