Breaking down the candidates for MLB's next expansion teams 分析 MLB 下一波扩充球队的候选名单 Jeff Passan Sep 8, 2026, 07:00 AM ET https://shorturl.at/uqOij One of the longest-standing impediments to Major League Baseball expansion disappeared in late August, when the Hillsborough County Commission approved $796 million in public funding to help the Tampa Bay Rays build a new ballpark. Since 2016, commissioner Rob Manfred has deflected questions about expansion by saying he wants the stadium situations for the Rays and A's sorted out. With the A's move to Las Vegas nearing and the Rays' dream stadium in Tampa fully funded, there is only one more hurdle before expansion tops MLB's to-do list. 美国职棒大联盟扩军路上最悠久的障碍之一在 8 月下旬消失了，当时 Hillsborough 县委 员会 (Hillsborough County Commission) 批准了 7.96 亿美元的公共资金，以协助坦帕 湾光芒打造新球场。自 2016 年以来，主席 Rob Manfred 总是以希望先解决光芒队与运动 家队的球场问题为由，推托关於扩军的提问。随着运动家队迁至拉斯维加斯 (Las Vegas) 的计画临近，以及光芒队在坦帕 (Tampa) 的梦幻球场获得全额资助，在扩军成为大联盟 首要待办事项之前，只剩最後一道关卡。 That obstacle is a new collective bargaining agreement, and though its timeline is uncertain, it will get done. At which point, MLB is expected to open its expansion process, something it hasn't done in more than three decades, the longest period without a new franchise since the advent of expansion in 1961. 这个障碍就是新的劳资裁定协议 (collective bargaining agreement)，虽然其时间表尚 不确定，但终究会完成。届时，大联盟预计将开启扩军程序，这是三十多年来未曾有过的 事情，也是自 1961 年开启扩军时代以来，最长一段没有新球队加入的时期。 Considering Manfred has said he wants a pair of expansion cities -- one West Coast-based, one East Coast -- decided upon by his planned retirement in January 2029, the deadline for candidates has accelerated. It's reasonable to think that by this time next year, an expansion committee could be in place, preparing to consider the viability of bids from cities across the country and beyond before offering recommendations to the wider ownership group. 考量到 Manfred 曾表示希望在 2029 年 1 月计画退休前，决定好一对扩军城市──一 座位於西岸 (West Coast)、一座位於东岸 (East Coast)──候选城市的截止期限已经提 早了。合理推测，到了明年此时，扩军委员会 (expansion committee) 可能已经成立， 准备评估来自全国乃至海外城市的申办可行性，随後向全体球团老板群提供建议。 The shrinking clock, sources said, is putting pressure on cities to solidify their bids in the most pertinent areas. Though population and media-market size are significant factors, so are three elements of any bid that aims to gain traction: a strong ownership group, locked-in stadium funding and a site to build the stadium. 消息人士指出，紧迫的时间正给各大城市带来压力，促使它们在最关键的领域巩固申办优 势。虽然人口规模与媒体市场 (media-market) 的大小是重要因素，但任何想要脱颖而出 的申办案也都必须具备三项要素：强大的经营团队 (ownership group)、已敲定的球场资 金，以及球场兴建预定地。 Salt Lake City's affirmative answer to all three has thrust it to the front of the West Coast bids. Nashville, Tennessee, on the other hand, has none of the three in place, and though it has long been considered the front-runner for the East Coast bid, multiple current MLB owners in recent months have questioned whether Music City can properly align the three in time to make a convincing case to an expansion committee. 盐湖城 (Salt Lake City) 对这三项要素皆给出了肯定的答案，使其跃升为西岸申办城市 中的领跑者。另一方面，田纳西州 (Tennessee) 的纳许维尔 (Nashville) 则是一无所有 ；尽管长期以来它被视为东岸申办的主力热门，但多位现任大联盟球团老板近几个月来都 在质疑，这座音乐之都 (Music City) 能否及时整合这三要素，向扩军委员会提出具说服 力的方案。 