A Major League Baseball insider long high on Salt Lake City getting an expansion team took his opinion up a notch during an appearance this week on local sports talk radio.
USA Today columnist Bob Nightengale has called the city a heavy favorite and clear frontrunner as well saying it's in the driver's seat to land a franchise when the league expands. But Monday on KSL Sports Zone's "DJ and PK," he called Salt Lake City a "lock."
"Salt Lake, I think, is a lock. It should be Nashville, but Salt Lake's got the ownership group, Dale Murphy's involved, everything else. I think it's a go for sure in Salt Lake," he said.
Nightengale is among a chorus of national baseball observers who see Salt Lake City in the West and Nashville in the East as the top contenders to join the big leagues.
Former Major League Baseball superstar Dale Murphy talks with a group of young baseball players from the Rose Park area as they join Gov. Spencer ****** and other dignitaries at the groundbreaking of the Rocky Mountain Power District property in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Gail Miller also announced plans to hopefully bring a Major League Baseball team to the area. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News

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