Some chatter about baseball going to pure East and West conferences to build up more regional rivalries and cut down on travel time and expense (now that they play year round interleague and have the same rules).
So just because I'm bored because the C's aren't playing tonight, I thought it would be fun to see how it would shake out with the 30 current teams. For this exercise I've already moved the A's to Vegas.
EAST
Northeast - NY, NY, TOR, PHI, BOS
Southeast - BAL, DC, TB, MIA, ATL
Central - PIT, CLE, CIN, DET, STL
WEST
Midwest - CHI, CHI, MIL, KC, MIN
South - ARI, LV, COL, TEX, HOU
West - SEA, SF, LA, LA, SD
Hardest decision was who to put in the central. I went with the Cardinals so as to not break up the Chicago teams and to keep them with the Brewers, leaving the Cardinals as the most logical next choice.
Definitely some interesting divisions and I do like the idea of many more games between teams that should be rivals like the NY, Chicago, and LA teams (or Bal/DC), or the teams from Ohio and Florida. Couldn't really pur the Cardinals and Royals together, but that is the only one that is missed (though I suppose the Twins could be swapped with the Cardinals).