Five American cities have distinguished themselves as the strongest options for expansion bids. Of course, if any other city finds a billionaire with land, a fully financed stadium and a willingness to pay an expansion fee expected in the $2.5 billion range, well, it could leap right into the mix. There's one other city, too, that deserves mention more for its potential than its in-place infrastructure: It's a popular choice among baseball decision-makers, and it is the only one that has previously hosted an MLB game -- nearly 3,000 of them, actually. 已有五座美国城市脱颖而出，成为扩军申办案中最强有力的选项。当然，如果其他任何城 市能找到一位拥有土地、备妥全额资助球场资金，且愿意支付预计在 25 亿美元左右扩军 费 (expansion fee) 的亿万富翁，那麽该城市也能立刻加入角逐。此外还有另一座城市， 比起现有的基础设施，它更因潜力而值得一提：它是棒球决策者心中的热门选择，而且也 是唯一一座曾举办过大联盟比赛的城市──事实上举办了近 3,000 场。 Even if the new teams won't be on the field until perhaps 2032, the bake-off for baseball is getting close. Here's how the bids for each of the six leading cities look. 即使新球队可能要到 2032 年才会正式上场比赛，这场棒球大战已然逼近。以下是六座领 先城市的申办概况。 ─────────────────────────────────────── Salt Lake City Lead group: Big League Utah Combined statistical area (as of 2020 Census): 2,705,693 Media market: 28th Owner: Yes. The Larry H. Miller Company. Stadium funding: Yes. A $3.5 billion pledge from ownership for a 100-acre multiuse development and $900 million in state funding intended to cover half the cost of a stadium. Stadium site: Yes. The Power District, a massive site on Salt Lake City's west side that's already under construction. 盐湖城 (Salt Lake City) 主导团队：Big League Utah 联合统计区 (截至 2020 年人口普查)：2,705,693 媒体市场：第 28 位 经营者：有。The Larry H. Miller Company。 球场资金：有。经营团队承诺投资 35 亿美元用於 100 英亩的多功能开发案，以及州政 府计画资助的 9 亿美元，用於支应半数的球场成本。 球场预定地：有。The Power District，位於盐湖城西侧的大型基地，目前已在兴建中。 The details: By far the most advanced potential bid, Salt Lake City is the closest scenario to a turnkey operation. The experience of the Miller family, who saved the Jazz from moving and shepherded them for more than three decades, gives owners confidence in the stability of the bid. 详细状况：作为目前进度最超前的潜在申办案，盐湖城是最接近「统包即用 (turnkey operation)」状态的方案。Miller 家族曾挽救犹他爵士队免於搬迁，并营运了三十多年 ，这样的经验让大联盟球团老板们对该申办案的稳定度充满信心。 Though Salt Lake's media market lags, the success of the Jazz and Utah Mammoth bode well. And considering all the Miller family has invested already, it's unlikely to balk at the expansion fee, which is expected to be well in excess of $2 billion, particularly after the recent sales of the Los Angeles Angels for $4 billion and the San Diego Padres for $3.9 billion. 尽管盐湖城的媒体市场排名较後，但爵士队与 Utah Mammoth 的成功是个好兆头。考量到 Miller 家族已经投入的所有资源，他们不太可能在扩军费前退缩——尤其是在洛杉矶天使 以 40 亿美元、圣地牙哥教士以 39 亿美元相继出售之後，预计扩军费将远远超过 20 亿 美元。 Salt Lake City is the favorite to snag the Western slot for a reason: Even relatively mature bids still have catching up to do. 盐湖城之所以成为拿下西岸名额的大热门是有原因的：因为即便是其他相对成熟的申办案 ，也仍有很长一段路要追。 Their words to ESPN: "It's not enough to just have a market. You have to have people within that market that actually care about the product. And that's where Utah exceeds many of these other places. We've proved that over and over again with the Mammoth. We've proved it with the Utah Jazz, where the numbers -- not just the media numbers, but all the numbers, all the spend, all the box seats and the sponsorships -- are all more on par with a larger market. And I think that's one of the things that makes Utah really unique and really fascinating. It's why we've gotten so much attention. I know it's why the league is looking very seriously at us." -- Gov. Spencer Cox, Big League Utah advisory board 给 ESPN 的发言：「光拥有市场是不够的。