AnythingChicago Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 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 1266195American LeagueMidwest Division----------------Chicago CubsKansas City RoyalsMilwaukee BrewersMinnesota TwinsSt. Louis CardinalsMountain Division-----------------Arizona DiamondbacksColorado RockiesHouston AstrosSeattle MarinersTexas RangersPacific/California Division---------------------------LA Angels of AnaheimLos Angeles DodgersOakland AthleticsSan Diego PadresSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueAtlantic Division-----------------Boston Red SoxNew York MetsNew York YankeesPhiladelphia PhilliesToronto Blue JaysGreat Lakes-----------Chicago White SoxCincinnati RedsCleveland TigersDetroit TigersPittsburgh PiratesSoutheast---------Atlanta BravesBaltimore OriolesFlorida MarlinsTampa Bay RaysWashington NationalsWilling 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmoehrin Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 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 mileage for this would be 1266195American LeagueMidwest Division----------------Chicago CubsKansas City RoyalsMilwaukee BrewersMinnesota TwinsSt. Louis CardinalsMountain Division-----------------Arizona DiamondbacksColorado RockiesHouston AstrosSeattle MarinersTexas RangersPacific/California Division---------------------------LA Angels of AnaheimLos Angeles DodgersOakland AthleticsSan Diego PadresSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueAtlantic Division-----------------Boston Red SoxNew York MetsNew York YankeesPhiladelphia PhilliesToronto Blue JaysGreat Lakes-----------Chicago White SoxCincinnati RedsCleveland TigersDetroit TigersPittsburgh PiratesSoutheast---------Atlanta BravesBaltimore OriolesFlorida MarlinsTampa Bay RaysWashington NationalsWilling 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.The only reason I did it that way was I view the NL as the more established league where as the AL is the new league, even though the AL goes back to 1901. The original name of the American League was also the Western League.I really don't care to be honest though. On average I found that the AL acutually had a more eastern base then the NL did.My whole thing is just doing away with the whole AL/NL format. I could understand the reasoning for it back in 1910, but in today's game with how spread out the team's have become now, I don't see the point beyond doing it for the sake of tradition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 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:ALAL EastBoston Red SoxNew York YankeesKansas City RoyalsToronto Blue JaysAL SouthTampa Bay RaysCharlotte ?????sBaltimore OriolesCleveland IndiansAL NorthChicago White SoxMilwaukee BrewersDetroit TigersMinnesota TwinsAL WestTexas RangersOakland A'sLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimSeattle MarinersNLNL EastPhiladelphia PhilliesNew York MetsWashington NationalsPittsburgh PiratesNL SouthHouston AstrosAtlanta BravesFlorida MarlinsOmaha ???????sNL NorthChicago CubsSt. Louis CardinalsCincinnati RedsColorado RockiesNL WestSan Francisco GiantsArizona DiamondbacksLos Angeles DodgersSan Diego PadresAnd the interleague matchups:Boston-PhiladelphiaNew York-New YorkKansas City-St. LouisToronto-PittsburghTampa Bay-FloridaCharlotte-AtlantaBaltimore-WashingtonCleveland-CincinnatiChicago-ChicagoMilwaukee-OmahaDetroit-ArizonaMinnesota-ColoradoTexas-HoustonOakland-San FranciscoLos Angeles-Los AngelesSeattle-San DiegoOmaha? Never gonna happen. If MLB were to expand there are a lot more markets ahead of Omaha. