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re: MLB expansion
Posted on 5/29/23 at 1:06 pm to Cliff Booth
Posted on 5/29/23 at 1:06 pm to Cliff Booth
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kids will root for the local team
Not my kids
frick the Charlotte (insert franchise team name here)!
Posted on 5/29/23 at 1:08 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
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NC is a huge baseball state. More so than TN I would argue.
Is it? I'd argue that North Carolina is a basketball state, and everything else, including football and baseball, is lagniappe. What makes NC more of a baseball state than Tennessee?
Posted on 5/29/23 at 1:09 pm to BowlJackson
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Haters will never admit it, but the best city for any pro sport expansion is easily Birmingham
I can't tell if you're trying to make a joke or not...
Posted on 5/29/23 at 1:17 pm to GentleJackJones
It’s played year round and there are major travel ball leagues in the state. This is part of the reason why CFB is lacking here. Locals would rather play baseball or basketball where as in TN, it’s football first. Tennessee is also lacking in little league facilities/infrastructure. We get people from eastern TN mostly, moving to our area often because of our local facilities and infrastructure set up around little league through high school.
College baseball is also very popular. Similar to how it is in the SEC. Basketball fandom here is way overblown.
College baseball is also very popular. Similar to how it is in the SEC. Basketball fandom here is way overblown.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 1:21 pm to GentleJackJones
This country does not need any more pro teams.....we good.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 1:24 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
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It’s played year round and there are major travel ball leagues in the state. This is part of the reason why CFB is lacking here. Locals would rather play baseball or basketball where as in TN, it’s football first. Tennessee is also lacking in little league facilities/infrastructure. We get people from eastern TN mostly, moving to our area often because of our local facilities and infrastructure set up around little league through high school.
College baseball is also very popular. Similar to how it is in the SEC. Basketball fandom here is way overblown.
Got ya. I had no idea.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 1:27 pm to GentleJackJones
My oldest is seven and is being recruited by multiple travel ball teams.
We have said no to this point
We have said no to this point
Posted on 5/29/23 at 1:29 pm to GentleJackJones
Second team in Tampa.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 1:30 pm to VADawg
I would go Nashville over Charlotte and Salt Lake City over my beloved Portland.
SLC would be absolutely beautiful if they framed the mountains correctly with the new stadium. Wholesome AF it would instantly be the new St Louis since demographics are destroying that once great city.
SLC would be absolutely beautiful if they framed the mountains correctly with the new stadium. Wholesome AF it would instantly be the new St Louis since demographics are destroying that once great city.
This post was edited on 5/29/23 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 5/29/23 at 1:32 pm to SirWinston
It’s MLB. They’ll frick it up.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 1:34 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
Move the Rays into actual Tampa and they wouldn't have issues.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 1:45 pm to TideSaint
A decade ago they should have. I don’t think they need to now.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 1:46 pm to justaniceguy
At this point there is literally no reason to put a team in San Antonio over Austin.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 1:52 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
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I don’t know if it’s true that it’s easy to convert fans to a local team. I’m from Baton Rouge for example and have never cared about the Pelicans. I used the Rays as an example because they’re similar to Charlotte in that the majority of the town is populated with transplants. It would take a few decades and a generation of kids raised on the local team for the new franchise to really take hold because of the long time Braves fandom from locals and then whoever the transplants have rooted for their entire lives. Nashville is probably the better option as far having limited competition goes.
Converting all the Braves fans in NC would be a challenge. Charlotte also just built a minor league park that I'm pretty sure isn't expandable. There was a lot of conversation about a MLB team before they built the Knights stadium but it seemed like they chose to go the long-term Minor League route.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 2:10 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
Where did you read that?
Posted on 5/29/23 at 2:10 pm to SirWinston
Salt Lake City would be a move for sure.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 2:11 pm to Draconian Sanctions
It will be far easier to sell the idea to San Antonio. The university of Texas will fight hard before any pro teams come to Austin. That’s why it hasn’t happened yet.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 2:12 pm to justaniceguy
Football or basketball, sure. But you could get a baseball or hockey arena built there. UT doesn’t run Austin the way it used to.
This post was edited on 5/29/23 at 2:13 pm
Posted on 5/29/23 at 2:13 pm to Draconian Sanctions
We will see. I would put my money on San Antonio getting NFL or MLB before Austin.
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