你必须让这个市场里的人真正关心这个产品。 而这正是犹他州 (Utah) 胜过许多其他地方的原因。我们在 Mammoth 队身上一次又一次证 明了这一点。我们也在犹他爵士队身上证明了这一点，那里的数据──不仅仅是媒体数据 ，而是所有数据、所有消费、所有包厢和赞助──都更接近大市场的水准。我想这就是让 犹他州变得真正独特且迷人的原因之一。这也是我们获得如此多关注的原因。我知道这就 是为什麽大联盟正在非常严肃地评估我们。」── 州长 Spencer Cox，Big League Utah 顾问委员会 (advisory board) ─────────────────────────────────────── Nashville, Tennessee Lead group: Music City Baseball Combined statistical area: 2,250,282 Media market: 25th Owner: No. Stadium funding: No. Stadium site: No. 田纳西州 (Tennessee) 纳许维尔 (Nashville) 主导团队：Music City Baseball 联合统计区：2,250,282 媒体市场：第 25 位 经营者：无。 球场资金：无。 球场预定地：无。 The details: Long considered a distinct favorite to land the Eastern expansion franchise, time was on Nashville's side to build infrastructure that matched Music City Baseball's well-constructed Nashville Stars brand. But with the formation of an expansion committee likely to come after the new CBA, the more boxes a city has checked, the more attractive its bid. Nashville still has plenty of the things baseball wants: cultural relevance, popularity within the game, a city that feels bigger than its demographics. 详细状况：长期以来被视为获得东岸扩军球队的绝对热门，纳许维尔原本拥有充裕的时间 来打造与 Music City Baseball 塑造完善的「Nashville Stars」品牌相匹配的基础设施 。但随着扩军委员会可能在新的集体谈判协议後成立，一座城市完成越多的准备项目，其 申办案就越具吸引力。纳许维尔依然拥有许多棒球界想要的元素：文化相关性、在棒球圈 内的人气，以及一座体感比人口数据更大的城市。 What it doesn't have is an owner, public financing or a site. And those are the sorts of things that matter, especially with local and state governments lukewarm at best on the idea of contributing tax dollars for a stadium. Nashville mayor Freddie O'Connell has said on multiple occasions that he expects a privately funded stadium. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, the overwhelming favorite to win the state's governorship in November, does not have expansion baseball among her priorities, according to a source. 但它所缺乏的是经营者、公共资助和预定地。而这些才是真正关键的事物，尤其是当地与 州政府对於投入税金兴建球场的想法至多持冷淡态度。纳许维尔市长 (mayor) Freddie O'Connell 已多次表示，他期望球场能由私人出资。据消息人士透露，身为 11 月州长 (governorship) 选举绝高呼声胜选者的参议员 (Sen.) Marsha Blackburn，并未将棒球扩 军列入其优先事项中。 All of that can change quickly, of course, with the emergence of an owner willing to pay the expansion fee, cover a plot of land that will cost many hundreds of millions and then build a stadium. And politics can be funny, too, with priorities ever shifting. Nashville has much of what it takes to be the Eastern team. It just needs more to cement that status. 当然，这一切都有可能迅速改变，只要出现一位愿意支付扩军费、承担价值数亿美元土地 费用并兴建球场的经营者即可。政治也是多变的，优先事项总是随时在转变。纳许维尔具 备了成为东岸球队的许多要素，它只是需要更多具体成果来巩固这个地位。 Their words to ESPN: "When Major League Baseball decides to expand and Nashville's the market that they choose, it's going to be super competitive from an ownership structure. So, Major League Baseball and its owners will pick our general partner. We can't front-end load that, right? That me business model. We've been very transparent about that. Other markets have different pieces and parts, but still, it's going to be competitive. I think Major League Baseball should, once they decide to expand, make it an open process. I think they should look at every