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnythingChicago Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 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:ALAL EastBoston Red SoxNew York YankeesKansas City RoyalsToronto Blue JaysAL SouthTampa Bay RaysCharlotte ?????sBaltimore OriolesCleveland IndiansAL NorthChicago White SoxMilwaukee BrewersDetroit TigersMinnesota TwinsAL WestTexas RangersOakland A'sLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimSeattle MarinersNLNL EastPhiladelphia PhilliesNew York MetsWashington NationalsPittsburgh PiratesNL SouthHouston AstrosAtlanta BravesFlorida MarlinsOmaha ???????sNL NorthChicago CubsSt. Louis CardinalsCincinnati RedsColorado RockiesNL WestSan Francisco GiantsArizona DiamondbacksLos Angeles DodgersSan Diego PadresAnd the interleague matchups:Boston-PhiladelphiaNew York-New YorkKansas City-St. LouisToronto-PittsburghTampa Bay-FloridaCharlotte-AtlantaBaltimore-WashingtonCleveland-CincinnatiChicago-ChicagoMilwaukee-OmahaDetroit-ArizonaMinnesota-ColoradoTexas-HoustonOakland-San FranciscoLos Angeles-Los AngelesSeattle-San DiegoOmaha? 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 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:ALAL EastBoston Red SoxNew York YankeesKansas City RoyalsToronto Blue JaysAL SouthTampa Bay RaysCharlotte ?????sBaltimore OriolesCleveland IndiansAL NorthChicago White SoxMilwaukee BrewersDetroit TigersMinnesota TwinsAL WestTexas RangersOakland A'sLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimSeattle MarinersNLNL EastPhiladelphia PhilliesNew York MetsWashington NationalsPittsburgh PiratesNL SouthHouston AstrosAtlanta BravesFlorida MarlinsOmaha ???????sNL NorthChicago CubsSt. Louis CardinalsCincinnati RedsColorado RockiesNL WestSan Francisco GiantsArizona DiamondbacksLos Angeles DodgersSan Diego PadresAnd the interleague matchups:Boston-PhiladelphiaNew York-New YorkKansas City-St. LouisToronto-PittsburghTampa Bay-FloridaCharlotte-AtlantaBaltimore-WashingtonCleveland-CincinnatiChicago-ChicagoMilwaukee-OmahaDetroit-ArizonaMinnesota-ColoradoTexas-HoustonOakland-San FranciscoLos Angeles-Los AngelesSeattle-San DiegoOmaha? 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. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnythingChicago Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 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:ALAL EastBoston Red SoxNew York YankeesKansas City RoyalsToronto Blue JaysAL SouthTampa Bay RaysCharlotte ?????sBaltimore OriolesCleveland IndiansAL NorthChicago White SoxMilwaukee BrewersDetroit TigersMinnesota TwinsAL WestTexas RangersOakland A'sLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimSeattle MarinersNLNL EastPhiladelphia PhilliesNew York MetsWashington NationalsPittsburgh PiratesNL SouthHouston AstrosAtlanta BravesFlorida MarlinsOmaha ???????sNL NorthChicago CubsSt. Louis CardinalsCincinnati RedsColorado RockiesNL WestSan Francisco GiantsArizona DiamondbacksLos Angeles DodgersSan Diego PadresAnd the interleague matchups:Boston-PhiladelphiaNew York-New YorkKansas City-St. LouisToronto-PittsburghTampa Bay-FloridaCharlotte-AtlantaBaltimore-WashingtonCleveland-CincinnatiChicago-ChicagoMilwaukee-OmahaDetroit-ArizonaMinnesota-ColoradoTexas-HoustonOakland-San FranciscoLos Angeles-Los AngelesSeattle-San DiegoOmaha? 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashcarson15 Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 On why Anaheim over Tampa Bay? Because of stronger ownership (Disney over Phil Esposito's group) and a new arena (Anaheim Arena).Shows how much you know. The St Pete Times Forum was opened in 1996, and is going through new renovations now. The Honda Center was opened in 1990. Also, the Lightnings' new ownership improved the Lightning 12th seed to the Eastern Conference Finals in one season.I think he was talking about when the franchises were handed out in 1993, Tampa Bay had no arena and a much weaker ownership group at the time, not today in 2011. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 The most viable markets aside from Charlotte are probably Portland and San Antonio. Then probably Sacramento, Salt Lake City, Norfolk, New Jersey ( yes a 3rd NY team) and some others would be ahead of Omaha, though they're not necessarily top market choices. Pretty much Omaha's only chance would be via relocation, and I just don't see any team picking them over some other cities. