How would you handle 6 divisions?

Padreman · 11-11-2013, 07:08 PM

I want start a new custom league well kinda many of the teams will be real teams. 27 of them it's gonna real MLB teams total of 48 team all USA cities only.
League I will relocate the Mets and White Sox just one team per city Angels back to Anahiem Angels and will relocate Blue Jays to
USA. I will have six divisions with 8 teams each.
Problem besides which new cities I want the divisions be kinda by geographical locations
I was thinking just adding all major metros with no team but some geographical locations have more major cities than others. Trying to keep to that 8 team per divions.

But divisions this what I came
Up with are;
northeast
South
central
Mid-west
Southwest
Northwest

Seems pretty good right?

Padreman · 11-11-2013, 07:11 PM

Also some cities can fit into two divisions because of locations but some states could have multiple teams you would think good rivalries but to keep balanced I might have to separate some which sucks

Padreman · 11-11-2013, 07:28 PM

This what I came up with so far

Northwest Division
Oakland
San Francisco
San Jose
Sacramento
Portland
Seattle
Honolulu
??????

Southwest Division
San Diego
Los Angeles
Anahiem
Las Vegas
Salt Lake City
Phoniex
El Paso?
Albuquerque?

Central Division
San Antonio
New Orleans
Denver
Oklahoma City?
Minneapolis
Wichita?
Dallas (in this division?)
Milwaukee

Mid-West Division
Cincinnati
Cleaveland
Detroit
Chicago
Indianapolis
Kansas City
St. Louis
Houston

South Divisions
Tampa Bay
Miami
Jacksonville
Orlando
Charlotte
Birmingham
Atlanta
Louisville?

Northeast Divison
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Washington DC
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Norfolk
Memphis

Better cities I missed? Can some be moves around to add other perhaps?
Cities I wanted but can't fit Buffalo, Nashville, Columbus, Providence

dl_ · 11-11-2013, 07:47 PM

Well since they'll be travelling to Honolulu anyways, why not just give Anchorage or Nome a team too? Nice way to rack up the air miles.

vindicator · 11-11-2013, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Padreman

This what I came up with so far

Northwest Division
Oakland
San Francisco
San Jose
Sacramento
Portland
Seattle
Honolulu
??????

Southwest Division
San Diego
Los Angeles
Anahiem
Las Vegas
Salt Lake City
Phoniex
El Paso?
Albuquerque?

Mid-west Division
San Antonio
New Orleans
Denver
Oklahoma City?
Minneapolis
Wichita?
Dallas (in this division?)
Milwaukee

Central Division
Cincinnati
Cleaveland
Detroit
Chicago
Indianapolis
Kansas City
St. Louis
Houston

South Divisions
Tampa Bay
Miami
Jacksonville
Orlando
Charlotte
Birmingham
Atlanta
Louisville?

Northeast Divison
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Washington DC
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Norfolk
Memphis

Better cities I missed? Can some be moves around to add other perhaps?
Cities I wanted but can't fit Buffalo, Nashville, Columbus, Providence

I personally would pick Nashville over Louisville and perhaps Buffalo instead of Norfolk. Also for that empty spot in the northwest my vote goes for Boise. The Boise Spuds.

Padreman · 11-11-2013, 07:56 PM

I thinking of Boise and Austin but geographically speaking Austin might be too far away but it's a bigger city. I pretty much have to go into knowing it won't be perfect

BoSoxFan2 · 11-11-2013, 08:10 PM

What about Nashville in the South, Memphis in the Mid-West (bump Wichita), which puts Buffalo in the North-East, bring in Houston to the Mid-West, bump San Antonio to the South-West and move Los Angeles to the North-West.
Also, if you are looking for fun division names, I've used Colonial, Atlantic, Desert, Plains, Pacific, and Hurricane as division names. (I also might suggest making the Central Division called the Mid-west and vice-versa, works out better geographically.

jazzrack · 11-11-2013, 08:12 PM

i would move Oakland to Sacramento, then Sacramento to Fresno or something. The bay area (SF,oak,SJ) can't support 3 teams, and then have another in sacramento just 90 miles away

SF
SJ
Sac
Fresno

is a better spread for northern California. well fresno is central but still

and I like Alaska as a team as well. Juneau? Anchorage? just call em Alaska

Padreman · 11-11-2013, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jazzrack

i would move Oakland to Sacramento, then Sacramento to Fresno or something. The bay area (SF,oak,SJ) can't support 3 teams, and then have another in sacramento just 90 miles away

SF
SJ
Sac
Fresno

is a better spread for northern California. well fresno is central but still

and I like Alaska as a team as well. Juneau? Anchorage? just call em Alaska

I need to look at now the Metro stats for Fresno and Alaska I do like Alaska as an option

Padreman · 11-11-2013, 10:18 PM

Also how can start league and have every player be between ages of 18-23?

