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I have 3 questions to ask:
How do I change the member title from "Member" to something else so that it can appear on these boards?
Does anyone know why my profile pic is not on display when I post things around these boards?
And lastly: my signature is in the form of a URL redirection to Photobucket. How do I edit my signatures so that they appear on this site?
Thanks to anyone that can help me.
1. You have to reach 500 posts before you can change that.
2. Change your avatar, not your profile pic.
3. put img in brackets on the left and /img in brackets on the right. But that image won't work anyways because it's over the allowed size.
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I can't get enough of this look for the Bengals:
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Anyone on this one?
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Well I started to type out a post explaining how ridiculous it was to even suggest that Albuquerque could be a major-league city, and how the mere brain wave that would make someone pose that suggestion would seem to indicate a defect somewhere in his genetic bloodline that can't be cured and can only be treated with mandatory sterilization, but then I actually did a little bit of research for once.
Based solely on research (having never actually been there), I absolutely do not think that Albuquerque would be a successful big-league city, however, it's really not that far fetched and if we get to the point where some older "traditional" sports cities have to be phased out due to the economics of the game (there are several cities that only really have teams because they just "always have", even though their economic situation is way different now than it was 50 or 100 years ago), markets like Albuquerque actually make sense looking in to.
Living in a major east-coast city, I have a bias that a "big league" city needs a growing (or at least not shrinking) job market, a large, dense urban core, a second layer of blue-collar neighborhoods, a large affluent suburban population, and a well developed public transit system. It seems though that those days are past, and these "non-traditional" markets are really worth exploring. It would be one of (if not the) smallest markets, and would be completely suburban by many standards, but the job market (especially high-paying jobs) is there, the population is "good enough" (from an attendance standpoint - keep reading), and the infrastructure would allow for people to drive their cars to the game (which many of us would cringe at doing.) The big problems are the media presence (it's not really a big media market and not sure it would be able to attract "big league" media talent or provide adequate coverage), and it is especially not going to generate the local revenue from rights distribution and corporate sponsorship that is essential in an un-capped un-shared revenue system. Unless some media conglomerate puts a team (so basically unless they own their own network and distribution), there's just no way that a team there could compete - today. In time, this could be a very different story.
That is a very fair and elaborate overview. Thank you.
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I've made some revisions and additions to my MLB realignment. Here's a quick explanation:
32 teams, football style divisions. NO WILD CARDS. This way, the Yankees and Red Sox actually have to fight each other for a spot in the playoffs, instead of just being all like "Oh, well if we don't get the division we still get the wild card". Also, the only interleague play is against each teams predesignated rivals (Cubs-White Sox, Yankees-Mets, Rays-Marlins, etc). You play 28 games (14 home, 14 away) against each division opponent, 6 games against each team in the other three divisions of your league, and 6 games agaisnst your interleague rival. This will work so, on the last weekend in May, every NL team will play a Friday-Saturday-Sunday series in the AL park. NL parks will be closed for the weekend. Same thing on the second weekend in June, except NL parks run the show (Yes! A whole weekend with no DH!)
Add up the games and it's 162. (84 intradivisional, 72 interdivisional, and 6 interleague).
Here are the updated divisions:
AL East
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Toronto Blue Jays
AL South
Tampa Bay Rays
Charlotte expansion team
Baltimore Orioles
Cleveland Indians
AL North
Milwaukee Brewers
Minnesota Twins
Albuquerque expansion team
Chicago White Sox
AL West
Seattle Mariners
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Texas Rangers
Oakland Athletics
NL East
Philadelphia Phillies
Washington Nationals
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Mets
NL South
Florida Marlins
Atlanta Braves
Houston Astros
Kansas City Royals
NL North
Chicago Cubs
Colorado Rockies
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks
San Francisco Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
Oops, forgot the interleague matchups. Here they are:
NYY-NYM
CHC-CHW
KC-ABQ
FLA-TB
ATL-CLT
MIL-STL
BAL-WSH
BOS-PHI
SD-SEA
SF-OAK
LAA-LAD
ARI-DET
MIN-COL
CLE-CIN
TOR-PIT
TEX-HOU
Having entire weekends with no host games for an entire league makes about as much sense as Cleveland in the South division and an MLB team in Albuquerque, which is none.
Nothing wrong with having Cleveland in the South division. It's all just a matter of where teams best fit relative to the other teams. If the Columbus NHL team can be placed in the Western Conference, a Cleveland baseball team can be placed in a Southern Division.