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkJourney Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 On why Anaheim over Tampa Bay? Because of stronger ownership (Disney over Phil Esposito's group) and a new arena (Anaheim Arena).Shows how much you know. The St Pete Times Forum was opened in 1996, and is going through new renovations now. The Honda Center was opened in 1990. Also, the Lightnings' new ownership improved the Lightning 12th seed to the Eastern Conference Finals in one season.I think he was talking about when the franchises were handed out in 1993, Tampa Bay had no arena and a much weaker ownership group at the time, not today in 2011.I apologize if I didn't clarify things a little better but McCall is right in what I meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 On why Anaheim over Tampa Bay? Because of stronger ownership (Disney over Phil Esposito's group) and a new arena (Anaheim Arena).Shows how much you know. The St Pete Times Forum was opened in 1996, and is going through new renovations now. The Honda Center was opened in 1990. Also, the Lightnings' new ownership improved the Lightning 12th seed to the Eastern Conference Finals in one season.I think he was talking about when the franchises were handed out in 1993, Tampa Bay had no arena and a much weaker ownership group at the time, not today in 2011.I apologize if I didn't clarify things a little better but McCall is right in what I meant.What did I say? Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkJourney Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 On why Anaheim over Tampa Bay? Because of stronger ownership (Disney over Phil Esposito's group) and a new arena (Anaheim Arena).Shows how much you know. The St Pete Times Forum was opened in 1996, and is going through new renovations now. The Honda Center was opened in 1990. Also, the Lightnings' new ownership improved the Lightning 12th seed to the Eastern Conference Finals in one season.I think he was talking about when the franchises were handed out in 1993, Tampa Bay had no arena and a much weaker ownership group at the time, not today in 2011.I apologize if I didn't clarify things a little better but McCall is right in what I meant.What did I say?I was pointing out that you were right in correcting raysox on what I meant to say about picking Anaheim over Tampa Bay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH42XCC Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 My 32 team MLB proposal would go like this:AMERICAN LEAGUEEastBaltimore OriolesBoston Red SoxNew York YankeesToronto Blue JaysNorthChicago White SoxCleveland IndiansDetroit TigersMinnesota TwinsSouthCharlotte expansion teamKansas City RoyalsTampa Bay RaysTexas RangersWestLos Angeles AngelsOakland A'sPortland Beavers (expansion team -- about time the Rose City gets a Major League ballclub)Seattle MarinersNATIONAL LEAGUEEastNew York MetsPhiladelphia PhilliesPittsburgh PiratesWashington NationalsNorthChicago CubsColorado RockiesMilwaukee BrewersSt. Louis CardinalsSouthAtlanta BravesCincinnati RedsHouston AstrosMiami MarlinsWestArizona DiamondbacksLos Angeles DodgersSan Diego PadresSan Francisco GiantsI also propose expanding the postseason to 12 teams (6 teams -- 4 division champions and 2 wild cards -- in each league). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telemundo219 Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 (edited) With the recent realignment talk in the MLB, I think there are two logical decisions they can make with the divisional alignment:Option 1Have 15/15 alignment between AL and NL with three divisions each (schedule will be mostly intraleague with more interleague games).ALEast: Baltimore, Boston, New York, Tampa Bay, TorontoCentral: Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, Minnesota. (If anyone should go to the AL, it's Milwaukee b/c they were there originally.)West: Kansas City, Los Angeles, Oakland, Seattle, Texas (similar to the old AFC West)NLEast: Atlanta, Florida, New York, Philadelphia, WashingtonCentral: Chicago, Cincinnati, Houston, Pittsburgh, Saint Louis. West: Same as currentOr Option 2Still 15/15 between AL/NL but each league has one 7-team and 8-team division each.ALEast: Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, New York, Tampa Bay, Toronto (8)West: Kansas City, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Minnesota, Oakland, Seattle, Texas (7)NLEast: Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Florida, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington (8)West: Arizona, Colorado, Houston, Los Angeles, Saint Louis, San Diego, San Francisco (7)In addition, the 5-team playoff is a pretty dumb idea (uneven, if anything). I think MLB should either stick with 4 teams or go to 6 teams. With a 6-team playoff: a. Under three division alignment, the 3 division champions plus 3 wild card cards (by record) get to the playoffs. The top two division champions would get byes which will not only make it important to win your division but also to have a better season record hopefully resulting in more/better competition and motivation ("EQUALING RATINGS!!!") or b. Under two division alignment, the 2 division champs would get byes and the other seeds would be determined by record. Edited June 17, 2011 by jus2damcrazey219 Quote College sports as we know them are just about dead. The lid is off on all the corruption that taints just about every major program and every decision that the schools or the NCAA make is only about money, money, and more money. We'll have three 16+ team super-conferences sooner rather than later, killing much of the regional flair and traditional rivalries that make college sports unique and showing the door to any school that doesn't bring money to the table in the process. Pretty soon the smaller schools are going to have to consider forming their own sanctioning body to keep the true spirit of college sports alive because the NCAA will only get worse in it's excess from here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Although I slightly prefer your Option 2; both of your options are just too damn crazy, jus2damcrazey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnythingChicago Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkJourney Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 NHL Realignment for 2012-2013after a possible move by Phoenix to Houston and a Winnipeg move to the Western ConferenceThe conferences are unbalanced with 16 in the East and 14 in the WestWestern ConferencePacific Division (All teams in Pacific and Mountain time zones)Anaheim, Calgary, Colorado, Edmonton, Los Angeles, San Jose, VancouverCentral Division (All teams in Central time zone)Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Minnesota, Nashville, St. Louis, WinnipegEastern Conference (All teams in Eastern time zone)Northeast DivisionBoston, Buffalo, Columbus, Detroit, Montreal, Ottawa, Pittsburgh, TorontoAtlantic DivisionCarolina, Florida, New Jersey, N.Y. Islanders, N.Y. Rangers, Philadelphia, Tampa Bay, Washington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loogodude90 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 NHL Realignment for 2012-2013after a possible move by Phoenix to Houston and a Winnipeg move to the Western ConferenceThe conferences are unbalanced with 16 in the East and 14 in the WestWestern ConferencePacific DivisionAnaheim, Calgary, Colorado, Edmonton, Los Angeles, San Jose, VancouverCentral DivisionChicago, Dallas, Houston, Minnesota, Nashville, St. Louis, WinnipegEastern ConferenceNortheast DivisionBoston, Buffalo, Columbus, Detroit, Montreal, Ottawa, Pittsburgh, TorontoAtlantic DivisionCarolina, Florida, New Jersey, N.Y. Islanders, N.Y. Rangers, Philadelphia, Tampa Bay, WashingtonMaybe it's just me, but I don't like the idea of having 14 teams in one conference and 16 in the other. It's making it unfairly difficult for the bottomfeeders of the Eastern Conference as compared to the bottomfeeders of the Western Conference. How about having 15 teams in each conference, with 8 teams in one division and 7 in the other, per conference.How about moving DET from the Northeast Division to the Central Division, for example?Just a thought. Quote WIZARDS ORIOLES CAPITALS RAVENS UNITED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkJourney Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 NHL Realignment for 2012-2013after a possible move by Phoenix to Houston and a Winnipeg move to the Western ConferenceThe conferences are