Thursday, May 31, 2018

Fussbol Cincinnati .....Fußball, FCC of Major League Soccer

Fußball Cincinnati
Or can I say Fußball Zincinnati?

MLS in 2019.  Playing at the Nip Nip Nippert still until the new stadium is built on the West End (of downtown).

Chicken dance time downtown.  The German Heritage of the majority of ol' German and Irish ties.  Cincinnati:  the first major "purely American" city, inland and born after the Revolution, with many revolutionaries starting their new life and finishing their life in town.
cincinnati.com

wlwt.com/article/right-off-the-bat-fc-cincinnati-is-getting-a-name-change

I scoped a little while ago that my Cinci was changing some of it's street names back to the German ones, with the whole shameful side of World War II wearing off a bit with time.  Cinci Toyotas


cincinnati.com/story/sports/soccer/fc-cincinnati/2018/05/30/fc-cincinnati-futbol-2018-usl-fussball-2019-mls-expansion/ 
cincinnati.com

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Name Switcharoo' NHL

Mindfunk on Ice

Washington Golden Knights
St. Louis Sabres
Vegas Stars
Columbus Flyers
Buffalo Ducks
Vancouver Coyotes
Chicago Senators
Ottawa Wild
Dallas Oilers










But what would you do?

Monday, May 28, 2018

London LaBatts. LaBatt Blues Baseball

The oldest continually operating baseball grounds is in London, Ontario.
It's closer to Michigan than it is Toronto.  But as you can check out in the wikipedia link below, it has a long history indeed.




I would like even more exposure for it, perhaps in some sort of new and more robust Canadian league of ball, like my fictionalized rookie league (Rookie-Advanced).



wikipedia.org/wiki/Labatt_Park

Sunday, May 27, 2018

G-League Team called Oakland Bridge

Have to jump that bridge to watch the Warriors play yay yay.




I like that name over something like California Twins



Friday, May 25, 2018

Alternative Names. Each Team NFL

                                                 Or looking for Crosstown Showdowns in the far far away future...




Cincinnati Platoons
Cleveland Shoremen
Pittsburgh Production
Las Vegas Houses
San Fransisco Coasters
LA Pandas
LA Pacifics
NY Blue Whales
NY Engines
Chicago Blitz
Green Bay Ships
Kansas City Trains
Arizona Phantoms
Houston Freight
Dallas Trucking




New Orleans Blues
Jacksonville Destroyers
Atlanta Riders
Tampa Bay
Miami Sharks
Carolina Battery
Washington Warriors
Baltimore Baysharks
Philadelphia Press


New England Atlantics
Buffalo Herd
Seattle Sentinels
Denver Winters
Tennessee Band
Detroit Linemen

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me .  Happy birthday to meee eeee eee eeee.  Hap' bir'day to me.

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Cincinnati is Major League Soccer

'Twill be announced on Tuesday, Commish' in tow.

Cincinnati Magazine.  Oakley.  Won't be here.
Nippert.  Where all pro Cincinnati Football is given birth.


The Where.  High School football here go bye-bye

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Alternative Names. Each Team NBA




New York Presidents
Brooklyn Velocity
Philadephia Freemen
Boston Baysharks
Washington Floor Generals
Detroit Diesel
Chicago Stunts
Houston Hats
Dallas Cattlemen
Phoenix Roaring



LA Postmasters
LA Coasters
Golden State Mining
Portlanding
Minnesota Evergreens
Atlanta Air
Denver Trucking
Cleveland Machine
Miami Camels
Memphis Pops



Indiana Barons
Charlotte Flights
New Orleans Marching
Utah Frontiers
OKC Marshals
Orlando Shows
Toronto Defenders
Milwaukee Whales
San Antonio Stetsons
Sacramento Talls

Monday, May 21, 2018

Would NHL grow the game much faster with Youth Academies?

........especially as with the Urban Youth Academies of major league baseball?

I've scoped Snoop Dog and Little John promotions.  But how much can one care if they can't play?  I remember the Might Ducks movie, new team, and new AHL Cincinnati Mighty Ducks affiliate inspiring some kids to purchase roller skates and flock around.  But it didn't stick in the streets.  It's not that Southie southern of a thing yet.  But it could be.

