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NO PERFECT SCENARIO: ‘BAD GEOGRAPHY’ REMAINS A FEATURE OF MINOR LEAGUE LIFE

When Major League Baseball sent invitations to 120 minor league teams, those invitations told the teams which MLB club the would affiliate with and the classification to which they would be assigned.

Those invitations did not specify in which leagues the teams would play, and that was likely by design.

In many cases, the answers for how the levels will be structured are obvious or have

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