A New Poll From The Athletic Revives ‘MLB to Nashville’ Talk

It is once again time to talk about MLB coming to Nashville.

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Here we are again. I fall for it every single time. I am more convinced than ever that the Music City Baseball group is actually some sort of professional sports Illuminati that is secretly pulling all the strings to get Major League Baseball to come to Nashville. I’m not mad about it – don’t get me wrong. I can get down with a good old fashioned secret society, especially one that wants to bring cool shit to our city. Nonetheless, I am writing yet another ‘MLB to Nashville’ blog here on SoBros Network…something I think I’ve been doing since the site started back in 2013. But, I’m back at it…taking the bait…writing about us getting a baseball team in town once more. The latest bit of buzz? A poll run by The Athletic.

Courtesy of The Athletic:

The players have spoken and want to see a team play in Music City. Almost 70 percent of players we polled thought Nashville would be the best city for an expansion team…

-The Athletic

Yeah, I mean…what’s the average age of a major league baseball player? I would imagine that Nashville does seem like a pretty cool spot to go play a ball game or two. I would imagine that Nashville does seem enticing to young dudes who are looking at cities to potentially play in. Have you ever been on Broadway? It gets old to us jaded locals, but to bright-eyed 20-somethings who don’t have to drive downtown to an office job every day? Yeah, it makes all the sense in the world.

Is a player poll enough to get Major League Baseball to sign on the dotted line? I hope so. I hope that after years of this speculation, rumors, and outright hope that it takes them looking at a poll conducted by The Athletic and saying, “well damn I guess if the players want it….

In all seriousness, I’m at a point where I’ll believe it when I see it. But, it does seem as though there’s an awful lot of smoke for there not to be at least a little bit of fire.

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