NoHoJoe Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Actually it was Norfolk that ended it with the Mets, the Tides were purchased by a new ownership group that has deals owns other minor league teams affliated with the Orioles. The guy is alos a part owner of the new Orioles TV Network too.New Orleans I dont like it, Mets have to find somewhere better. The Mets will do what the Brooklyn Dodgers did from 1946-1960.. Have a AAA team in Montreal!!!! BRING BASEBALL BACK TO MONTREAL!!!! MON AMOURS SIEMPRE!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 That may be inetersting www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zig Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Actually it was Norfolk that ended it with the Mets, the Tides were purchased by a new ownership group that has deals owns other minor league teams affliated with the Orioles. The guy is alos a part owner of the new Orioles TV Network too.New Orleans I dont like it, Mets have to find somewhere better. How about:1. Albany, New York2. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania3. Hartford/New Haven, Connecticut Albany would be cool too i always thought it would be cool if the cyclones moved up to AA or AAA. They have great fan support and it would be nice to see rehabilitaing players for so cheap. I would like it if this is what the mets organization looked like.MLB-MetsAAA- New OrleansAA- BrooklynHigh A- Binghamton A- St.LucieShort Season A-Haggerstown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Yeah Me too Brooklyn would be a great AAA www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Actually it was Norfolk that ended it with the Mets, the Tides were purchased by a new ownership group that has deals owns other minor league teams affliated with the Orioles. The guy is alos a part owner of the new Orioles TV Network too.New Orleans I dont like it, Mets have to find somewhere better. The Mets will do what the Brooklyn Dodgers did from 1946-1960.. Have a AAA team in Montreal!!!! Again....Step 1) Buy AAA franchise from owner willing to unload said team.Step 2) Get MLB approval for sale/moveStep 3) Get MiLB approval for sale/moveStep 4) Get stadium that can properly support AAA team.Step 5) (In the case of Montreal) be prepared to hack visa/passport costs.And I'm sure I'm missing a step or two there. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 I would like it if this is what the mets organization looked like.MLB-MetsAAA- New OrleansAA- BrooklynHigh A- Binghamton A- St.LucieShort Season A-Haggerstown St. Lucie cannot be Low A, the Florida State League is a High A league, here is what you're idea should look like:MLB - MetsAAA - New Orleans (PCL)AA - Brooklyn (Eastern League)Hi A - St Lucie (Florida State League)Lo A - Binghamton (South Atlantic League, if Lakewood, NJ is in this league, so can Binghamton)SSA - Hagerstown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Lo A - Binghamton (South Atlantic League, if Lakewood, NJ is in this league, so can Binghamton) At some point the Sally League owners will put their foot down (this is theoretically a bus league). Although personally, I would have pegged that point to be "Lake County, Ohio". EDIT-Also, if you're curious, Hagerstown signed an affiliation deal with the Nationals recently. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HailToTheVictors Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 They should just create one 6-division AAA LeagueEASTCharlotteDurhamNorfolkRichmondScranton/Wikes-BarreNORTHBuffaloOttawa (Allentown in 2008)PawtucketRochesterSyracuseCENTRALColumbusIndianapolisIowaOmahaToledoPACIFICFresnoPortlandSacramentoSalt LakeTacomaWESTAlbuquerqueColorado SpringsLas VegasRound RockTucsonSOUTHLouisvilleMemphisNashvilleNew OrleansOklahoma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 The selling point of keeping AAA baseball at 2 leagues is that it cuts down on travel costs. (Said with a straight face as I contemplate those epic PCL slugging matches between Tacoma and New Orleans).I think they are happy with the system the way it is. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopard88 Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 The selling point of keeping AAA baseball at 2 leagues is that it cuts down on travel costs. (Said with a straight face as I contemplate those epic PCL slugging matches between Tacoma and New Orleans).I think they are happy with the system the way it is.How's this? We could have 3 10-team AAA leagues. One on each coast and one in the Midwest so New Orleans isn't in the same league as Tacoma and travel costs are kept under control. We can call the one in the Midwest the "American Association." We could set up some sort of competition among the champions. Maybe we'll call it the "Little World Series" or the "Junior World Series" or something.Nah!!! What am I thinking? Something like that would never work. Most Liked Content of the Day -- February 15, 2017, August 21, 2017, August 22, 2017   /////    Proud Winner of the CCSLC Post of the Day Award -- April 8, 2008 Originator of the Upside Down Sarcasm Smilie -- November 1, 2005  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 It's funny because it's the past, you see! ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 The selling point of keeping AAA baseball at 2 leagues is that it cuts down on travel costs. (Said with a straight face as I contemplate those epic PCL slugging matches between Tacoma and New Orleans).I think they are happy with the system the way it is.How's this? We could have 3 10-team AAA leagues. One on each coast and one in the Midwest so New Orleans isn't in the same league as Tacoma and travel costs are kept under control. We can call the one in the Midwest the "American Association." We could set up some sort of competition among the champions. Maybe we'll call it the "Little World Series" or the "Junior World Series" or something.Nah!!! What am I thinking? Something like that would never work. First off you would have to buy the rights to the name "American Association" http://www.americanassociationbaseball.com/And yes...having the 3 leagues worked in the past. I honestly don't know why they went to two leagues in 1998. (My guess would be to better facilitate franchise moves, but that's a wild, wild guess.)