flasah

13 hours ago, McCall said:

Nope, just the "Athletics" or "A's". So the AL West will have both  "Angels Baseball" and "Athletics/A's Baseball" merchandise.

The teams has filed to trademark “Sacramento Athletics” and “Sacramento A’s”

2 hours ago, heavybass said:

I was figuring North/South

North
BYU
Iowa State
Cincy
Kansas
Kansas State
West Virginia

South
Baylor
Texas Tech
TCU
Oklahoma State
Houston
UCF

This lineup would mean a lot of travel miles for BYU, UCF & WV. I think they need to keep the three eastern schools together, and BYU in the West.

2 hours ago, Wings2 said:

Guessing this would be the divisional alignment:

 

EAST

Cincinnati 

Iowa State

Kansas

Kansas State 

UCF

West Virginia 

 

WEST

Baylor

BYU

Houston

Oklahoma State

TCU

Texas Tech

Or you could split up the Texas teams:

EAST

Baylor

Cincinnati

Houston

Iowa State

UCF

West Virginia 

WEST

BYU

Kansas

Kansas State 

Oklahoma State

TCU

Texas Tech

1 hour ago, TBGKon said:

Oakland has the distinction of being a twin city in a large market.  

Oakland is more like Ft. Worth and St. Paul than you might think

54 minutes ago, flasah said:

Pistons - 16 yrs in Fort Wayne, 64 in Detroit area

Warriors - 16 yrs in Philadelphia, 59 in Bay Area

To be more precise:

Pistons - 16 in Fort Wayne, 21 in Detroit, 20 in Pontiac, 19 in Auburn Hills, 4 in Detroit

Warriors - 16 in Philly, 9 in San Francisco, 25 in Oakland, 1 in San Jose, 22 more in Oakland, 2 in SF

NBA:

Pistons - 16 yrs in Fort Wayne, 64 in Detroit area

Lakers - 1 yr in Detroit, 13 in Minneapolis, 61 in Los Angeles

Warriors - 16 yrs in Philadelphia, 59 in Bay Area

76ers - 17 yrs in Syracuse, 58 in Philadelphia

Hawks - 5 yrs in Moline, IL, 4 in Milwaukee, 13 in St. Louis, 53 in Atlanta

Rockets - 4 yrs in San Diego, 50 in Houston

Wizards - 2 yrs in Chicago, 10 in Baltimore, 48 in Washington

Spurs - 6 years in Dallas, 48 in San Antonio

Jazz - 5 yrs in New Orleans, 42 in Salt Lake City

Clippers - 8 yrs in Buffalo, 6 in San Diego, 37 in Anaheim/LA

Kings - 12 yrs in Rochester, 15 in Cincinnati, 3 in KC & Omaha, 10 in Kansas City only, 36 in Sacramento

Grizzlies - 6 yrs in Vancouver, 20 in Memphis

Pelicans - 14 yrs in Charlotte, 19 in New Orleans (2 of those split with Oklahoma City)

Thunder - 41 yrs in Seattle, 13 in Oklahoma City

10 minutes ago, ManillaToad said:

NHL:

Hurricanes - 2 yrs in Boston, 23 yrs in Hartford, 2 in Greensboro, 21 in Raleigh

Stars - 25 yrs in Minnesota, 27 in Dallas

Now let's do the NFL:

Bears - 1 yr in Decatur, IL, 100 in Chicago

Lions - 4 yrs in Portsmouth, OH, 87 in Detroit

Wash. FB Team - 5 yrs in Boston, 84 in Washington

Chiefs - 3 yrs in Dallas, 58 in Kansas City

Colts - 31 yrs in Baltimore, 37 in Indianapolis

Cardinals - 40 yrs in Chicago, 28 in St. Louis, 33 in Arizona

Titans - 37 yrs in Houston, 1 in Memphis, 23 in Nashville

Rams - 10 yrs in Cleveland, 49 in Los Angeles, 21 in St. Louis, 5 in LA

Chargers - 1 yr in Los Angeles, 56 in San Diego, 4 in LA

Raiders - 2 yrs in San Francisco, 20 in Oakland, 13 in LA, 25 in Oakland, 1 in Las Vegas

On 5/20/2021 at 10:14 AM, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

I mentioned this in the thread about Oakland A's possible move, but I thought I'd put it here as well: the A's have now been in Oakland for just as long as they had been in Philadelphia, 54 seasons. 

