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UMKC to leave the WAC for the Summit.

1. Contract both the Rays and Marlins.

2. Expand rosters to 30 to insure no roster spots are lost.

3. No expansion ever again.

3 hours ago, NicDB said:

 

It's a one-off marketing stunt. This one happened to be more successful than expected. The problem is that teams are basing their entire identites on these kitschy gimmicks in order to sell merch to people who will never attend a game.

 

Indeed there were other factors in New Orleans dropping down to the AA levelleaving Minor League Baseball completely, as there often are with this sort of thing. But would it have still happened had they not stuck the team with such a locally unappealing identity like Baby Cakes?

I'm not convinced that New Orleans gets another Minor League team next year. Atlantic League, perhaps?

4 hours ago, rams80 said:

 

/Checks Norwich's wikipedia page.

 

 

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Given that Brandlose is involved, Norwich Killer Tomatoes is almost too perfect to use.

On 10/20/2018 at 12:24 PM, the admiral said:

Hmm, I don't think I'd refer to a far-flung single-family-home neighborhood of Chicago like Beverly or Norwood Park as a suburb, even if they're suburban in nature. Chicago already has like 200 suburbs as it is.

You've never been to Minnesota, specifically the Highland Park Neighborhood of St. Paul. There, they consider a proposed FOUR storey building to be the upcoming apocalypse.

44 minutes ago, simtek34 said:

Still no change at NBC Sports with the Graphics for the Winter Classic so far. Could the new one on SNF really be NFL Only?

It is.

Brandon's Expedition Leage team has five finalists for a possible nickname:

Wheat City Wonders

Brandon Bullheads

Wheat City Whiskey Jacks

Brandon Bison

Wheat City Threshermen

If Brandlose is involved, it's guaranteed to be either Pit Spitters or Sasquatch.

The Amarillo Sod Poodles just got sued!

7 hours ago, rams80 said:

Gonna assume nobody thought to sanity-check the heavy usage of outdoor activity-related fire in iconography for a place that is less than a decade removed from multiple devastating wildfires and at a time when massive devastating wildfires are in the news.

 

I figure that type of research is boring for Brandlose's crew of morons.

Fix'd.

7 minutes ago, LMU said:

Look at the bright side... Brandiose spared us from its overdone trope of "mascot swinging random object as if it was a bat."

That's on tap for next season.

/not snark.

Interesting news coming out of Nashville. Sounds talking about a "remaster" of their branding.

2 hours ago, BringBackTheVet said:

 

We could turn the US into Macau - an entire country(ish place) of casinos.

 

Needs more of the following, and only then will it be considered:

10 minutes ago, goalieboy82 said:

this looks about right:

 

This is more appropriate...

Someone over on another forum I frequent had an idea of realigning the Australian Football League into 3 divisions:

EAST Division: Brisbane Lions, Geelong, Gold Coast, Greater Western Sydney, St. Kilda, Sydney Swans

VICTORIA Division: Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Richmond

WEST Division: Adelaide, Fremantle, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide, West Coast, Western Bulldogs

In response, I suggested that Hawthorn was better suited to be in an hypothetical East than Geelong was, and offered him this realignment of the National Rugby League:

BARASSI Division: Canberra, Melbourne, New Zealand, St. George Illawara

HARBOUR Division: Cronulla-Sutherland, Manly-Warringah, South Sydney, Sydney Roosters

NORTHERN Division: Brisbane, Gold Coast, Newcastle, North Queensland

OUTER SYDNEY Division: Canterbury-Bankstown, Paramatta, Penrith, Wests Tigers

A future baseball realignment

COMING SOON

Reserved for the Major Leagues.

Hey BRich, do you mind if I steal your story and post it on another forum?

1 minute ago, AstroBull21 said:

I have wondered if a split of AAA baseball into 3 10-team leagues could be a possibility in the future.  Am I being too ambitious? 