(Tries to think new alignment out...in fear of going O/T)PCLWestTacomaFresnoSacramentoPortlandLas VegasEastTucsonAlbuquerqueColorado SpringsSalt LakeRound RockCentral League (AA is taken)WestIowaOmahaOklahomaNew OrleansMemphisEastNashvilleLouisvilleColumbusToledoIndianapolisILSouthCharlotteDurhamRichmondNorfolkOttawa/AllentownNorthBuffaloSyracuseRochesterScranton/Wilkes-BarrePawtucket On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinMcD Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 What I don't get about the IL now is that there are 3 divisions, one with 6 teams, and the other two nave 4 teams. That may have cost the Bisons a playoff spot this year. Why can't they move two teams out of the IL North and move them to the Central or South? It makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 What I don't get about the IL now is that there are 3 divisions, one with 6 teams, and the other two nave 4 teams. That may have cost the Bisons a playoff spot this year. Why can't they move two teams out of the IL North and move them to the Central or South? It makes no sense. GeographyYou have the Virginia and Carolina teams in a fairly compact divisionYou have the Midwest in a pretty compact division.You have everyone else in a less compact, but logical division.Makes sense to me. Although to be honest...1) Yes moving Rochester and S/WB out would have enabled Buffalo to make the playoffs, but...2) Your record puts you at...6th overall in the league (by percentage points). On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinMcD Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 What I don't get about the IL now is that there are 3 divisions, one with 6 teams, and the other two nave 4 teams. That may have cost the Bisons a playoff spot this year. Why can't they move two teams out of the IL North and move them to the Central or South? It makes no sense. GeographyYou have the Virginia and Carolina teams in a fairly compact divisionYou have the Midwest in a pretty compact division.You have everyone else in a less compact, but logical division.Makes sense to me. Although to be honest...1) Yes moving Rochester and S/WB out would have enabled Buffalo to make the playoffs, but...2) Your record puts you at...6th overall in the league (by percentage points).They fell apart in the last month of the season after Cleveland called up a ton of players. I know it probably would not have mattered this season but if SWB or someone else was gone we may have had an easier schedule. All they need to do is to move Ottawa/Allentown to the Souh Division once they move next year. And it would be more even.NORTHBUFROCSYRPAWSWBSOUTHCHADURRICNOROTT/ALLENMIDWESTTOLCLBINDLOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zig Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Lo A - Binghamton (South Atlantic League, if Lakewood, NJ is in this league, so can Binghamton) At some point the Sally League owners will put their foot down (this is theoretically a bus league). Although personally, I would have pegged that point to be "Lake County, Ohio". EDIT-Also, if you're curious, Hagerstown signed an affiliation deal with the Nationals recently. who is the new mets low A team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HailToTheVictors Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 The selling point of keeping AAA baseball at 2 leagues is that it cuts down on travel costs. (Said with a straight face as I contemplate those epic PCL slugging matches between Tacoma and New Orleans).I think they are happy with the system the way it is.yeah I like rams80's idea better. 3-10 team leagues or you could still have it as one league with 3-10 team conferences and the teams only playing the other teams within their own conference. Pretty much the same idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 All they need to do is to move Ottawa/Allentown to the Souh Division once they move next year. And it would be more even.NORTHBUFROCSYRPAWSWBSOUTHCHADURRICNOROTT/ALLENMIDWESTTOLCLBINDLOU There's no way that they're going to split up Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Allentown. As ridiculous as it may seem, they'll maintain the 6-4-4 divisional alignment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gueman Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 I wonder if the Yankees will change the name of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons to something else since the name originally derives from the Red Sox. ?????What? The Barons have been with the Phillies since they moved from Maine in 1989. And the Red Sox have been with Pautucket since 1973. How are the Red Sox and Barons assocated in any way? Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. P. J. O'Rourke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 This is what I know: The team's name is derived from two former minor league baseball teams in the region, the Scranton Red Sox and the Wilkes Barre Barons.I think the Yanks were lucky in Columbus since the name "Clippers" was a derivitive of "Yankees", I just hope they don't rename the team the SWB Yankees, otherwise we'll have Yankees-Red Sox rivalries in both major leagues and AAA. Something similar to Yankees like Patriots, Bluecoats, or just plain Blues might be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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