Yep. I completely wasted a day at work trying to figure out the most optimal divisions.
There's talk of a BOS, NYY, NYM, PHI division, which would be nuts.
I mean, that sounds like an absolute blast, but the Yankees (and Mets) would never let that happen.
Entertain me - why?
Well for one, the Mets would never accept playing second fiddle to the Yankees in the same division. They hate them enough already. Yankees would never allow for the potential that the Mets could be the more dominant team in the same division.
Those two teams have enough power, I can't see that even being entertained.
I mean, is there any owner more outwardly insecure than Wilpon?
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Reds, Brewers, Cubs, Cards Makes sense if keeping NL together and trying to keep proximity. Fuck Shitsburgh, although I know it is not too far from Cincy.
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If I could only find my damn paper that I spent an entire workday mapping out....
I'm trying to figure out how the playoffs would work with four divisions. Would only the four division champions make the postseason? Seems unlikely they'd just get rid of the wildcard. But if you have four division champs and two wildcards that play a play-in game, then you're left with five teams. How would that work? Or maybe just make it exactly like the NFL? The top two teams get byes to the divisional round and the #3 seed plays #6 and #4 plays #5? Lots of possibilities.
Oh shit. The northeast corridor Amtrak division at that
Again, don’t think Baltimore and Washington would go for that though lol
I don't know - I think for major markets I could buy your argument, but this would greatly benefit DC and especially Baltimore.
Yeah, maybe. I just know the O's and Nats hate each other. There were some serious TV fights over the last 10 years or so. Though with Angelos about to bite the dust, seems like things may be changing there a bit, so you never know. That is a fun division though.
Alright, let's do this (under the likelihood it's Portland and Montreal) and fuck Cliff's theories of inferiority complexes for sports owners...
I remember this being incredibly hard once I got down to the last one or two teams:
NYY PHL KC DET CHC SEA LAD TB
BOS DC HOU PIT CHW POR LAA ATL
MON BAL TEX CIN MIL SF SD MIA
TOR NYM STL CLE MIN OAK AZ COL
Dude. I love these East divisions. 2 legit rivalries in each division. Yanks-Boston and Montreal-Toronto would be mayhem. Then you get Philly-NY and the mid-Atlantic.
I like these overall. That last one could get reeeeeally bad at times though.
Yeah I didn't know where to stick either a combo of STL/AZ/COL/KC - tried to keep things geograhically in order while also adding to inner-city rivalries (other than those damn owners in NY!). Because my original division is NYY NYM BOS PHL.
I'd say leagues don't matter anymore at that point. Could re-seed at a MLB level instead of league level, too, so that the better teams overall are rewarded with a better matchup(s).
I'd say leagues don't matter anymore at that point. Could re-seed at a MLB level instead of league level, too, so that the better teams overall are rewarded with a better matchup(s).
Yeah I guess you're right. There's already interleague play and if the DH does become universal, there's really no point to have the separate leagues other than the old "It's always been like that" argument.
Nah, baseball's leagues have too much history to F them up too much. That's why I just kept everyone in their current league and added in 2 expansion teams.
Obviously you could flip someone like we've seen recently with Milwaukee and Houston, but you can't take the old school teams out of their leagues. Cubs in the AL? Yanks in the NL? Dodgers in the AL? Blasphemy.
Nah, baseball's leagues have too much history to F them up too much. That's why I just kept everyone in their current league and added in 2 expansion teams.
Obviously you could flip someone like we've seen recently with Milwaukee and Houston, but you can't take the old school teams out of their leagues. Cubs in the AL? Yanks in the NL? Dodgers in the AL? Blasphemy.
I do agree with this and thought about that a bit.
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There's talk of a BOS, NYY, NYM, PHI division, which would be nuts.
Those two teams have enough power, I can't see that even being entertained.
Makes sense if keeping NL together and trying to keep proximity. Fuck Shitsburgh, although I know it is not too far from Cincy.
Again, don’t think Baltimore and Washington would go for that though lol
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AL South: TB TEX HOU Nashville
AL Central: DET CHISOX CLE MIN
AL West: LAA OAK SEA KC
NL east: NYM Montreal PHI WAS
NL South : ATL MIA CIN COL (that one doesn't work so well)
NL Central: CUBS STL MIL PIT
NL West LAD SF SD AZ
I remember this being incredibly hard once I got down to the last one or two teams:
NYY PHL KC DET CHC SEA LAD TB
BOS DC HOU PIT CHW POR LAA ATL
MON BAL TEX CIN MIL SF SD MIA
TOR NYM STL CLE MIN OAK AZ COL
I like these overall. That last one could get reeeeeally bad at times though.
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
Obviously you could flip someone like we've seen recently with Milwaukee and Houston, but you can't take the old school teams out of their leagues.
Cubs in the AL?
Yanks in the NL?
Dodgers in the AL?
Blasphemy.
And while we're dreaming, I would LOVE to see relegation in baseball.
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