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Pelican · 07-01-2023, 03:32 PM

I personally (somewhat old school) would like to see a return to eight-team leagues. In my sims I have one Wild Card in each League, so only 8 of 32 teams in the playoffs. MLB would never do that, of course. I guessed at Buffalo (the WildWings) and Charlotte (the Hive) as the two expansion teams.

NL East = ATL, PHL, NYM, CHA, WSH, PIT, CIN, MIA
NL West = LAD, SF, SD, COL, AZ, STL, MLW, CHC
AL East = BUF, NYY, BOS, CLV, BLT, TBY, TOR, DET
AL West = LV, LAA, SEA, KC, HOU, TEX, MIN, CWS

Problems here include the Chicago teams in the West, and the Florida teams isolated from mostly northern teams in their leagues. On the latter, could switch TBY and WAS, so that travel would be less, and build up regional interest with ATL, CHA, TBY, MIA. Could also group by north/south instead. Basically same distances flying, but with time zones.

NL North = NYM, PHL, PIT, CHC, MLW, SF, COL, CIN
NL South = ATL, CHA, WSH, MIA, LA, SD, ARZ, STL
AL North = BOS, NYY, BUF, CLV, DET, CWS, MIN, TOR
AL South = TBY, BLT, KC, HOU, TEX, LAA, LVA, SEA

Works great until you are down to finding one more southern team. Seattle? Much closer to LVA ad LAA than Toronto.

Maybe lose the league identifications?

Northeast = TOR, BOS, NYY, NYM, PHL, CLV, BUF, PIT
Southeast = ATL, MIA, TBY, CHA, CIN, WSH, STL, BLT
Northwest = SEA, SF, COL, MIN, CHC, CHW, MLW, DET
Southwest = SDP, LAA, LAD, ARZ, HOU, TEX, LVA, KCR

Looks great until you get to STL in the Southeast, and MLW and DET in the Northwest, plus KCR in the Southwest a bit of a stretch.

Maybe put the expansion teams in more convenient places?

07-01-2023, 03:32 PM	#4
Pelican Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Wilmington, Delaware Posts: 2,885	I personally (somewhat old school) would like to see a return to eight-team leagues. In my sims I have one Wild Card in each League, so only 8 of 32 teams in the playoffs. MLB would never do that, of course. I guessed at Buffalo (the WildWings) and Charlotte (the Hive) as the two expansion teams. NL East = ATL, PHL, NYM, CHA, WSH, PIT, CIN, MIA NL West = LAD, SF, SD, COL, AZ, STL, MLW, CHC AL East = BUF, NYY, BOS, CLV, BLT, TBY, TOR, DET AL West = LV, LAA, SEA, KC, HOU, TEX, MIN, CWS Problems here include the Chicago teams in the West, and the Florida teams isolated from mostly northern teams in their leagues. On the latter, could switch TBY and WAS, so that travel would be less, and build up regional interest with ATL, CHA, TBY, MIA. Could also group by north/south instead. Basically same distances flying, but with time zones. NL North = NYM, PHL, PIT, CHC, MLW, SF, COL, CIN NL South = ATL, CHA, WSH, MIA, LA, SD, ARZ, STL AL North = BOS, NYY, BUF, CLV, DET, CWS, MIN, TOR AL South = TBY, BLT, KC, HOU, TEX, LAA, LVA, SEA Works great until you are down to finding one more southern team. Seattle? Much closer to LVA ad LAA than Toronto. Maybe lose the league identifications? Northeast = TOR, BOS, NYY, NYM, PHL, CLV, BUF, PIT Southeast = ATL, MIA, TBY, CHA, CIN, WSH, STL, BLT Northwest = SEA, SF, COL, MIN, CHC, CHW, MLW, DET Southwest = SDP, LAA, LAD, ARZ, HOU, TEX, LVA, KCR Looks great until you get to STL in the Southeast, and MLW and DET in the Northwest, plus KCR in the Southwest a bit of a stretch. Maybe put the expansion teams in more convenient places? __________________ Pelican OOTP 2020-? ”Hard to believe, Harry.”