Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Is this my Minor League Expansion ?

*shared stadium of existing pro team
***imagined stadium of expansion occupied by more than one imagined franchise 
PORTLAND Pioneers
Pacific:  Vancouver Mounties (*, and/or BC Place)
AA: Waco Roundtrippers 
A-Advanced:  Washington County HillKings (*Hillsboro (Portland))
A:  Tri-State Riders (*Florence, KY(Cincinnati area))
Rookie-Advanced:  Bakkan Field Outlanders in Williston, North Dakota

CAROLINA Cougars
AAA: Carolina Lumber Co. *home of the Knights
AA:  East Coast Colonials (*Myrtle Beach)
A-Advanced:  Fort Bragg Bad Boys *
A: Greenbrier Windfarmers***
Rookie-Advanced:  Greenbrier Green Cougars***

MONTREAL Expos
AAA: Ottawa Internationals
AA: Ohio Oaks (*Dayton)
A-advanced:  *Ft. Lauderdale Florida Fleet (and *Jacksonville)
A:  Hampton Roads Heroes (*Norfolk)
Rookie advanced:  Charlotte (*NC) Internationals

TENNESSEE Truckers
AAA: Tennessee Mountaineers*,  
AA: Kentucky Wingers (Ft. Campbell, Lexington*, Louisville*, Bowling Green*)
A-advanced:  Salem Patriots (*Virginia)
A: Ohio Norsemen (*Columbus)
Rookie advanced: Greenville Fightin' Apps (Appalachians) (*Tusculum, TN)

INDIANA Farmers
AAA:  Columbia Beans *
AA:  Northside Bears * with the Indians theoretically as the affiliate of the Pirates if need be,                                                  or on my warboard these guys play in Indianapolis and Wrigley Field
A-adv: Riverside Niners*
A:  Savannah Army Sailors *
Rookie Adv:  Montanamen (Billings*)
Future posts should include New Orleans and Albuquerque areas.  And others like Vancouver.

OKLAHOMA Pilots
AAA: Sur Toros (*Monterrey, Mexico)
AA:  Temple Tankers in Texas                                                                       
A-Advanced:  Florida Sharks (*St. Petersburg)
A:  Lincoln Loggers *outside of Omaha

Rookie-Advanced:  Wyoming Truckers
                                                 or should it be the 'Pokes (Cowpokes)


OMAHA Oaks
AAA:  Tucson Sun Rays *
AA:  Central Texas Mustangs (***Temple)
A-advanced: Tallahassee Caps
A: Middletown Roadsters (Ohio)
Rookie advanced: Boise Band *

CENTRAL TEXAS Sidewinders
AAA:  Pensacola Beached Pandas *
AA:  Lubbock Bomb Squad *
A: Cincinnati Masters (Mason, OH)

Rookie advanced: Madison County 75ers (Richmond, KY*college (make refurbish))

LAS VEGAS Galaxies
AAA:  Nevada Javelins* at least 2 other teams play here with the Mets 51s affiliate.
AA: Little Rock Roadshows*
A-advanced: Vegas Rooster Dinners*
A: Las Vegas Chicks*
Rookie advanced: Reno Vegas Ranchers*

UTAH Lakers                                      ...it's a fish, not a saxophone

AAA: Austin Cattlemen*
AA: Texas Fishermen (Round Rock* (Austin) and San Antonio*)
A advanced: California Shipping (Stockton*)
A:  Brooklyn Trollies *
Rookie advanced: Clermont Eagles (Ohio)

 At what order do any of these, and in what pairs do these imagined squads enter MLB ?
Should the MLB squads in Austin and Salt Lake City switch out their Triple-A clubs?  The Sidewinders could have their AAA club split home-camp time between the Round Rock ballpark and the new Central Texas MLB stadium.

1 comment:

  1. More to come soon, incl. Buffalo, Vancouver and New Orleans...

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