The Verticles and Horizontals

Longitudes/ Latitudes

Montreal-NYC

Ottawa - Philadelphia 

Toronto-Pittsburgh- Miami 

Charlotte-Jacksonville - Orlando

Detroit - Columbus- Tampa

Cincinnati- Atlanta 

Indianapolis - Nashville 

GB/Milwaukee - Chicago 

St. Louis - Memphis - New Orleans

Minneapolis - Kansas City - Houston

Winnipeg - OKC - Dallas - San Antonio 

SLC - Phoenix 

Seattle - Portland - Sacramento- San Fran - San Jose

Winnipeg-Vancouver

Montreal - Ottawa -Portland 

Boston - Detroit

Cleveland -  Chicago 

Phila - Columbus - Indianapolis- Denver

D.C. Balt.- Cinci - St.L- KC - Sacramento 

Raleigh - Nashville - Las Vegas

Atl - Phx - L.A.

Dallas - San Diego 

Jacksonville - New Orleans

The Next Triple-A MiLB Cities

 Portland. Boise. Chicago. Baltimore. Montreal. And maybe another one, like Tampa-St. Pete.

This would definitely alleviate the Nashville-or-Charlotte question.

Nashville’s trip-A team is the Southside Sounds, Charlotte’s the Baltimore Blues

A Montreal rendition and the Southside Chicago stadiums below.

Out west when the Salt Lake Eagles enter MLB, they’ll have their pick of the Portland Potties or Boise Blue Collars for their top farm club. Really, Tampa should give up their club for relocation. That’s the best solution. Start with the Charlotte Rays and a smaller Tampa Devil Rays trip-a park ,dbl-a remaining in downtown Charlotte. Nashville can be the expansion with a farm in Montreal.

Cities that buck for MLB that weren’t really serious about even an MiLB club should shut up. Indianapolis deserves big ball better than Oregon Quebec.

Funny how in ten years time Nashville and Utah take the spotlight away from Oregon and Carolina.

Check out:

Screwing things up: The Orioles CAN'T be just Baltimore ever more

Turn Camden Yards into an AAA Field

 Carolina Orioles has a ring to it. Baltimore doesn’t need MLB.

Could this be the cure to choosing between Nashville & Charlotte?

Or should Camden Yards hold the triple-A Baltimore Orioles, …or Maryland Blue Sox, Blue Socks, or Maryland Baltimore Eagles or whatever. Baltimore Red Glares. What a magnificent Trip-A ballyard!

All the Africana in the beltway with two MLB teams might be too much. Don’t worry, I’m telling the Frenchies Montreal is going to be a Triple-A city too. White Sox could go to Nashville or Indianapolis as I see it.

Utah MLB equals Boise Triple-A

 

What would be a good name for Boise?

The Breeze. Bombadiers. Idahoans. Blaze. Beers. Pibbles. Hippos.  Blue Sox. The Dynamites. Dancing Dynamites. Perhaps Kips. Fightin’ Lafawndas.

Where you putting that Boise ballyard?

Utah Eagles MLB

 Step aside Portland. Salt Lake City can swing too.

Triple A Travel Teams?

 Should they have a lot of home camps?

Or should it be for A-ball level clubs? Would a good team name be West Coast Riders or Railroad?

Is Triple-A the line for older players? And so, should they feel more stay-at-home and closer to the call-up?

 

Can we fill a void in Oakland? Stadium torn down yet? A team can be named the Oakland Oaks. They could be called the Bays. Could time be shared with Portland as the West Coast Riders… and they have a biker jacket theme. Just Oakland Riders maybe.

What is sad? Saint Looey without NFL. What else…

Remember when Los Angeles went without the NFL for two decades?

Are some Atlanta hockey enthusiasts sad? Is the vibe in Austin better for ice than Houston? Would the compromise be to name the Team the Texas something somethings? Texas Trucking has a ring.

Missouri is without the hardwood.

Charlotte worries about big league baseball now, Nashville. Portland has geographic competition suddenly too.