Padreman · 11-11-2013, 11:25 PM

Final decision i decided to have 2 divisions with 9 teams total of 50 teams

Northwest Division
San Francisco
Oakland
San Jose
Sacramento
Portland
Seattle
Salt Lake City
Denver

Southwest Division
Honolulu
San Diego
Anaheim
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Las Vegas
Albuquerque
San Antonio

Central Division
Minneapolis
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
Dallas
Houston
New Orleans
Oklahoma City

Midwest Division
Milwaukee
Chicago
Indianapolis
Detroit
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Columbus
Louisville
Nashville

Northeast Division
New York
Buffalo
Boston
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Washington DC
Baltimore
Virginia Beach
Hartford

Southeast Division
Atlanta
Charlotte
Memphis
Jacksonville
Tampa
Miami
Orlando
Birmingham

jazzrack · 11-17-2013, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Padreman

Also how can start league and have every player be between ages of 18-23?

did you figure this one out? if not, in short.

create your league, release all players to FA, delete all FA's,(at this point I purge the DB but I don't know if that is really necessary) set player creation modifiers to min. 18 & max 23, then fill all teams with fictional players.

if you need more detail let me know and i'll slap a video together

Cryomaniac · 11-17-2013, 08:49 AM

I tend to fudge geographic boundaries a bit, since leagues in real life do it all the time.

shawa666 · 11-17-2013, 09:07 AM

Missing Montreal, Toronto And Vancouver, at least.

Padreman · 11-17-2013, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shawa666

Missing Montreal, Toronto And Vancouver, at least.

No actually what I did I still have the blue jays and I brought back the expos I made a Major canadian league with 12 teams that rivals a 12 team Australian league they are league associations a play what I call the Commonwealth Championship

ajsas01 · 11-18-2013, 10:33 AM

My Personal 6 Division Set up:

Pacific:
San Francisco
Los Angeles 1 (downtown)
Los Angeles 2 (Long Beach, Anaheim, etc)
Seattle
Portland
San Diego
San Jose
Tacoma

Mountain:
Denver
Phoenix
Las Vegas
Salt Lake City
Albuquerque
Tucson
Boise
Colorado Springs

Central:
St. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Dallas
Houston
Omaha
Oklahoma City
Wichita

Great Lakes:
Detroit
Toronto
Cleveland
Chicago 1
Chicago 2
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh

Gulf Coast:
Miami
Tampa
New Orleans
Atlanta
Charlotte
Nashville
Knoxville
Little Rock

Northeast:
New York 1 (Manhattan)
New York 2 (Queens)
New York 3 (Bronx)
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington DC
Baltimore
Montreal

Padreman · 11-18-2013, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ajsas01

My Personal 6 Division Set up:

Pacific:
San Francisco
Los Angeles 1 (downtown)
Los Angeles 2 (Long Beach, Anaheim, etc)
Seattle
Portland
San Diego
San Jose
Tacoma

Mountain:
Denver
Phoenix
Las Vegas
Salt Lake City
Albuquerque
Tucson
Boise
Colorado Springs

Central:
St. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Dallas
Houston
Omaha
Oklahoma City
Wichita

Great Lakes:
Detroit
Toronto
Cleveland
Chicago 1
Chicago 2
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh

Gulf Coast:
Miami
Tampa
New Orleans
Atlanta
Charlotte
Nashville
Knoxville
Little Rock

Northeast:
New York 1 (Manhattan)
New York 2 (Queens)
New York 3 (Bronx)
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington DC
Baltimore
Montreal

Not bad 48 teams but you left out some major cities

11-11-2013, 07:08 PM	#1
Padreman Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2013 Location: Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico (formally San Diego, CA.) Posts: 4,138	How would you handle 6 divisions? I want start a new custom league well kinda many of the teams will be real teams. 27 of them it's gonna real MLB teams total of 48 team all USA cities only. League I will relocate the Mets and White Sox just one team per city Angels back to Anahiem Angels and will relocate Blue Jays to USA. I will have six divisions with 8 teams each. Problem besides which new cities I want the divisions be kinda by geographical locations I was thinking just adding all major metros with no team but some geographical locations have more major cities than others. Trying to keep to that 8 team per divions. But divisions this what I came Up with are; northeast South central Mid-west Southwest Northwest Seems pretty good right?