 

For someone who grew up thinking of the Oakland A's as "new", this is astonishing. Also, I remember well the sadness that I felt when it appeared certain that the A's would be moving to Denver for the 1978 season, a move which would have rendered their time in Oakland shorter than their stay in Kansas City.

So I had to look up all the MLB teams that have moved:

Yankees - 2 yrs in Baltimore, 119 in New York

Orioles - 1 yr in Milwaukee, 52 in St. Louis, 68 in Baltimore

Giants - 75 yrs in New York, 64 in San Francisco

Dodgers - 74 yrs in Brooklyn, 64 in LA

Twins - 60 yrs in Washington, 61 in Minnesota

Braves - 82 yrs in Boston, 13 in Milwaukee, 56 in Atlanta

Athletics - 54 yrs in Philadelphia, 13 in KC, 54 in Oakland

Brewers - 1 yr in Seattle, 52 in Milwaukee

Rangers - 11 yrs in Washington, 50 in Texas

Nationals - 36 yrs in Montreal, 17 in Washington

42 minutes ago, LMU said:

I think a lot of people need a course in Western US geography.

 

Just because you've heard of a place doesn't mean there's a bunch of people there and there probably aren't any cities to pull more people from for quite a few miles.

 

Reno's metropolitan area, is under 500K.  Bakersfield's is at 850K.  Fresno is 975K.  These cities can't fill a stadium 81 days a year.  Stop it.

Yeah I don't think any city under 2 million could support an MLB team. Currently only Milwaukee is under that.

These are the available western cities over 1 million:

21 minutes ago, Joke Insurance said:

Could any of these cities be in contention?

 

San Antonio  2,550,960

Austin  2,227,083

El Paso  844,124

Tucson  1,047,279

Fresno  999,101

Inland Empire (San Bernadino/Riverside)  4,650,631

Salt Lake City  1,232,696

I added 2019 metro populations. El Paso, Tucson, Fresno & SLC are too small.

Inland Empire is too spread out. None of its cities is bigger than 330,000.

I think Austin is more likely than SA, because it is richer and growing faster.

4 hours ago, Magic Dynasty said:

A's options not named Las Vegas:

San Antonio - 2 teams already in Texas

Two teams already in Texas is not the problem. SA is too poor. We couldn't finance a AAA ballpark, so no way we'll get a major league park.

As much as I would like a team here, Austin is a much better choice, both richer and growing faster.

Minor leaguers Brady M. Feigl (Padres org) and Brady G. Feigl (A's org). No relation.

The 2020 Miami Marlins had pitchers Josh A. Smith & Josh D. Smith

August 29, 1987 - Watched Dale Murphy hit a home run at Busch Memorial Stadium

January 31, 1993 - Dallas Cowboys win Super Bowl XXVII

October 28, 1995 - Atlanta Braves win the World Series

March 10, 1996 - Iowa State Cyclones win the last Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

June 25, 1999 - San Antonio Spurs win NBA Championship

On 5/8/2020 at 8:41 PM, nelroy78 said:

Eastern League
AL East

Baltimore Orioles

Boston Red Sox

New York Yankees
Tampa Bay Rays

Toronto Blue Jays

 

NL East

***Atlanta Braves***

Miami Marlins

New York Mets

Philadelphia Phillies

Washington Nationals

 

Mideast

Chicago White Sox

Cincinnati Reds

Cleveland Indians

Detroit Tigers

***Pittsburgh Pirates***

Interesting, but I would switch Atlanta & Pittsburgh, keeping Braves & Marlins together

I'm guessing there aren't many Braves/Spurs/Cowboys/Cyclones fans:

Dallas Cowboys - The first team I remember rooting for as a kid in San Antonio in the late '70s, bigger fan during Aikman/Smith/Irvin era.