market because I think things you learn that you don't know and give everybody the opportunity to present their best case forward. Plus, I think that's the catalyst that gets it done because until that happens, it's really just a conversation, right? You and I can talk about it, but until Major League Baseball and the owners decide to weigh in -- once that happens, then all of a sudden, it's game on, right?" -- John Loar, managing partner, Music City Baseball 给 ESPN 的发言：「当大联盟决定扩军且纳许维尔成为他们选择的市场时，从经营权结构 来看将会极具竞争力。因此，大联盟及其老板们会挑选我们的主要合夥人 (general partner)。我们无法提前确定这一点，对吧？这就是商业模式，我们对此一直非常透明。 其他市场拥有不同的组件与优势，但无论如何，这都将充满竞争。我认为大联盟一旦决定 扩军，就应该让这成为一个公开的过程。我认为他们应该检视每一个市场，因为你会了解 到一些原本不知道的事，并给每个人展示最佳方案的机会。此外，我认为这才是促成这件 事的催化剂，因为在此之前，这真的只是一场对话，对吧？你我可以讨论它，但直到大联 盟和老板们决定介入──一旦发生，突然之间，比赛就正式开始了，对吧？」── John Loar，Music City Baseball 执行合夥人 (managing partner) ─────────────────────────────────────── Raleigh, North Carolina Lead group: MLB Raleigh Combined statistical area: 2,242,324 Media market: 22nd Owner: Yes. Carolina Hurricanes and Portland Trail Blazers owner Tom Dundon has pledged support to bringing baseball to Raleigh. Stadium funding: No. Though the North Carolina state house declined to provide $500 million for a stadium, multiple politicians left open the idea of revisiting such an earmark. Stadium site: No, though if Dundon pushes ahead with a bid, he has development rights for 80 acres around the Lenovo Center, the Hurricanes' arena. 北卡罗来纳州 (North Carolina) 罗利 (Raleigh) 主导团队：MLB Raleigh 联合统计区：2,242,324 媒体市场：第 22 位 经营者：有。卡罗来纳飓风队 (Carolina Hurricanes) 与波特兰拓荒者队 (Portland Trail Blazers) 的老板 Tom Dundon 已承诺支持将棒球引进罗利。 球场资金：无。虽然北卡罗来纳州众议院 (state house) 拒绝提供 5 亿美元的球场资金 ，但多位政治人物仍对重新评估该项专款保留了可能性。 球场预定地：无，不过若 Dundon 推动申办，他拥有飓风队主场 Lenovo Center 周边 80 英亩土地的开发权。 The details: A dark horse that could have some real heft to it, Raleigh is one of just two cities with a billionaire attached to its bid. Two, in Raleigh's case, as former Milwaukee Bucks owner Marc Lasry has expressed interest, too. And its location makes a lot of sense for MLB. By the time an expansion team arrives, North Carolina projects to be the seventh-largest state by population -- and the top six all have multiple MLB teams. It's got three top-50 markets in Raleigh, Charlotte and Greensboro. There is bipartisan support for baseball expansion from Gov. Josh Stein and state leaders. The Raleigh bid hasn't garnered much hype nationally, but in terms of soundness at this moment, it's punching well above its weight. 详细状况：作为一匹可能极具份量的黑马，罗利是仅有的两座拥有亿万富翁参与申办的城 市之一。对罗利而言甚至是两位，因为密尔瓦基公鹿队的前老板 Marc Lasry 也表达了兴 趣。而且它的地理位置对大联盟来说非常合理。当扩军球队进驻时，北卡罗来纳州预计将 成为人口第七大的州──而前六大州都拥有不止一支大联盟球队。它在罗利、夏洛特 (Charlotte) 和格林斯伯勒 (Greensboro) 拥有三个前 50 大市场。州长 (Gov.) Josh Stein 与州政府领袖对棒球扩军给予了跨党派支持。罗利的申办案在全国范围内尚未获得 太多炒作，但就目前的稳健程度而言，它的表现远超预期。 Their words to ESPN: "We went out and got the community involved, and it would just be a website sitting there if it wasn't for the community that has loved this idea, loved baseball and just thousands of people have helped this thing. So, it's not really just us, you know? What it's going to take is just us continuing to do what we're doing, beating the drum. ... The heavy lifting in Raleigh has already been done. At this point, it's just crossing T's and dotting I's. All the pieces are here. The money's ready. The owner's ready. I don't think another market can say this. I mean, I think maybe Salt Lake City may have their pieces together like we do, but this has been under the radar, and I think that's by design. And as we're getting closer here, I think pieces are going to start falling into place." -- Lou Pascucci, MLB Raleigh 给 ESPN 的发言：「我们走出去让社区参与进来，如果不是因为这个热爱这项构想、热爱 棒球的社区，以及成千上万协助这件事的人，这只会是一个空置在那里的网站。