11-11-2013, 07:28 PM	#3
Padreman Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2013 Location: Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico (formally San Diego, CA.) Posts: 4,138	This what I came up with so far Northwest Division Oakland San Francisco San Jose Sacramento Portland Seattle Honolulu ?????? Southwest Division San Diego Los Angeles Anahiem Las Vegas Salt Lake City Phoniex El Paso? Albuquerque? Central Division San Antonio New Orleans Denver Oklahoma City? Minneapolis Wichita? Dallas (in this division?) Milwaukee Mid-West Division Cincinnati Cleaveland Detroit Chicago Indianapolis Kansas City St. Louis Houston South Divisions Tampa Bay Miami Jacksonville Orlando Charlotte Birmingham Atlanta Louisville? Northeast Divison New York Boston Baltimore Washington DC Philadelphia Pittsburg Norfolk Memphis Better cities I missed? Can some be moves around to add other perhaps? Cities I wanted but can't fit Buffalo, Nashville, Columbus, Providence Last edited by Padreman; 11-11-2013 at 08:21 PM.

11-11-2013, 08:12 PM	#8
jazzrack Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: still kicking Posts: 3,229	i would move Oakland to Sacramento, then Sacramento to Fresno or something. The bay area (SF,oak,SJ) can't support 3 teams, and then have another in sacramento just 90 miles away SF SJ Sac Fresno is a better spread for northern California. well fresno is central but still and I like Alaska as a team as well. Juneau? Anchorage? just call em Alaska __________________ . "Never confuse composure for ease" Was once Head Cheese of Corporate League Baseball Last edited by jazzrack; 11-11-2013 at 08:17 PM.

11-11-2013, 11:25 PM	#11
Padreman Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2013 Location: Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico (formally San Diego, CA.) Posts: 4,138	Final decision i decided to have 2 divisions with 9 teams total of 50 teams Northwest Division San Francisco Oakland San Jose Sacramento Portland Seattle Salt Lake City Denver Southwest Division Honolulu San Diego Anaheim Los Angeles Phoenix Las Vegas Albuquerque San Antonio Central Division Minneapolis Omaha Kansas City St. Louis Dallas Houston New Orleans Oklahoma City Midwest Division Milwaukee Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Cleveland Cincinnati Columbus Louisville Nashville Northeast Division New York Buffalo Boston Pittsburgh Philadelphia Washington DC Baltimore Virginia Beach Hartford Southeast Division Atlanta Charlotte Memphis Jacksonville Tampa Miami Orlando Birmingham Last edited by Padreman; 11-12-2013 at 03:11 AM.

11-17-2013, 08:49 AM	#13
Cryomaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Hucknall, Notts, UK Posts: 4,902	I tend to fudge geographic boundaries a bit, since leagues in real life do it all the time. __________________

11-11-2013, 07:11 PM	#2
Padreman Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2013 Location: Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico (formally San Diego, CA.) Posts: 4,138	Also some cities can fit into two divisions because of locations but some states could have multiple teams you would think good rivalries but to keep balanced I might have to separate some which sucks

11-11-2013, 07:47 PM	#4
dl_ Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 29	Well since they'll be travelling to Honolulu anyways, why not just give Anchorage or Nome a team too? Nice way to rack up the air miles.

11-11-2013, 07:56 PM	#6
Padreman Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2013 Location: Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico (formally San Diego, CA.) Posts: 4,138	I thinking of Boise and Austin but geographically speaking Austin might be too far away but it's a bigger city. I pretty much have to go into knowing it won't be perfect

11-11-2013, 08:10 PM	#7
BoSoxFan2 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 42	What about Nashville in the South, Memphis in the Mid-West (bump Wichita), which puts Buffalo in the North-East, bring in Houston to the Mid-West, bump San Antonio to the South-West and move Los Angeles to the North-West. Also, if you are looking for fun division names, I've used Colonial, Atlantic, Desert, Plains, Pacific, and Hurricane as division names. (I also might suggest making the Central Division called the Mid-west and vice-versa, works out better geographically.

11-11-2013, 10:18 PM	#10
Padreman Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2013 Location: Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico (formally San Diego, CA.) Posts: 4,138	Also how can start league and have every player be between ages of 18-23?

11-17-2013, 09:07 AM	#14
shawa666 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 601 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Missing Montreal, Toronto And Vancouver, at least.

11-18-2013, 10:33 AM	#16
ajsas01 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Saline, MI Posts: 441	My Personal 6 Division Set up: Pacific: San Francisco Los Angeles 1 (downtown) Los Angeles 2 (Long Beach, Anaheim, etc) Seattle Portland San Diego San Jose Tacoma Mountain: Denver Phoenix Las Vegas Salt Lake City Albuquerque Tucson Boise Colorado Springs Central: St. Louis Kansas City Minneapolis Dallas Houston Omaha Oklahoma City Wichita Great Lakes: Detroit Toronto Cleveland Chicago 1 Chicago 2 Milwaukee Cincinnati Pittsburgh Gulf Coast: Miami Tampa New Orleans Atlanta Charlotte Nashville Knoxville Little Rock Northeast: New York 1 (Manhattan) New York 2 (Queens) New York 3 (Bronx) Boston Philadelphia Washington DC Baltimore Montreal __________________ Go Tigers!