What else?

By the way: this is the 1,000th blog post.

I instructed AI à la meta to do me a hot cheerleader for a fictitious NBA team called the Cincinnati Stunners. Not a huge fan of Pitt colors. And I suppose I would have to be a fan of the Cinincchnors or whatever tf that scribble AI did. That sounds like my team in your mom’s mom, but okay, funtime I guess.

Weirdest Modern Expansion Choice

 Is it Jacksonville? Right near Carolina for the 1995 NFL expansion.

Las Vegas for hockey? 

Maybe it’s Tampa baseball, so close to Florida Marlins establishment.

Could be Chivas for MLS. What about them NHL Sharks in San Jose?

If I could rub a wish for the Genie, Cincinnati Arena right now

 If I could wave my wand and the ladies scream for me as opposed to the police, Cincinnati would have a new arena. I’d probably prefer somewhere in the suburbs. But I asked AI to draw one.

I’d take an NHL team. A triple-A G-League squad would be fun. Cincinnati Canons and Cincinnati Trucking sounds neato speedo.

NHL. Which market is Countryassest?

 Old NHL map with Coyot’ up yander. Mammoth are probably more hipster with Wally and the Beav than anything else.

I’ll take the opportunity to beat my old drum on a brand that could do well with apparel- the Southlakes Fisherman. Houston and Atlanta sound like good hubs for that.

Cowboys are Countryass NFL?

 Do they wish they could quit you?

Did they rep stretches in Tennessee before the Oiler Titans came? What about Arizona? Probably Nevada.

Carolina, Saints and Falcons red clay probably.

 What do you think of my Countryass pics for the other sports?

West Coast Whales of Seattle and Vegas

 Is this a good NBA team brand?

Call them the Ports and interchange the animal imagery? Do a penguin for Christmas. Any number of birds of flight.

Call them the Flights? Aviation. Birds? Helicopter on the jersey one week.

Only fans

                                                  Only one team?

in the Big Four. Big Five.

Throughout the blog I’ve spaketh to many of these mentions before.

San Diego only has the Padres. And soccer I guess.

Green Bay is a technicality. Tailgating. Weekly. It’s a Madison & Milwaukee…and suburbia camper for Packer Nation. Alabama could have an NFL franchise. For my scenario in a blog post, I imaginarily spurred a ton of economic growth in Reform, Alabama for such tailgating. I probably should’ve explored Cullman with consideration towards a halfway to Huntsville, …maybe much the same for Mobile. I was just leaving elbow room from BBQ smog two days in a row for Tuscaloosa or Auburn.

Jacksonville, were you really a placeholder for London? If you move there will they change their team to Monkeys? They can wear burkas and the tunnel music will be Hey Hey we’re the MONKEYs! or whatever Osama used to listen to.

Taking a break from only 1 team for a city in the Big Four or Five league argument, what do you think about a Cleveland Armada for soccer or hockey? Would they have a Devil Dawg Pound fan section?

Oh, Orlando. MmmYeah. Almost.

Oh, Oklahoma.

Does Sacramento go We Wuz Kangz? Mem fuss.

Austin. Kick rrrrSoccer balls. Feetballs. Marco? Marco? COLUMBUS!

Canada doesn’t count. They be North.

Left Out of the Current Convo?

 Houston and Indianapolis for NHL

Indy touts a lot of arena convention but doesn’t slide big time ice. And it’s nestled around American sibling cities of major sports…..(did I say nestled???), I mean smothered in the aisle, thee isle, whatever.

Do you believeland Cleveland for hockey and soccer?

Will Kansas City get more consideration than Louisville for the NBA. Las Vegas has hometown homebody homeboys and loyalty to get ALLLLL of the sports now?!? Geepers. Kentucky is the only state left beckoning big league yum. But back to the rains down in Africa or Todo or something: There aren’t 3 million folks in Kansas to add to the 3.25 million folks in western Missouri. Kentucky has 4.6 million people butted up to Pacerland. And. And. Screw Seattle.