Actually it does matter in baseball. You can get away with a minor one, but not this. Baseball isn't like football where everybody plays on basically the same day once a week. They also have set times. In baseball you play just about everyday with the occasional day off. And you sometimes go from city to city on back to back game days. Here the distance of travel plays a more significant role.
All of this plus putting Cleveland in a division away from the other AL Central or even East teams just doesn't make sense.
Think about it for a second. Tampa Bay and Boston are currently both in the AL East. No one complains about the alignment of that division, and the distance from Tampa to Boston is actually greater than the distance from Tampa to Cleveland. And it's a lot greater than Charlotte to Cleveland and Baltimore to Cleveland. It's the same deal in the NL East right now with the Marlins and Phillies (or Mets). So, it's really not that big of an issue.
And I would like to here your explanation on how an Albuquerque expansion team wouldn't work (considering their AAA team, the Isotopes, currently draw more than some MLB teams do on some days *cough* Florida, Baltimore, Tampa Bay *cough*), and how the interleague weekend deals don't make sense.
Thanks for playing.
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I've made some revisions and additions to my MLB realignment. Here's a quick explanation:
32 teams, football style divisions. NO WILD CARDS. This way, the Yankees and Red Sox actually have to fight each other for a spot in the playoffs, instead of just being all like "Oh, well if we don't get the division we still get the wild card". Also, the only interleague play is against each teams predesignated rivals (Cubs-White Sox, Yankees-Mets, Rays-Marlins, etc). You play 28 games (14 home, 14 away) against each division opponent, 6 games against each team in the other three divisions of your league, and 6 games agaisnst your interleague rival. This will work so, on the last weekend in May, every NL team will play a Friday-Saturday-Sunday series in the AL park. NL parks will be closed for the weekend. Same thing on the second weekend in June, except NL parks run the show (Yes! A whole weekend with no DH!)
Add up the games and it's 162. (84 intradivisional, 72 interdivisional, and 6 interleague).
Here are the updated divisions:
AL East
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Toronto Blue Jays
AL South
Tampa Bay Rays
Charlotte expansion team
Baltimore Orioles
Cleveland Indians
AL North
Milwaukee Brewers
Minnesota Twins
Albuquerque expansion team
Chicago White Sox
AL West
Seattle Mariners
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Texas Rangers
Oakland Athletics
NL East
Philadelphia Phillies
Washington Nationals
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Mets
NL South
Florida Marlins
Atlanta Braves
Houston Astros
Kansas City Royals
NL North
Chicago Cubs
Colorado Rockies
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks
San Francisco Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
Oops, forgot the interleague matchups. Here they are:
NYY-NYM
CHC-CHW
KC-ABQ
FLA-TB
ATL-CLT
MIL-STL
BAL-WSH
BOS-PHI
SD-SEA
SF-OAK
LAA-LAD
ARI-DET
MIN-COL
CLE-CIN
TOR-PIT
TEX-HOU
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Time for my take on some realignment.
MLB
With the line between the leagues being blurred farther and farther every day, the time has come to take out the old and once timeless names for something that makes sense. Let me introduce to you Seadragon's MLB Realignment...
Eastern Conference
Northeast Division
Boston Red Sox
New York Mets
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Phillies
Toronto Blue Jays
Atlantic Division
Baltimore Orioles
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Indians
Pittsburgh Pirates
Washington Nationals
Southeast Division
Atlanta Braves
Houston Astros
Miami Marlins
Tampa Bay Rays
Texas Rangers
Western Conference
Midwest Division
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Milwaukee Brewers
St. Louis Cardinals
Mountain Division
Arizona Diamondbacks
Colorado Rockies
Minnesota Twins
Kansas City Royals
San Diego Padres
Pacific Division
Anaheim Angels
Los Angeles Dodgers
Oakland Athletics
San Francisco Giants
Seattle Mariners
Schedule Format:
-55 games against divisional foes (5 3-game series [3 at Team A, 2 at Team B], 1 2-game series [at Team B])
-60 games against the two remaining divisions (4 3-game series [2 at Team A, 2 at Team B])
-45 games against the other conference (1 3-game series)
I'm sorry, but no. Most of the powerhouse teams in the MLB lie on the East Coast right now (Spankees, Red Sox, Rays, Phillies) so the Eastern Conference would dominate to the point where it wouldn't even be worth watching the western half of the league anymore.
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Brett Favre taking hacks for the Brewers...
What's the story behind this?
Green Bay and Milwaukee are close by and it is not usual for a football star to throw out a first pitch for the local baseball team, and even take BP when they do so.