所以，这 真的不只是我们自己的功劳，你知道吗？接下来需要的，就是我们继续做我们正在做的事 ，持续鸣枪造势。……罗利最艰巨的工作已经完成了。到了这个阶段，就只是落实细节、 完成最後补完（crossing T's and dotting I's）。所有的组件都到位了。资金准备好了 。经营者也准备好了。我不认为有其他市场能这麽说。我的意思是，也许盐湖城 (Salt Lake City) 像我们一样组件齐全，但我们一直非常低调，我认为这是刻意为之的。随着我 们越来越接近目标，我想各个环节将会开始顺理成章地就位。」── Lou Pascucci，MLB Raleigh ─────────────────────────────────────── Portland, Oregon Lead group: Portland Diamond Project Combined statistical area: 3,280,736 Media market: 23rd Owner: No. Stadium funding: Yes. In June 2025, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill that earmarks up to $800 million for a baseball stadium in Portland. Stadium site: Yes. The Portland Diamond Project signed a letter of intent to buy Zidell Yards, a 33-acre site on the banks of the Willamette River. 奥勒冈州 (Oregon) 波特兰 (Portland) 主导团队：Portland Diamond Project 联合统计区：3,280,736 媒体市场：第 23 位 经营者：无。 球场资金：有。2025 年 6 月，奥勒冈州州长 (Gov.) Tina Kotek 签署了一项法案，划 拨高达 8 亿美元专款用於波特兰的棒球场建造。 球场预定地：有。Portland Diamond Project 签署了意向书，准备购买位於威拉米特河 (Willamette River) 畔占地 33 英亩的 Zidell Yards。 The details: If Portland were in a different time zone, it might be the favorite to win the second bid. The Portland Diamond Project, led by former Nike executive Craig Cheek, has serious bona fides. Between the public funding and the firm stadium site, it's lacking only an anchor investor to pose the most serious threat to Salt Lake City. 详细状况：如果波特兰处於不同的时区，它可能会是拿下第二个申办名额的大热门。由 Nike 前高层 Craig Cheek 领导的 Portland Diamond Project 拥有极高的公信力与实力 。在拥有公共资金和明确球场预定地的优势下，它只缺乏一位关键投资人，就能对盐湖城 构成最严重的威胁。 Going up against such a formidable competitor has not stopped Portland from continuing its pursuit, and should it secure an owner with the capital to pay for the remainder of the stadium and an expansion fee, it might -- appropriately for the area -- still be in the race yet. 面对如此强劲的竞争对手，并未阻止波特兰继续追求这一目标；如果它能找到一位有资金 支付剩余球场费用及扩军费的经营者，它可能──正如该地区的特性一样──依然在这场 角逐中占有一席之地。 Their words to ESPN: "We call ourselves Sportland, not Portland. We had the longest streak of sellouts for the Blazers. There's just an incredible, insatiable appetite for sports here. ... There's just a lot to like, and we've tied up [what] could be one of the most picturesque sites in all of baseball. Hitting home runs into the Willamette River in our center field, the backdrop of the Cascade Range with Mount Hood, Mount St. Helens. It's just a beautiful backdrop. And if anybody's been to this area, it's 80 degrees, sunny, no humidity, no bugs and stays light until 9:45. So bring baseball on. We're ready." -- Craig Cheek, founder and president, Portland Diamond Project 给 ESPN 的发言：「我们称自己为 Sportland，而不是 Portland。我们曾拥拓荒者队 (Blazers) 最长的连续售罄纪录。这里对体育运动有着令人难以置信、永不满足的渴望。 ……这里有太多令人喜爱之处，而且我们已经锁定了整个棒球界景致最优美的基地之一。 打出超越中外野全垒打墙、落入威拉米特河 (Willamette River) 的全垒打，背景则是喀 斯开山脉 (Cascade Range)、胡德山 (Mount Hood) 与圣海伦火山 (Mount St. Helens) 。