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  1. I didn't say you had to keep all 5 together, just the Cardinals and Cubs. The 3 historic rivalries that absolutely cannot be split up divisionally are Yankees-Red Sox, Cardinals-Cubs and Dodgers-Giants. Mets-Phillies are borderline undividable, since the Mets have only existed since 1962, but given their proximity, it's highly unlikely they ever would be separated.
  2. Actually it's not. I just noticed he also separated the Cardinals and Cubs into different divisions. That will never happen.
  3. You can't seriously be comparing the Brewers and Astros swap to a Tigers and Pirates swap. The years you listed are literally the reason why they weren't as up in arms (although the Astros switch DID get some push back). 27 years and even 50 years are nowhere near the same thing as 124 years and 137 years. You basically answered your own question. And neither had the historical footprint that the Tigers and Pirates did. Two original franchises vs 2 post 1950s expansion teams.
  4. Who a team plays an extra game against in Interleague play would never justify the 1 for 1 swap of two of the longest tenured teams in each league. The Pirates have been in the National League since 1887. The Tigers in the American League since 1901. If anybody in the league office ever proposed this, they would literally be laughed out of a job. Interleague play is not the top priority when it comes to any realignment. Probably near the bottom. Historical rivalries first, geographical (within their respective leagues) second. Interleague rivals would just fall wherever they may. Especially now that everybody plays everybody.
  5. I'm not talking about the scheduling, but there is no reason Detroit should be in the NL and Pittsburgh in the AL. And how does what division they're in even effect their interleague rival pairings? It makes no sense.
  6. Are you saying you would swap Detroit and Pittsburgh purely for Interleague Rival purposes?
  7. No way would Detroit and Pittsburgh swap leagues. They are "original" teams in the AL and NL, respectively. Too storied to do a 1 for 1 swap. Only way either would is if it went straight geographical, East-West leagues.
  8. As long as the Cardinals and Cubs are in the same division, it's fine. Those two teams being in the same league with the Pirates is good enough.
  9. Add a second bye week? The CFL plays 18 games and (now) has 3 bye weeks.
  10. Going with Nashville and Salt Lake, here are a few 8 divisions of 4 options: (* - League Swap: COLORADO-TAMPA BAY) NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST SOUTH CENTRAL EAST Arizona Atlanta Chicago Cubs NY Mets LA Dodgers Miami Cincinnati Philadelphia San Diego Nashville Milwaukee Pittsburgh San Francisco Tampa Bay* St. Louis Washington AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST SOUTH CENTRAL EAST LA Angels Colorado* Chicago Sox Baltimore Las Vegas Houston Cleveland Boston Salt Lake Kansas City Detroit NY Yankees Seattle Texas Minnesota Toronto ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This one keeps the West, Central and East between leagues, but one gets the "South" while the other a "North" since Minnesota would be put with KC and the Texas teams (you can get by with Colorado in a division called the "South", but Minnesota would just necessitate a divisional name change). (No League Swapping) NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST CENTRAL SOUTH EAST Arizona Chicago Cubs Atlanta CIN/WSH LA Dodgers Colorado CIN/WSH NY Mets San Diego Milwaukee Miami Philadelphia San Francisco St. Louis Nashville Pittsburgh AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST CENTRAL NORTH EAST LA Angels Houston Chicago Sox Baltimore Las Vegas Kansas City Cleveland Boston Salt Lake Minnesota Detroit NY Yankees Seattle Texas Toronto Tampa Bay Cincinnati and Washington are basically interchangeable here. It just matters if they'd rather keep the Atlantic coast teams together. Cincinnati is closer to Nashville and Atlanta than Washington is. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ And here's an unconventional one. Make the NL Central the "North" and then a Central out of Cincinnati, Nashville, Atlanta and Pittsburgh. The NL East would essentially mimic the current AL East minus Toronto. NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST NORTH CENTRAL EAST Arizona Chicago Cubs Atlanta Miami LA Dodgers Colorado Cincinnati NY Mets San Diego Milwaukee Nashville Philadelphia San Francisco St. Louis Pittsburgh Washington AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST CENTRAL NORTH EAST LA Angels Houston Chicago Sox Baltimore Las Vegas Kansas City Cleveland Boston Salt Lake Minnesota Detroit NY Yankees Seattle Texas Toronto Tampa Bay
  11. No, they're not. Nashville is still the top choice (assuming Las Vegas as being off the list) with Montreal still probably 2nd. Next tier would be Portland (who has been trending downward for several years now), San Antonio and Charlotte. Salt Lake may be on that level, but primarily because they're new and making a lot of noise for expansion via being a temporary home for the A's. Doesn't necessarily mean they've jumped to or near the top of the list.
  12. Why is San Antonio in the Pacific instead of Vegas? Vegas is literally further west and closer to the other Pacific teams than Phoenix even is.
  13. And preliminary Cleve-jacking has commenced.
  14. According to TruColor, their pantones are: Navy 289 Red 186 Pacific Blue 279 Gray 422 These are the same pantones used by the Tennessee Titans except the Titans use Silver 421. The other three are the same. Also the Wizards use the same Navy and Red pantones, which are both very common.
  15. This is what I was thinking. Also, if the letters had been kept "taller" instead of shorter. More condensed letters coupled with the less severe arc would look much better. It's how the Cardinals have done it for years. Look at Goldschmidt's. He has a fairly long name, but unlike other teams and the new Nike template where the letters are spaced more with a more severe arc, his name didn't go down and around the numbers while keeping the same individual letter size as everybody else on the team.
  16. Yeah I've seen parts of 2 games in Vegas and both had Aces players there. AJ Cole (Raiders' punter) was shown once there too. His wife was originally on Atlanta before being waived before the season. I'm actually wondering how long they'll last in Vegas. Through 4 home games, they're averaging barely over 2k a game, have the three lowest total attendances and even had one game under 1k. I don't know if it's them playing in Henderson and if playing in one of the other arenas closer to the strip and the heart of the entertainment area would help or not, but it doesn't seem to be as popular of a market as they had hoped.
  17. Shhh. He's here. Lurking. Just waiting for someone, anyone, who dares criticize the 'DR' logo or implies it's not primary and helmet worthy... Oh no. It's too late. He's already done it. He's given you the... thumbs down!
  18. Green Bay will never have any major leagues sports other than football. They date back to a time when teams leagues were largely based in the east and upper midwest. Like when the Pistons were in Fort Wayne, IN, Sacramento Kings were the Rochester Royals and the Philadelphia 76ers were the Syracuse Nationals. It's not a major league city. If Wisconsin is gonna have an NHL team, it's gonna be in Milwaukee.
  19. Meant to watch that game, but forgot. Oh well. YouTube still has the full game popping up on my suggested videos.
  20. I knew Big Program was behind this!
  21. The Atlantic Division has 10, Metropolitan 8, Central 9 and the Pacific has 10, one being in Tijuana, Mexico. Nothing in his scenario makes any sense.
  22. Y'all been following the new Pro Volleyball Federation? Very exciting and entertaining. Good to see a professional volleyball league here in the States so players don't have to always be going overseas to continue playing post-college.
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