While a nice thought, a Nashville MLB team isn’t realistic

Intentional or not, ESPN stoked the fires of the Major League Baseball-to-Nashville pipedream on Tuesday afternoon, as MLB writer Jeff Passan reported the league has instructed the Oakland Athletics to begin looking into the possibility of relocating after growing frustration with the team’s new stadium project.

Passan also reported that Las Vegas would be the presumed frontrunner should the A’s actually follow through with relocation. He also said that MLB commissioner Rob Manfred mentioned Nashville, Portland, Vancouver, Charlotte and Montreal as potential expansion markets.