So he was throwing out the first pitch that game but took BP before the game? Okay.
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Brett Favre taking hacks for the Brewers...
What's the story behind this?
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yeah it worked... for some reason the URLs werent showing up in their entireties... but it worked! Thanks!
No problem. Go Rainbows.
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Why cant i make an avatar and signature? Im following the rules to upload them, and it always says "cant link to that kind of image." ITS A JPG for godsakes! Whats going on?
The URL is probably too long or has symbols that can't be used for some reason. Try uploading the image in your Photobucket or flickr account, or on ImageShack.
Did that work? Looks like it.
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Anyone know what font is in the NBA logo? I know its basic, but I can't find a match. If its custom and super secret, a free alternative would be much appreciated
Bebas Neue looks really similar.
Actually, Bebas is a tiny bit closer.
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Switched Omaha with San Antonio. I didn't like Portland because they are too close to Seattle for my liking and probably wouldn't do well. Same with SLC, but to Denver instead of Seattle. Norfolk is too obscure, and the NYC area doesn't need 3 teams again.
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My MLB realignment/scenario:
After the 2011 season, the MLB decides to expand. They add a team to Charlotte Charlotte and Omaha (to be named later) and go with the football style divisions. Also, they eliminate interleague play except for a weekend and May and a weekend in June where each team will square off against their designated "rivals" (NYY-NYM, CHC-CHW, etc.). Here are the new divisions:
AL
AL East
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Kansas City Royals
Toronto Blue Jays
AL South
Tampa Bay Rays
Charlotte ?????s
Baltimore Orioles
Cleveland Indians
AL North
Chicago White Sox
Milwaukee Brewers
Detroit Tigers
Minnesota Twins
AL West
Texas Rangers
Oakland A's
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Seattle Mariners
NL
NL East
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Mets
Washington Nationals
Pittsburgh Pirates
NL South
Houston Astros
Atlanta Braves
Florida Marlins
Omaha ???????s
NL North
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Colorado Rockies
NL West
San Francisco Giants
Arizona Diamondbacks
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
And the interleague matchups:
Boston-Philadelphia
New York-New York
Kansas City-St. Louis
Toronto-Pittsburgh
Tampa Bay-Florida
Charlotte-Atlanta
Baltimore-Washington
Cleveland-Cincinnati
Chicago-Chicago
Milwaukee-Omaha
Detroit-Arizona
Minnesota-Colorado
Texas-Houston
Oakland-San Francisco
Los Angeles-Los Angeles
Seattle-San Diego
Omaha? Never gonna happen. If MLB were to expand there are a lot more markets ahead of Omaha.
People love baseball there. You know, the College World Series. In Nebraska, it's corn husking, wrestling, and then baseball, you know?
The CWS is not 81 MLB games. Omaha does not have the market size to support a major league team. Nor the stadium. The new one is in no way equipped for MLB. This is not a Packers situation.
Alright, so what city is equipped for an MLB team? And don't say Las Vegas, because I refuse to put a team there, even if it's only my fantasy realignment.
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My MLB realignment/scenario:
After the 2011 season, the MLB decides to expand. They add a team to Charlotte Charlotte and Omaha (to be named later) and go with the football style divisions. Also, they eliminate interleague play except for a weekend and May and a weekend in June where each team will square off against their designated "rivals" (NYY-NYM, CHC-CHW, etc.). Here are the new divisions:
AL
AL East
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Kansas City Royals
Toronto Blue Jays
AL South
Tampa Bay Rays
Charlotte ?????s
Baltimore Orioles
Cleveland Indians
AL North
Chicago White Sox
Milwaukee Brewers
Detroit Tigers
Minnesota Twins
AL West
Texas Rangers
Oakland A's
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Seattle Mariners
NL
NL East
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Mets
Washington Nationals
Pittsburgh Pirates
NL South
Houston Astros
Atlanta Braves
Florida Marlins
Omaha ???????s
NL North
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Colorado Rockies
NL West
San Francisco Giants
Arizona Diamondbacks
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
And the interleague matchups:
Boston-Philadelphia
New York-New York
Kansas City-St. Louis
Toronto-Pittsburgh
Tampa Bay-Florida
Charlotte-Atlanta
Baltimore-Washington
Cleveland-Cincinnati
Chicago-Chicago
Milwaukee-Omaha
Detroit-Arizona
Minnesota-Colorado
Texas-Houston
Oakland-San Francisco
Los Angeles-Los Angeles
Seattle-San Diego
Omaha? Never gonna happen. If MLB were to expand there are a lot more markets ahead of Omaha.
