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Originally Posted by megamanmatt
Well the only thing that makes small market teams small markets are their owners. A good example is the Pohlads. Carl had far more money than Steinbrenner ever did, he just never used any of that money on the Twins. I think it's hard to so perfectly capture an idea like that because a lot of it is tied up in the human portion of the equasion. Just my  . Part of why I never use MLB setups. |
Another factor in the current markets are the literal popularity of the team in that area which has been influenced by historical factors. For instance, numerically the Miami and Tampa Bay markets, which I am local to, are actually quite large. But there are a number of reasons why neither team has been succesful in sustaining good attendance, with the easiest example being the way that the Marlins have shamelessly sold off talent at times in their history. In my fictional universes, I can always imagine a Miami or Tampa Bay area market being quite succesful under circumstances that differ from what we see IRL.