那真的是绝美的背景。如果有人来过这个地区，这里气温华氏 80 度 (约摄氏 26.7 度 )、阳光明媚、没有湿气、没有蚊虫，而且天空直到晚上 9:45 还亮着。所以把棒球带来 吧，我们准备好了。」── Craig Cheek，Portland Diamond Project 创办人 (founder) 兼总裁 (president) ─────────────────────────────────────── Orlando, Florida Lead group: The Orlando Dreamers Combined statistical area: 4,197,095 Media market: 15th Owner: No. Orlando at one point had Rick Workman as an anchor investor, but he left the group to join the Tampa Bay Rays' new ownership consortium. Stadium funding: No. The Orange County Tourist Development Tax Citizen Advisory Task Force denied the Dreamers' request for $975 million to help build a stadium. Stadium site: Proposed. Located near SeaWorld, southwest of Orlando, the 35.5-acre plot would house a futuristic-looking facility designed by renowned stadium architect Populous. 佛罗里达州 (Florida) 奥兰多 (Orlando) 主导团队：The Orlando Dreamers 联合统计区：4,197,095 媒体市场：第 15 位 经营者：无。奥兰多曾一度拥有 Rick Workman 作为关键投资人，但他离开了该团队，加 入坦帕湾光芒队的新经营财团。 球场资金：无。香橙县 (Orange County) 观光发展税市民顾问任务小组 (Tourist Development Tax Citizen Advisory Task Force) 拒绝了 Dreamers 提出的 9.75 亿美 元球场兴建补助计画。 球场预定地：提议中。位於奥兰多西南方、海洋世界 (SeaWorld) 附近，这块占地 35.5 英亩的土地将用於兴建由知名球场建筑公司 Populous 设计的具未来感设施。 The details: This is a demographic play, pure and simple, and Dreamers co-founder Jim Schnorf is right when he says Orlando is the largest market in the United States without an MLB team. The Rays remaining in the Tampa Bay area certainly doesn't help Orlando's case -- only the New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Baltimore-Washington teams are closer to one another than the Rays and Dreamers would be -- nor does MLB's short history in Florida. 详细状况：这纯粹是一场人口数据的博弈， Dreamers 的联合创办人 Jim Schnorf 说得没 错，奥兰多是全美国没有大联盟球队的最大市场。光芒队留在大坦帕湾区 (Tampa Bay area ) 对奥兰多的申办显然没有帮助──除了纽约、芝加哥、洛杉矶以及巴尔的摩-华盛顿的球 队之外，没有其他球队之间的距离会比光芒队和 Dreamers 更近了──大联盟在佛罗里达 州简短的历史也同样没有帮助。 Neither the Rays nor the Marlins has exceeded 18,000 in average attendance for nearly a decade. The rejection of tourist-tax dollars didn't help the perception of the area's expansion prospects, either. Still, Orlando is enough of a baseball hub, and its population is large and growing by the day, that MLB will consider it once the expansion process begins. 近十年来，无论是光芒队还是马林鱼队，场均入场人数都未能突破 18,000 人。观光税资 金遭拒，也损害了外界对该地区扩军前景的看法。尽管如此，奥兰多依然是个足够重要的 棒球枢纽，其人口规模庞大且日益增长，一旦扩军程序启动，大联盟仍会将其纳入考量。 Their words to ESPN: "If you look back at history, when the Expos were for sale, why did they relocate to Washington, D.C., 38 miles from Camden Yards? Answer: Washington, D.C., was the best market in the country that didn't have Major League Baseball. MLB owners are financially sophisticated individuals. They will vote to put teams in the best markets. It's undeniable that Orlando is the best market that doesn't have a team. We also believe that proximity going forward becomes an advantage and not a detriment. ... People raise the question: Can Florida support a third team? In 1969, California had five teams with a substantively lesser population than Florida has today. Orlando is its own market because of 80 million-plus tourists. So, undeniably, Orlando will be very, very successful regardless of the circumstances with the race." -- Jim Schnorf, co-founder and COO, Orlando Dreamers 给 ESPN 的发言：「回顾历史，当博览会队出售时，为什麽他们会搬迁到距离 Camden Yards 仅 38 英里的华盛顿特区 (Washington, D.C.)