geoffrey

I have always wished for a Great Lakes division. With MLB moving away from the AL-NL divide with season long interleague games we can move to geographical rivalries divisions. This is my proposed realignment: I would have liked to add Cleveland to the Great Lakes division but it makes it harder to keep up the Chicago rivalry and the Battle of Ohio. Playoffs: 6 Division winners + 4 best records play 2 games (7 vs. 10 and 8 vs. 9) to determine the 8 matchups. EAST : Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates ATLANTIC: Baltimore Orioles, Washington Nationals, Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Rays, Miami Marlins GREAT LAKES: Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox MIDWEST: St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins SOUTHWEST: Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks, San Diego Padres PACIFIC: Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels, San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners

Loved elements of this including the very appropriate and unique color scheme. Some streamlining and toning down and this would have been so amazing. I loved these too. The colour scheme is great and the native Pacific Northwest art inspired lining is just brilliant. Makes me wish that Toronto were called the Grizzlies instead and that the RCMP had agreed to Vancouver being named the Mounties.