Atlanta Braves - Started watching in '82 on TBS while living in Iowa. Dale Murphy is my favorite player in any sport.

San Antonio Spurs - Hometown team, but didn't follow basketball until the Spurs drafted David Robinson.

Iowa State Cyclones - I attended ISU at the same time as Fred Hoiberg and Troy Davis.

Secondary Favorites: Houston Astros/Texas Rangers (Nolan Ryan fan), Houston Oilers (Warren Moon), Iowa Hawkeyes (Dad's favorite)

Don't like: Mets/Phillies/Yankees, Lakers, Redskins/Eagles/Giants, Kansas/Nebraska

On 8/15/2017 at 11:37 PM, B-Rich said:

Just did the math after thinking about it,  and noticed this:

 

- The NBA Hornets/Pelicans franchise has been in New Orleans (2002-2017; 15 seasons) longer than they were originally in Charlotte (1988-2002; 14 seasons).

 

- The NFL Colts have been in Indianapolis (1984-2016, 33 seasons) longer than they were originally in Baltimore (1953-1983, 31 seasons).

 

- The NFL Cardinals have been in Arizona (1988-2016;  29 seasons) longer than they were in St. Louis (1960-1987; 28 seasons)

MLB:

The Braves just finished their 54th season in Atlanta (1966-2019), but still need to play 28 years there to match their time in Boston (1871-1952)

The Twins will play their 60th season in Minnesota in 2020 (1961-2020), matching their time in Washington (1901-1960)

The Athletics will (probably) play 54th season in Oakland in 2021 (1968-2021), matching their time in Philadelphia (1901-1954)

NBA Expands to Seattle & Vancouver in 2018. League returns to Seattle and gives Vancouver another shot.

League realigns into 3 conferences. Top 16 teams by record qualify for playoffs. Seeded 1 through 16 no matter what conference.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Charlotte, Miami, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Toronto, Washington

CENTRAL CONFERENCE

Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indiana, Memphis, Minnesota, Milwaukee, New Orleans, San Antonio

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Denver, L.A. Clippers, L.A. Lakers, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Francisco, Seattle, Utah, Vancouver

You forgot Oklahoma City. Put them in the Central, move Cleveland to the East and add a third expansion team to the West (Anaheim or Las Vegas?), and that gives you 11 teams per conference.

Bud Selig calls for a resolution to the Rays stadium woes, but say relocation is not an option.

http://ballparkdigest.com/201308156528/major-league-baseball/news/selig-time-to-resolve-tampa-bay-rays-ballpark-situation

More talk from Bud without any action. He still needs to do something about the A's. They could've been in San Jose by now.

As for the Rays, if they could get out of their lease, I think they should at least consider relocation.

Candidates could include:

Omaha - TD Ameritrade Park is expandable to 35,000, the most move-in-ready option

Montreal - They want baseball back, but Olympic Stadium is in bas shape

Orlando - Would keep the Rays near their fan base, Champion Stadium for temp. home

San Antonio - They're considering a new expandable stadium downtown for the Missions

Portland - Without any baseball since the Beavers left, but no ballpark

Las Vegas - They are also considering an expandable AAA stadium, but gambling is an issue

Charlotte - The brand new BB&T Ballpark could be expanded

Nashville - They haven't been able to get a new minor league stadium built

Newark - I think New York could support a third team, but there are territorial issues

Long shots - Monterrey or Mexico City, San Juan, Norfolk, Vancouver, Austin, Hartford, Louisville