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14 hours ago, MBurmy said:

Here is the first finalist...the Cheeseballs.

 

 

Is Beloit deliberately trying to goad MiLB into contracting them?

38 minutes ago, FiddySicks said:

You lost me completely when you eliminated the most superior name of all time, the St. Louis LazerSnakes.

#HawtTaek

@Bruhammydude, are you serious?

2 hours ago, Sodboy13 said:

Elliotte Friedman reports that the next commissioner of the AHL will be former Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson, and that should just about do it for the ol' American Hockey League.

Expecting a breakup of the league?

Unlike BYU, Liberty has shown a willingness to play on Sundays, I that matters that much in the grand scheme of things.

14 minutes ago, DC in Da House w/o a Doubt said:

 

and of course this comes to mind

 

 

 

Great. Googly. Moogly.

2 hours ago, BigEd76 said:

This feels like an April Fools joke or a Saturday night gimmick. So far the feedback has been overwhelmingly negative
 

 

#BrandLosestrikesagain

In light of the leaking of the list of the 42 teams targeted for elimination from Minor League Baseball, I have worked out a potential alignment of MiLB's New World Order. Some of it is simple, some very complex:

AAA

International League

Buffalo, Lehigh Valley, Rochester, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Syracuse, Worcester

Charlotte, Durham, Gwinnett, Norfolk

Columbus, Indianapolis, Louisville. Memphis, Nashville, Toledo

Iowa, Omaha, St. Paul, Wichita

Pacific Coast League

Albuquerque, El Paso, Oklahoma City, Round Rock, San Antonio

Las Vegas, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake, Tacoma

AA

Eastern League

Akron, Altoona, Bowie, Brooklyn, Dayton, Harrisburg, Hartford, New Hampshire, Portland, Reading, Trenton, West Michigan

Southern League

Arkansas, Biloxi, Birmingham, Jacksonville, Mississippi, Montgomery, Pensacola, Richmond, Rocket City, Tennessee

Texas League

Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Frisco, Midland, NW Arkansas, Springfield MO, Sugarland, Tulsa

High-A

California League

Fresno, Lake Elsinore, Modesto, Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino, San Jose, Stockton, Visalia

Carolina League

Aberdeen, Asheville, Carolina, Down East, Fayetteville, Fredericksburg, Greensboro, Hickory, Kannapolis, Lynchburg, Salem, Winston-Salem

Florida State League

Bradenton, Charlotte, Clearwater, Dunedin, Fort Myers, Jupiter, Lakeland, Palm Beach, St. Lucie. Tampa

Low-A

Midwest League

Beloit or Quad Cities, Bowling Green, Cedar Rapids, Fort Wayne, Great Lakes, Kane County, Lansing, Peoria, South Bend, Wiscnsin

New York-Penn League(For lack of better options)

Delmarva, Hudson Valley, Lake County, Lakewood, Staten Island, Tri-City(NY), West Virginia Black Bears, Wilmington

Northwest League

Boise, Eugene, Everett, Hillsboro, Spokane, Vancouver

South Atlantic League

Augusta, Charleston(SC), Columbia, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Rome

Any suggestions, thoughts, and/or blind rage at my realignment?

11 hours ago, MBurmy said:

If the plan takes effect, the indy-pro and summer-collegiate league bosses should send him a fruit basket to thank him for the new markets opening up for them.

The problem is, if it does go into effect, many of the said markets will just give up on competitive baseball completely.

More on the Deadspin Death Spiral, the time coming from The Intelligencer @ New York Mag.

All this buildup for a team that could get fortyseconded to fulfill MLB's bloodlust to move MILB to the exurbs of MLB cities? Yeah, right.

Someone on another forum did a quick calculation on who would be cut in a contraction of the minor leagues:

The St. Paul Saints' reaction to all this? It's news to us.

https://twitter.com/AA_Baseball/status/1185721261042724872

5 minutes ago, Seadragon76 said:

 

The talk is that they would eliminate the Rookie level teams and the short season level teams. This means these leagues would disappear...

 

-New York/Penn League (14)

-Northwest (8)

-Appalachian (10)

-Pioneer (8)

 

You're at 40 teams right now if you cut out those four leagues out. Don't know where the other two are coming in. With what has been mentioned, here's what I think will happen here with the things mentioned in the article and what you have brought up:

 

Triple A:

Pacific Coast League (10) - Albuquerque, El Paso, Fresno, Las Vegas, Reno, Round Rock, Sacramento, Salt Lake, San Antonio, Tacoma

International League (20) - Buffalo, Charlotte, Columbus, Durham, Gwinnett, Indianapolis, Iowa, Lehigh Valley, Louisville, Memphis, Nashville, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Pawtucket, Rochester, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Syracuse, Toledo, Wichita

 

Double A:

Eastern League (12) - Altoona, Akron, Binghamton, Bowie, Erie, Harrisburg, Hartford, New Hampshire, Portland (Maine), Reading, Richmond, Trenton

Southern League (8) - Birmingham, Biloxi, Chattanooga, Jacksonville, Montgomery, Rocket City, Pensacola, Tennessee

Texas League (10) - Amarillo, Arkansas, Corpus Christi, Frisco, Midland, Northwest Arkansas, Shreveport (Formerly Jackson Generals), Springfield, Sugar Land (Former Mississippi Braves), Tulsa

I actually saw a report on ballparkdigest.com saying that a PCL team is being targeted for a move to St. Paul and that some short season clubs, like the whole Northwest League may become full season operations.

MLB has proposed eliminating 42 MiLB clubs from affiliated baseball(basically by nuking the short season leagues) and is seeking to bring in two independent league teams to help get to 120. Those being

So...with that in mind, what 42 clubs would you eliminate? This of course assumes this idea passes through without modifications.

Watch it be Mill Mules, due to Brandlose's involvement of course.

Blope:

St. Thomas, subject approval of a waiver, is heading to the Summit League in 2021. The move comes two days after City Pages(a Twin Cities weekly) gave a good explanation why their soon to be former conference gave the Tommies their walking papers.

Potential sportpocalypse on the horizon as AT&T threatens to dump the FON, along with other Disney networks.

https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/espn-blitzes-att-mnf-viewers-with-ads-ticker-updates-streaming-blackouts-as-massive-suddenly-contentious-att-carriage-dispute-looms.html

The Twitterverse seems to hate both the names and logos.

22 minutes ago, pianoknight said:

 

That was largely because of the gimmicky, wrestling-style action of making everything "extreme" and "ultra-2000s." In terms of gameplay and presentation (at least execution, not style), the XFL did a good job. 

 

If McMahon can be believed, and the 2019 XFL has a straightforward, non-gimmicky presentation, it'll have at least a little bit of success, IMO. 

Not if this tweet is indicative:

10 minutes ago, Bucfan56 said:

Those are ALL lame as hell. 

But that's just one man's tweet.

1 hour ago, WideRight said:

You do realize your avatar is the Geelong Cats, right?  Just sayin' animal names can't be all bad. 

 

If you're the XFL, you're supposed to avoid them.

Animal names? I'll pass.

18 hours ago, the admiral said:

Seems like there are four reliable paths for women in TV sports media:

 

1. Be really, really hot

 

SNIP

Case in point: