Greater Toronto has about 6.5 million people. 7th most populous on the continent.
I've posted before, listing a fictional farm system for the Montreal Expos future affiliations, and I coined the Ottawa Internationals as their Triple-A club. What other Trip-A and 'Dub-A clubs could be housed in Canada, the International and Eastern Leagues respectively?
Winnipeg Quebec City Mississauga* Brampton* Hamilton*
*Toronto suburb (cities hooked to T-town pretty much)
What about a team called the Halifax Citadels?London, Ontario is halfway between Detroit and Toronto. Good place for a ball yard.
Windsor is across the divide and Detroit.
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| Winnipeg's Shaw Park, American Association League (non-MLB affiliated). Goldeyes Baseball. Over 7,400 seats |
In the Pacific (AAA) and Pioneer (rookie-advanced) leagues, cities like Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver (who already touts a team in Northwest short-season-A ball league)
Current basepads in country
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| Here AA stands for the Amer.Assoc. independent league, where a Milwaukee team is expanding into |
Okay, so there's like 30 municipalities that could easily house a pro baseball squad with their nearly a million, half a mil' and hundreds of thousands populations. Let me pick a few with some breathing room from or in the big metros.
London Ontario could house the Ontario Horsemen.
or Gold Shoes
Windsor Casinos
Quebec Nordes
BC WesternersEdmonton Fielders
Calgary Coldies
Halifax Citadels
Hamilton Zambonis
Winnipeg Winnies or Manitoba Manshees sound funnier than BC Banshees
Brampton Boaters Saskatchewan Big Feet Sudbury Suds ...what else ?
Cities like Vancouver standing to gain the big leagues eventually.
In the meantime, thoughts can be had toward some creation of a northern division in triple-A
In the meantime, thoughts can be had toward some creation of a northern division in triple-A
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