People love baseball there. You know, the College World Series. In Nebraska, it's corn husking, wrestling, and then baseball, you know?
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Most efficient format distance wise I can come up with under current MLB scheduling.
72 games played in your own division, 144 in your own league, 18 outside. Total milledge for this would be 1266195
American League
Midwest Division
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Chicago Cubs
Kansas City Royals
Milwaukee Brewers
Minnesota Twins
St. Louis Cardinals
Mountain Division
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Arizona Diamondbacks
Colorado Rockies
Houston Astros
Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers
Pacific/California Division
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LA Angels of Anaheim
Los Angeles Dodgers
Oakland Athletics
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
National League
Atlantic Division
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Boston Red Sox
New York Mets
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Phillies
Toronto Blue Jays
Great Lakes
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Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Tigers
Detroit Tigers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Southeast
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Atlanta Braves
Baltimore Orioles
Florida Marlins
Tampa Bay Rays
Washington Nationals
Willing to do others if people give me scheduling formats to work with.
Tiny nitpick: switch the AL with the NL. It feels weird that the Cubs and Cardinals and Giants are in the AL, and the Red Sox and Yankees are in the NL.
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My MLB realignment/scenario:
After the 2011 season, the MLB decides to expand. They add a team to Charlotte Charlotte and Omaha (to be named later) and go with the football style divisions. Also, they eliminate interleague play except for a weekend and May and a weekend in June where each team will square off against their designated "rivals" (NYY-NYM, CHC-CHW, etc.). Here are the new divisions:
AL
AL East
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Kansas City Royals
Toronto Blue Jays
AL South
Tampa Bay Rays
Charlotte ?????s
Baltimore Orioles
Cleveland Indians
AL North
Chicago White Sox
Milwaukee Brewers
Detroit Tigers
Minnesota Twins
AL West
Texas Rangers
Oakland A's
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Seattle Mariners
NL
NL East
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Mets
Washington Nationals
Pittsburgh Pirates
NL South
Houston Astros
Atlanta Braves
Florida Marlins
Omaha San Antonio ???????s
NL North
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Colorado Rockies
NL West
San Francisco Giants
Arizona Diamondbacks
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
And the interleague matchups:
Boston-Philadelphia
New York-New York
Kansas City-St. Louis
Toronto-Pittsburgh
Tampa Bay-Florida
Charlotte-Atlanta
Baltimore-Washington
Cleveland-Cincinnati
Chicago-Chicago
Milwaukee-San Antonio
Detroit-Arizona
Minnesota-Colorado
Texas-Houston
Oakland-San Francisco
Los Angeles-Los Angeles
Seattle-San Diego
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These may seem out of place to many of you, but as someone who watches a
load of Cubs games it isn't...Sam Fuld - Tampa Bay Rays:
I saw it coming, too:
Cubs gave away their minor league pitcher of the year Chris Archer, minor league player of the year Brandon Guyer, and part-time starting outfielder Sam Fuld to get Garza.
Not Fuld! At he end of 2009, he hit a double like every other time up.
Derrek Lee - Baltimore Orioles:
Ryan Theriot - Los Angeles Dodgers, now St. Louis Cardinals (even worse):
Late 2010:
2011:
Mike Fontenot - San Francisco Giants:
At least he got his ring...
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Anyone know the font used for the script in this logo?
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When you are looking at someones content and are on either the "View all posts" tab or "View all topics" tab, how do you actually view all posts or topics? It only shows the posts/topics from the last year.
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Bump.
Why would you want to bump a thread that is pinned? It isn't going to get farther than 4 or so down on the "General Design" page.
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I am a total newbie when it comes to posting on forums and I was wondering about how to get the logos and images put under your posts. I see banners and logo collections and such underneath and I would like to put it down there. Could someone please show me how to do that and how do you get the one with the mini championship banners that are connected. I would really appreciate it.
They are called signatures. Copy the image URL, go to your settings, hit "profile settings", and then hit "signature". Paste the URL in the text box and surround it with img in brackets on the left side and /img in brackets on the right side. The hit "save" and the image should show up under your posts if the picture isn't too big.
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Thanks!
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I've noticed some people when they start a topic can put some sort of emoticon next to the date and time of that topic starting post. How could I do that?
load of Cubs games it isn't...
Division 1 College Conference Realignment
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Cincinnati (and possibly Louisville and West Virginia) beg to differ.