Gothamite Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Mac, just go by metro populations. A lot of those Southern and Western cities boosted their populations by eating their suburbs. Maybe, but the bodies are still there.No, they aren't. That's the point. You can exaggerate the size of one city compared to others by looking only within its physical limits and ignoring the size of metro areas. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Exactly. Phoenix (?) appears to be around the same size as Philadelphia, while it's metro area is less than half the size and density is non existant. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughRiders99 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Tried to quote the post but something went wrong, so idk. I'm talking about the quirk that with 2 new expansion teams mean there would be 2 new minor league teams everywhere. I was just wondering what the butterfly effect be? Where would you put the Low-A league out west? I assume this would create a "third league" to go with the Midwest League and the New York-Penn League.And what kind of AHL-type change are you talking about? I highly doubt the AAA leagues (Pacific Coast League and International League) would combine to make one mega-league. They'll still play within their own leagues. I mean, I don't think the Tacoma Rainiers are going to be wanting to play the Gwinett Braves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFanBudMan Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 There wouldn't be a low-A *league* out west. That was just uninformed speculation on my part about the interest of a reorg.However, with each major league expansion team would come a AAA, AA, High A, Low A, Rookie League and Short season team (did I miss or add any?) in the minors.So that's a lot of additional baseball markets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Mac, just go by metro populations. A lot of those Southern and Western cities boosted their populations by eating their suburbs. Maybe, but the bodies are still there.No, they aren't. That's the point. You can exaggerate the size of one city compared to others by looking only within its physical limits and ignoring the size of metro areas.right and this happens every time one of these threads comes up. Why wouldn't you include the total metro area? The whole of the market is who you draw ticket sales from. That's who watches your games on TV. Why would we define market size by the arbitrarily drawn city limits that differ from city to city and then ignore the surrounding communities? That makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaker52 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Anyone wanna say why Nashville can/ can't be considered? It's always been a death wish of mine to see Nashville in MLB MUNCHEN LOWEN (WAFA) GULF SHORES OSPREYS (IBL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Anyone wanna say why Nashville can/ can't be considered? It's always been a death wish of mine to see Nashville in MLBWhere are they going to place another 25,000 seats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Anyone wanna say why Nashville can/ can't be considered? It's always been a death wish of mine to see Nashville in MLBJust built a new triple-A park that can't really be expanded, it would be smaller than Milwaukee without the quasi-regional base that the Brewers have taken years to build up, going to be hard to shake existing allegiances to the Cardinals and Braves, Nashville is too small to handle MLB, NFL, NHL, and college sports. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubsfan2015 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Anyone wanna say why Nashville can/ can't be considered? It's always been a death wish of mine to see Nashville in MLBJust built a new triple-A park that can't really be expanded, it would be smaller than Milwaukee without the quasi-regional base that the Brewers have taken years to build up, going to be hard to shake existing allegiances to the Cardinals and Braves, Nashville is too small to handle MLB, NFL, NHL, and college sports.You forgot they had the Predators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Anyone wanna say why Nashville can/ can't be considered? It's always been a death wish of mine to see Nashville in MLBJust built a new triple-A park that can't really be expanded, it would be smaller than Milwaukee without the quasi-regional base that the Brewers have taken years to build up, going to be hard to shake existing allegiances to the Cardinals and Braves, Nashville is too small to handle MLB, NFL, NHL, and college sports.You forgot they had the Predators.No, he did not.His intent was clearly that Nashville could not handle the Titans, Preds, Vanderbilt/Belmont/Tennessee St. (aka college sports) PLUS MLB on top of all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubsfan2015 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Anyone wanna say why Nashville can/ can't be considered? It's always been a death wish of mine to see Nashville in MLBJust built a new triple-A park that can't really be expanded, it would be smaller than Milwaukee without the quasi-regional base that the Brewers have taken years to build up, going to be hard to shake existing allegiances to the Cardinals and Braves, Nashville is too small to handle MLB, NFL, NHL, and college sports.You forgot they had the Predators.No, he did not.His intent was clearly that Nashville could not handle the Titans, Preds, Vanderbilt/Belmont/Tennessee St. (aka college sports) PLUS MLB on top of all that. Thank goodness there's no NBA there,or that would be hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jvhn177 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Indianapolis deserves consideration; they are one of the biggest cities without an MLB team and although there metro area isn't very big they are near the top for attendance in Triple-A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Indianapolis deserves consideration; they are one of the biggest cities without an MLB team and although there metro area isn't very big they are near the top for attendance in Triple-A.Umm, no.The Pacers get government dollars for the arena; the USL team b!tches for state money, and Lucas Oil Stadium loses money on the Super Bowl and of Final Four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Indianapolis deserves consideration; they are one of the biggest cities without an MLB team and although there metro area isn't very big they are near the top for attendance in Triple-A.Too close to many already established MLB markets. Within 5 hours drive of Cincinnati, Chicago, Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland, and St. Louis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcgd Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Indianapolis deserves consideration; they are one of the biggest cities without an MLB team and although there metro area isn't very big they are near the top for attendance in Triple-A.Umm, no.The Pacers get government dollars for the arena; the USL team b!tches for state money, and Lucas Oil Stadium loses money on the Super Bowl and of Final Four.Although I overall agree with you, there is quite a bit here I don't agree with. It's a NASL team that asked for user fee taxes. It's a bit different than the Pacers and Colts deals. And LOS wasn't a good deal for taxpayers but the super bowl and final fours are legitimately a great thing for the city. You'll find very few people that want those to go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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