？答案是：华盛顿特区当时是全美 没有大联盟球队的最佳市场。大联盟球团老板们都是精明的财务专家，他们会投票将球队 放在最佳市场。不可否认的是，奥兰多就是目前没有球队的最佳市场。我们也相信，未来 地理位置邻近将成为优势而非阻碍。……有人提出疑问：佛罗里达州能负担第三支球队吗 ？1969 年时，加利福尼亚州 (California) 在人口实质上少於如今佛罗里达州的情况下 ，就拥有五支球队。奥兰多凭藉超过 8,000 万的观光客人口而成为独立的市场。因此， 不可否认的是，无论这场角逐的局势如何，奥兰多都将会非常非常成功。」── Jim Schnorf，Orlando Dreamers 联合创办人 (co-founder) 兼营运长 (COO) ─────────────────────────────────────── Montreal Lead group: The Peanut Project Combined statistical area: 4,291,732 Media market: 2nd (in Canada) Owner: No. Stadium funding: No. Stadium site: No. 蒙特娄 (Montreal) 主导团队：The Peanut Project 联合统计区：4,291,732 媒体市场：第 2 位 (於加拿大 Canada) 经营者：无。 球场资金：无。 球场预定地：无。 The details: After the 2022 implosion of the Tampa Bay Rays' plan to spend its summers in Montreal as part of a two-city arrangement, the second-largest city in Canada has remained under the radar. Multiple ownership-level sources have noted it as worthy of monitoring because the demographics are impossible to ignore, as is the city's baseball history. At the forefront of the latest push is Ashkan Karbasfrooshan, the owner of WatchMojo, and he sees himself more as a facilitator than the money man for a bid. 详细状况：在 2022 年坦帕湾光芒队透过「双城方案」将夏季主场设於蒙特娄的计画崩 盘後，这座加拿大第二大城市便一直保持低调。多位球团管理层的消息人士指出，该城市 值得持续关注，因为其人口结构以及这座城市的棒球历史都令人无法忽视。站在最新一波 推动潮最前线的是 WatchMojo 的老板 Ashkan Karbasfrooshan，他将自己定位为申办案 的协调者，而非金主。 Karbasfrooshan is, as much as anything, attempting to gather stakeholders me outlining a vision of what a Montreal bid could look like and espousing the virtues of a sports-mad city that would welcome the return of the Expos. They've been gone for more than 20 years now, and it's never too late to right a wrong -- particularly knowing just how passionate Expos fans were before Jeffrey Loria's plan to bring "Major League" to life left a great baseball town empty for far too long. Karbasfrooshan 主要致力於凝聚各方利害关系人，同时勾勒出蒙特娄申办案的愿景，并宣 扬这座狂热体育之都将热烈欢迎博览会队回归的优势。博览会队已经离开超过 20 年了， 而导正过去的错误永远不嫌晚──特别是考虑到在 Jeffrey Loria 把《大联盟 (Major League)》电影情节搬进现实、让这座伟大的棒球之城沉寂许久之前，博览会队的球迷是多 麽热情。 Their words to ESPN: "I do think it just does take leadership. And the city has tons of leadership. The city has incredible leaders in finance and insurance and banking and retail and everything. But, yeah, this is a bit more of like a typical American Dream story, which is one reason I'm actually fictionalizing it to keep my sanity as kind of like a 'Field of Dreams' meets a 'Moneyball.' Or like a 'Succession' meets just the world of sports. ... But it's not even a romantic story only. On a fundamental basis, Montreal is the most normal candidate for MLB with Salt Lake." -- Ashkan Karbasfrooshan, CEO, WatchMojo 给 ESPN 的发言：「我确实认为这只需要领导力。而这座城市拥有丰富的领导力资源。我 们在金融、保险、银行、零售等各个领域都有卓越的领袖。不过，是的，这有点像典型的 『美国梦』故事，这也是为什麽我为了保持理智，实际上将其改编成类似《梦幻成真 (Field of Dreams)》遇到《魔球 (Moneyball)》的情节。或是像《继承之战 (Succession) 》跨界遇到了体育世界。……但这甚至不仅仅是一个浪漫的故事。从根本上看，蒙特娄与 盐湖城 (Salt Lake) 一样，是大联盟最正规的候选城市。」── Ashkan Karbasfrooshan ，WatchMojo 执行长 (CEO) ─────────────────────────────────────── ( ESPN MLB - Jeff Passan一小时谈论 ) Where Should MLB Expand? Six Cities Make Their Case | Sources Tell Jeff Passan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Db2aGpVWKE --

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