Baseball is the biggest bucks of all in terms of viability for market. There’s no gaping snub going on with the gravity. Texas has teams. SLC wants a pad from the Rocky Mountain hop on the way to Vegas. The biggest grief going is how Nashville rocketed a shadow casting more doubt than Charlotte has known. Montreal might be a snob more than a snub, though I say public dollars to big business is oftentimes shameful.

NFL 34 Teams - 3 New Cities

Jaguars move to Louisville.

Would they be Mustangs instead? What about Horsemen? Kentucky Downs maybe.

Expand:

Utah Stags 

and Portland Whales 

A.I. is still weird. 

Goofy. What are those words?

 Maybe wattles. Maybe Waddles. Okay Portland Penguin or Portland Potties.

A.I. speaks Klingon for commie Portland.

I know I know. Central Texas and Oklahoma Oilers were left out.

Dallas National League team

 Texas Rangers high noon showdown. Not in our lifetime. Fun anyway. What would they be called?

The Boys. Dallas Boys. The Drive. Dallas Drive.

Diesel?

Should they be California Giants?

 Oakland baseball will be a ghost in those parts.

Those Redwoods are big beauty. Angels can float and fly and I wish they would hop California Angel style again from the Inland Empire every once in awhile for Sacramento. SoCal to sacrament. Or is religion racism now? Do Anglo-Saxophones now object?

I give up on making Angels California again

Who is Countryass NBA?

 Pacer country. NASCAR nod.

In a perverted twist, …….is it the Jazz?

You ain’t nothin but a hound bear. Tennessee Grizzlies would be a spread out rebrand. Remember Big Country Reeves? But is Texas big country?

Let’s be honest. It’s a country@$$ accent. It’s the entire NBA

https://dribbble.com/shots/3230120-MEMPHIS-GRIZZLIES-NEW-LOGO-CONCEPT

King of the Countryass MLB

 Who is the countryassest?

Probably Braves Country, right? Dirty south.

MLB big dawgs tubewise are NY, LA, Chicago and Toronto.

Country would be lower in numbers though? If, so wouldn’t the Pirates or Reds fly the flag? West Virginia. Iron mountain. Deep Kentucky spread.

The Braves stranglehold on space is getting grosser. In that expanse should not the Stars take over some of the Knight?

Or does Todo’s tornadic spread center mass at the heart of the windy land? But saying Kansas CITY is too reminiscent sounding of from where some city slicker buys their salsa from nEw YORK CiTy! [like in the commercial? If you’re thinking Rangers, Rockies or ‘Backs, well isn’t that more wagon west?

Shut your big market mouth ‘round here

Will greater SLC and Portland get NFL before Big League Baseball?

 

Bob Hale image on Facebook. Btw, Zuckerberg’s autism does not care about truth or free speech.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=27476396231947013&set=gm.1229123485702179&idorvanity=589818719632662

Indianapolis about never comes up. Proximity of Cards, Cubs and Reds hurts it. Indiana White Sox, anyone?

Nashville and Charlotte taunt Utah and Oregon for the diamond. These territories are the hot big four of whose next. 

Orlando and Montreal won’t stop. Vancouver popped in. Central Texas screams. Should the west oasises nab bigtime tailgate before the apple pie and porch breezes?

West Coast Ghosts for NHL

 

Or will it be an AHL team? Portland and San Diego could split the brand.

I’ve schemed up how nice Armada would dock up for the Great Lakes tag team.

Those colors be crackin’

United Football League sporting Columbus Aviators and Louisville Kings

 Don’t you just love Wikipedia? I love me some hell out of Wikipedia.

Sacramento, Portland & Montreal are S.O.L.

 Sorry for saying Sht-outta'-Luck.

But look at the ambiance and market regions.

ww.sacbee.com/article315004805.html

Sacramento is sandwiched between the Giants and Mariners in the golden state of already-baseball. Portland of the Oregon-maybe Soviet Union would get it before you. But Utah will get it before you. Denver will finally have a next door neighbor to fight. Great logistics and elbow room following. And its a tetris piece on the way to Las Vegas. Choo choo. Chew chew.

