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  1. 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. 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
  3. Oakland is more like Ft. Worth and St. Paul than you might think Twin Cities Metro Pop. 1st City Population % of Metro 2nd City Population % of Metro Pop. Diff. % Diff Dallas-Ft. Worth 7,694,138 Dallas 1,197,816 15.6% Ft. Worth 741,206 9.6% 456,610 5.9% SF-Oakland 4,696,902 San Francisco 805,235 17.1% Oakland 440,981 9.4% 364,254 7.8% Minn.-St. Paul 3,657,477 Minneapolis 382,578 10.5% St. Paul 285,068 7.8% 97,510 2.7%
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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: Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 4,650,631 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 2,550,960 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 2,492,412 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA 2,363,730 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 2,266,715 Vancouver, BC 2,264,823 Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX 2,227,083 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1,990,660 Oklahoma City, OK 1,408,950 Salt Lake City, UT 1,232,696 Tucson, AZ 1,047,279
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Minor leaguers Brady M. Feigl (Padres org) and Brady G. Feigl (A's org). No relation.
  12. The 2020 Miami Marlins had pitchers Josh A. Smith & Josh D. Smith
  13. Hell, why not move the Bears back to Decatur and the Lions back to Porstmouth?!
  14. 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
  15. Interesting, but I would switch Atlanta & Pittsburgh, keeping Braves & Marlins together
  16. 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
  17. 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)
  18. 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.
  19. 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
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