 

You could see something like the following:

 

New PCL

Tacoma, Sacramento, Reno, Fresno, Vegas, Salt Lake, San Antonio (former Colorado Springs), Round Rock, El Paso, Albuquerque

 

New IL

Louisville, Toledo, Indianapolis, Columbus, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Lehigh Valley, Scranton-WB, Pawtucket/Worcester

 

New League (I'll call it the Federal League for intents and purposes)

Oklahoma City, Wichita (former New Orleans), Omaha, Iowa, Memphis, Nashville, Gwinett, Durham, Norfolk, Charlotte

I'd swap the current IL West with the current IL South in your alignment, although realigning the IL would be very tricky. Also, I think you can name the third league the Central League.

8 minutes ago, Dilbert said:

It seems that the Pacific Coast League is slowly moving everything near the central United States rather than the Pacific coast. New Orleans seems to be the only PCL club that would fit the bill for the Southern League. (Cant imagine Nashville or Memphis dropping down). As for the Southern League Ive heard Chattanooga had been wanting a new ballpark. Havent heard anything regarding Tennessee Smokies but I do see Jackson as the likely candidate.

 

Meanwhile the collegiate Northwoods League appears to be closer to adding every Wisconsin town, another Wisconsin town to the circuit as Waukesha looks to build a new ballpark in time for the 2019 season. With Kokomo Jackrabbits and St Croix RiverHounds already set to join next season this would give the Northwoods League 23 clubs for next year, 11 of which are in Wisconsin (Eau Claire, La Crosse, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Kenosha, Mequon, Madison, Wausau, Wisconsin Rapids, Hudson and Waukesha). The new ballpark in Waukesha, a Milwaukee suburb, are to be built less than 20 miles from a new Franklin, WI ballpark being built for a new independent American Association club for next season. Meanwhile in Beloit, it looks like they may be close to getting a new ballpark built to replace their current ballpark which is not in MiLB standards. Wisconsin must really love baseball.

 

 

 

When does the PCL become something like the Western League? Or is the PCL branding too important to abandon?

Not for 2019 but for 2021, Wichita will likely be joining the PCL at the expense of one of their Southern outposts. That city losing their PCL team will likely join the Southern League.

On 7/28/2018 at 9:55 AM, Cujo said:

To save you a click:

 

Comet Jockeys
“Rocket City” was put on the map for its cutting-edge aerospace development. Comet Jockeys is a celebration of our brave astronauts who explore outer space.

 

Moon Possums
A scavenger at heart, these local critters are known for hanging around and having a good time with their family – just like going to ballgame!

 

Space Chimps
A tribute to Miss Baker, one of the first animals safely launched into space. She is buried on the grounds at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.

 

ThunderSharks
Mix the powerful thunder of North Alabama’s storms with the ultra-strong, sleek determination of the shark and you end up with the personality of our community: willing to attack any problem. Visiting teams won’t mess with our ThunderSharks.

Trash Pandas
(Slang for raccoon) Our community is known for engineering, and no creature in our galaxy is as smart, creative, determined and ingenious a problem solver – dedicated to the challenge at hand – as our local raccoons!

Edited to reflect the final five that will be voted upon.

On 8/11/2018 at 1:51 PM, RyanMcD29 said:

In the broken record category, NBC's still not converting to the SNF graphics full time as the EPL starts with the usual graphics.

 

Did NBC spend all that time and energy on a package to only be used on NFL telecasts or are they just taking their sweet time to implement it to everything else? Not that it's a bad thing as both look great and are better than their big 4 counterparts, just odd how they've done this rollout given in the past they do them all at the same time

The graphics on the HOF game will only be used on SNF.

On 7/27/2018 at 12:59 AM, Bmac said:

I didn't really mind the Baby Cakes or Yard Goats or Jumbo Shrimp. But this latest batch is horrible. They're just putting random words together now. It has become a contest to see who can come up with the most ridiculous name.

But that's only because all minor league teams are mandated by Untied States law to work with Brandlose.

MLB All-Star Game is least-watched ever. Tied for 2nd lowest rating, too. And yes, it lost to America's Got Talent.