Another question to ponder:  Would colleges stand to recruit a more "progressively" diverse community if they ran youth programs that could serve as feeder systems to their own programs, or other division schools?

nhl.com/wild/news/hife-dinomights

nhl.com/bruins/community/youth-hockey

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/could-a-youth-academy-system-work-in-the-nhl
www.mlb.com/mlb-youth-academy/map

Saturday, May 19, 2018

Name Switcharoo' NFL

 THE MINDFUNK


San Francisco Bears
San Diego Bengals (poor poor San Diego)
Detroit Chargers
New England Eagles
Washington Patriots
Milwaukee Chiefs
Cincinnati Packers
Las Vegas Broncos

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Name Switcharoo' MLB

Brand brain flexercise
                                       THE MINDFUNK
Cincinnati White Sox
Boston Blue Jays
Baltimore Braves

Atlanta Nationals
Seattle Pirates

New York Twins

How would you do?

San Fran Cubs?
Kansas City Indians



Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Lame or Plain Names ?

Recently did a post with 10 new MLB expansion teams (of the future) with some envisioned farm team counterparts, seen here:  Is this my Minor League Expansion ?

Lifestyles, jobs, beings and used-sports names.  The trees and critters.  Lakers are fish.  Expos are legacy.  Galaxies are abound.  Alliteration.


minorleagueball.com overcrowded-minor-league-positions-ten-clubs-brimming-with-talent

Did more expansions including the names of Riverwhales, Bisons, Mounties and Knights, with only that first one assigned to Sacramento sounding unique.  Perhaps the Capitol City California squad could be called the Talls?

Monday, May 7, 2018

Name Switcharoo' NBA

Denver Grizzlies
Memphis Magic
Golden State Nuggets
New Orleans Jazz
Utah Hawks
Atlanta Bucks
Minnesota Lakers
Miami Pelicans


THE MINDFUNK

Saturday, May 5, 2018

Interleague Play between AAA and AA Farm Squads

Ocean (AAA) and New Mexican (AA) inter-league play
-Let's just see how good the talent is --- a barometer
for quality of play and Expansion

Though a little crude, my thought is not unshared-  Triple-A is where some high caliber talent goes to ride off into the sunset, and many next level guys are bursting at the seams to get to the big leagues.  That is to say that there are some high caliber players at the third tier down in fact ready or on the cusp for a shot.  Not many younger young guys at Triple-A,.... well not as many as at AA.  
For different reasons of convenience like geography, some rehab assignments are held at one level of the farm teams or another by disabled Major Leaguers.  But a lot of call-ups happen from the 'Trip-A team to the bigs.  In theory, AAA is on deck for the majors.  From time to time, perhaps more often than already occurs, shouldn't more interplay from the different tiers occur during regular season minor league play?



I don't think it's a bad idea by the time my fictionally created minor leagues (as seen on this blog): 

Tiers of Minor League Expansion

....by the time the league expands into the ballpark of 40 or more Teams in the MLB.

Inter-league games between both Rookie and A-ball levels would be neat too.  Rookie v. Rookie-advance and A versus A-advanced.

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Alternative Names. Each Team MLB

Just flexing my brand brand here:

New York New York Towers and Tenants 
Boston Ports
Philadelphia Freedoms
Pittsburgh Hammers
Cleveland Engines
Cincinnati Federals
Atlanta Railers
Baltimore Express
Washington D.C. Caps
 
Miami Fish
Tampa Stingers
Minnesota Moose
Texas Cowboys
Houston Ranchers
Colorado Mountains
Arizona Cobras
LA and LA Unions and Sharks
San Diego Waves

San Francisco Goldens
Oakland Oaks
Chicago and Chicago Shippers and Piers
Kansas City Q's
St. Louis Gates
Toronto Maples
Seattle Pilots
Detroit Roadsters
Milwaukee Brats






What do you got?  I want to hear from hometown guys and what y'all want for your squad.

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Tiers of Minor League Expansion

Should more teams be added to the respective 6 MiLB affiliated league levels for the farm systems below?  Or should there be geographic expansion?  With this "if", I've highlighted some imaginary/envisioned leagues.  Click on them

AAA

AA
Eastern, Southern, Texas, New Mexican
A-Advanced
California, Carolina, Florida State, Barnstorm

A 
Midwest, South Atlantic
New York-Penn, Northwest short-season leagues



Rookie-Advanced
Appalachian, Pioneer, Maple (North)

Rookie
Arizona, Gulf Coast (FL), Dominican,
 Puerto Rican


Of course I believe it will be quite down the road by the time this happens.  What?  40-50 MLB squads?

Is this my Minor League Expansion ?

MLB New Orleans Parades affiliates et al. ....Teams I Missed ?

Much More MiLB in Canada