unbalanced with 16 in the East and 14 in the WestWestern ConferencePacific DivisionAnaheim, Calgary, Colorado, Edmonton, Los Angeles, San Jose, VancouverCentral DivisionChicago, Dallas, Houston, Minnesota, Nashville, St. Louis, WinnipegEastern ConferenceNortheast DivisionBoston, Buffalo, Columbus, Detroit, Montreal, Ottawa, Pittsburgh, TorontoAtlantic DivisionCarolina, Florida, New Jersey, N.Y. Islanders, N.Y. Rangers, Philadelphia, Tampa Bay, WashingtonMaybe it's just me, but I don't like the idea of having 14 teams in one conference and 16 in the other. It's making it unfairly difficult for the bottomfeeders of the Eastern Conference as compared to the bottomfeeders of the Western Conference. How about having 15 teams in each conference, with 8 teams in one division and 7 in the other, per conference.How about moving DET from the Northeast Division to the Central Division, for example?Just a thought.Yeah I kind of thought the 16-14 split would be unfair to the eastern bottom feeders but I put all the teams geographically by time zone to make it easier on travel. This all could be changed again especially with the difficulties of Florida, Columbus and N.Y. Islanders. Who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_prankster Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 NHL Realignment for 2011-12WESTPacific: Anaheim, Dallas, LA Kings, Phoenix, San JoseNorthwest: Calgary, Colorado, Edmonton, Vancouver, WinnipegCentral: Chicago, Columbus, Detroit, Minnesota, St LouisEASTAtlantic: New Jersey, NY Islanders, NY Rangers, Philadelphia, PittsburghNortheast: Boston, Buffalo, Montreal, Ottawa, TorontoSoutheast: Carolina, Florida, Nashville, Tampa Bay, Washington Quote The Fictional Story of Austus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPV713 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I've had a crazy idea for a NCAA realignment. It involves an "FBS-like" idea throughout the major college sports. It involves four 24-team conferences, separated into four 6-team divisions. Here is the alignment for football (basketball and other sports have a few teams swapped here and there):Northeast ConferenceNorth DivisionArmy - Boston College - Connecticut - Navy - Penn State - SyracuseSouth DivisionLouisville - Kentucky - Maryland - Virginia - Virginia Tech - West VirginiaEast DivisionCincinnati - Notre Dame - Pittsburgh - Purdue - Rutgers - VillanovaWest DivisionIllinois - Indiana - Michigan - Michigan State - Northwestern - Ohio StateNorthwest ConferenceNorth DivisionIowa - Iowa State - Minnesota - Washington - Washington State - WisconsinSouth DivisionBYU - Kansas - Kansas State - Nebraska - Utah - Utah StateEast DivisionBoise State - Fresno State - Idaho - Missouri - Nevada - UNLVWest DivisionCalifornia - Colorado - Colorado State - Oregon - Oregon State - StanfordSoutheast ConferenceNorth DivisionClemson - Duke - NC State - North Carolina - South Carolina - Wake ForestSouth DivisionCentral Florida - Florida - Florida International - Florida State - Miami - Sout FloridaEast DivisionGeorgia - Georgia Tech - Mississippi State - Ole Miss - Tennessee - VanderbiltWest DivisionAlabama - Arkansas - Auburn - LSU - Marshall - UABSouthwest DivisionNorth DivisionAir Force - Baylor - Oklahoma - Oklahoma State - Tulsa - WyomingSouth DivisionNew Mexico - New Mexico State - San Diego State - Texas - Texas A&M - Texas TechEast DivisionHouston - Louisiana Tech - Rice - SMU - TCU - UTEPWest DivisionArizona - Arizona State - Hawaii - San Jose State - UCLA - USCA few bugs to be worked out, but it's alright. Each team plays all division opponents once a season. For playoffs, the top 4 teams in each division (first by overall record, then division record, then head-to-head) make bowl games. The division winner makes one of (now) 8 BCS Bowls, and the rest make non-BCS bowls. All BCS bowls are between 1/1 - 1/8. Non-BCS Bowls are 3-a-day from 12/23 - 12/31 (no games on 12/25). The bottom two teams in each division play another non-qualifier from another division in a "Non-Bowl" game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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