The Triple-A G-League Affiliation

I have more bush league hardwood smack to talk.  In a perhaps faraway time, when hoops has as robust a minor league professional system as does baseball, there may be more of a AAA, AA, and A ball amount of farm teams in the G-League.

And here would be my idea for it.  The Trip-A teams (cool way to say Triple),....call it the Three Point league in the tiered farm system, would take on the parent club nickname.

The questions of where would be best is questionable.  Should the club locate regionally or reach-out?

I would like some Cincinnati Celtics.  But I'd take some Cinci Pacers or Cavs.  Hell, I like Bucks.

There'd be somewhat of a rebirth of the San Diego Clippers.  Or in the meantime the Louisville ones.  Seattle Trailblazers or Boise Blazers?  Albuquerque Mavericks.  Baltimore Wizards.  Fill in the blanks.

click: G-League Triple-A Future

Looks like more of a future Double-A map to me.

Cincinnati Cavaliers or Canton Charge ?

If you want more Cinci people keeping up with the NBA, I'd say it should be the Cincinnati Cavaliers.  My geographic thoughts on  Canton or Cinci pulls between geographic loyalty and expanding the draw.  My bias as a Cincinnati kid would argue market size in the argument.  Logistically, travel-wise, Canton is closer for a call up player.

Since I'm an ol' Reggie Miller fan, I'd take Cincinnati Pacers.  I may be inclined to watch more Indiana Pacers games that way.  If I'm King, for a G-league affiliation, I wouldn't mind Clippers, but I'd love Celtics.

Seattle name in NHL

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SI.com/nhl/2018/12/04/seattle-team-name-totems-metropolitans-evergreens-sockeyes-rainiers



I personally like Eagles, Evergreens, Sea Lions, Seals, Emeralds and Whales.  A great selection.

news.sportslogos.net/2018/04/04/a-look-at-seattle-nhl-identity-concepts

NHL realignment Project link

Far-out Ticker Tape MLB

West Coast Athletics @ Florida Marlins (St. Pete)
                              the two teams meet next in Las Vegas in 45 days and Oakland 15 after that.
                              TBD rain delay makeup in Miami

Portland Pacifics @ Carolina Atlantics

Montreal Expos @ Tennessee Band (Nashville)
                                Their makeup game will take place late September in Memphis

Cincinnati Reds @ New England Colonials for the rubber match

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Omaha Oaks @ Oklahoma Pilots

Indiana Farmers @ Louisville Lumber

Texas Tornadoes of Austin battle the San Antonio Truckers on the road


New Orleans Navigators @ Albuquerque Aces

North Country Jacks are hosting the Brooklyn Trollyhoppers in Vancouver

 MLB at 44 teams in what year?

Note more than 16 more MLB cities (incl. Montreal again) included with some tag-team home/camp pairings, meaning two cities for a franchise, like Oakland/Las Vegas, Miami/Tampa and Nashville/Memphis

4 Islands of the NFL

With a Portland expansion franchise it's 3. Oklahoma added to that is 1 NFL mass.  If it's Louisville added instead of one of these it's 2.  Technically Toronto would make for the biggest contiguous touch

MLS expanding Too Fast ? Bigger Brand names

Maybe not.

Look, I keep an effortlessly passive eye on sports, and I don't know much about soccer.  It's the world sport.  I'm a world studies dude, a certifiably geography dude,... and I'm ignorant to the one ball fury that isn't basketball, worldwide.

In fact, that we're not world caliber in our understanding or awe of soccer feetball, probably helps encourage us to play as opposed to intimidating those of us who didn't get a youthful start with the game.

Are we fixated on this number of at least 30 teams?  Even golden MLB didn't get to that seeming benchmark until about the turn of last century.

What about a WEST COAST ALLIANCE?

Hub it in Las Vegas.  Spend time in Oakland, or at least San Diego.  Maybe even in Phoenix or Tucson until there's an Arizona Alliance down the road.  Cover more ground with less franchises, because, after all, the concern is that quantity will water down quality.

I like bigger brands with quality names.  When St. Louis comes to be, call it simply GATEWAY.  What cities would make a good East Coast combination?  At least some scrimmage in Jacksonville and Norfolk?  Call them the Fleet.  A couple places of play could be had for Texas Excited.  Or Divided.  I was all about a Divided brand as Ohio Divided playing between both NFL stadiums in Ohio, but now Cleveland is lonely.  But what if Indian Country links up with Brewer Nation for the Great Lakes Fleet or Navy?  Throw in Rochester for that mix.  Tag in Detroit till something like the Detroit Arsenal takes shape.  Think of that, Gilbert? Appalachia Bootleggers United....On and on.

I even like the sound of a Gold Coast Ghosts tagging between Sacramento and San Diego.  Or call them California Boat Crew.  On and on.

8 Islands of the NHL

Do you spy the land of Saskatoon?  Hint:  it's not in the heart of America.

 

For the NHL provincial outlay I have, Quebec City is an island in its own right.

7 or so i$lands?  Why is Quebec City a hockey desert?  Skate that.  Et tu, Brute?

3 Islands of the NBA

Seattle's arena and addition would still be 3; the addition of Louisville in the east, or one of the Missouri metros at heart would make it 2 islands of contiguous noise.

Map an MLB Future ?

6 Islands of Major League Baseball

Technically, Sault Ste. Marie,.... it's 5 in statehood continuity.  At right, Washington State moved to the middle so it wouldn't feel so lonely

One could see how big the islands would become with the addition of Portland and Nashville, or another Carolina name brand.

North American training site for a London NFL team

espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/24078578/where-nfl-nba-mlb-nhl-wnba-mls-nwsl-look-expansion


Where would be a good training site for such an NFL franchise?  Would it be a possibly-abandoned location such as one left behind at Jacksonville's port?  It would seem to be more of an east coast one.  Or perhaps Toronto.  This could be some touchy turf.

*also of interest in the article, it's noted that 4 out of the most 31 populated places in America are in Texas with an assumed amount of 40 million people in the state in 20 years.

The Truckers, Farmers and Fishermen names

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I've listed some contrived future teams as the Indiana Farmers, Tennessee Truckers and Southlakes (Austin and/or Atlanta) Fishermen in my blog.  Diesel sounds awesome.

Don't you think the apparel would be a shot out of a cannon?

1998 Expansion Season showcased the Capitals of the Minor Leagues

Over 20 years ago, the capital cities of minor league baseball were awarded expansion franchises into the big leagues.

Who's next?  Nashville, Charlotte, Montreal, Vancouver, Portland, San Antonio or Las Vegas?  Or are relocations, much like the Montreal to D.C. move in the works with the A's and Rays ?

More MiLB. Is Phoenix or Tampa the capital of the Minor League Baseball Land ?