North Carolina has grief from Nashville's brightening star. I'd rather a move for the Rays lube it all. 

Orlando & Montreal? The temperatures are meh. As i've spoken on this blog before, the California Angels & Florida Markins again with multiple smaller ballparks could solve all of this.

Orlando is pretty. I'm sure you're all pretty.

Next AHL ECHL Cities

Louisville, Dayton, Memphis, Evansville come to mind.

Cities like Cincinnati can take a promotion,  right? Whats going on with Deluth?

I think Madison, WI too. Take some time to peruse the SPHL also. Promote Evansville.

SPHL below

Goatheads! I love it. If Tahoe has a team, so can Portland and a lower-than-NHL attendance Phoenix or Tucson.

Milwaukee Meece NHL

 There are some real doozy markets without biggest league hockey. Wisconsin is a built-in rival practically for Chicagoland.

Meece sound good? Or something tagged to Wisconsin better? Chicago seemingly cut them off at the pass with existence of their AHL affiliate Wolves. Wisconsin Wolves has the ring to it. Get them back for jacking the wolves and do Milwaukee Matadors? What’s a good Wisconsin name? Dam Beavers!

But back to Matadors: do some exhibition in Monterrey and re-uinform as the Snow Mexicans. Do a roller blade apparel and equipment deal in those communities to jolt the seeds of the game down yander. We are in fantasyland as it is.

What’s unofficially on the expansion table outside of that Lake Michigan magnetic proximity? 

Portland and Austin are esthetic thoughts on a north and south pick. Cleveland also. Houston and Atlanta are screams of market size. KC and Cinci lack arena big hardwood and ice. Argue your point.

Put next Ohio NBA team in Between Dayton and Cincinnati off I-75

 

What in a name, what is the name?

Ohio Heights? Aviation?

Flight, Power

Ohio Squadron, the Wings, Sorties, Highwaymen, Diesel

Roaddawgs, Roadsters, Coasters 

Arsenal? Armada?

Whatchoo got?

Call the arena Touchdown Jesus arena or Subway Footlong Jesus Arena. IYKYK.

In 1992 the Ohio Glory beat Frankfurt Galaxy

 Don’t we all love Wikipedia? Yes.

Did the Glory only win one game and play for one season? Yes.

I was thinking about NFL Europe thanks to the YouTube algorithm https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yyGJde9lqUc and I had to pop a stop at wiki to remember how long the league lasted. I definitely forgot about the American based teams. Give it a look.

Drew Bledsoe vibes

Where should the Jaguars go? London?!

NFL wants more foreign currency, and London is a world financial center [and mongrel Empire still]. But just because you can does it mean you should? What about America?

Orlando?

Louisville?

San Antonio?

SLC?

Portlandpotty 

Even…Boise before England?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes_list_of_the_most_valuable_NFL_teams

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/local/2023/06/09/what-to-know-about-jacksonville-jaguars-stadium-of-the-future-plans-tiaa-bank-renovations/70303917007/#

Are Vancouver and Montreal the next AAA cities? Play ball!

 The Vancouver Canadians are an A-ball MiLB affiliate of MLB. They could probably simultaneously play that club in the same ballpark with a new trip-A team. Is it SLC’s affiliate by then?

Montreal, figure it out. Are you the high ball affiliate of Carolina or Nashville?

Take a look at that spread. You can consider pro-towns up north like those in Alberta or Winnipeg too. Or Portland or Boise, and maybe say Lexington, KY or Charleston, WV to the east. Consider Evansville. Of course any number on the map could take a promotion.

Any wildcards for a new MiLB squad for you? Casper Cowboys and some ‘realiving of West Virginia Power? The Mississippi Braves are no longer. No real money in Misses Sip? No team in New Orleans anymore either. Consider existing locations with clubs sharing.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/mlb-invites-119-teams-to-join-minor-leagues-in-2021/