TENINCH Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Put the Twins in the same division as the Yankees. Let them kick our *** 18 times so we don't get fooled into thinking we belong in the playoffs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pf9 Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 my proposed realignment stops short of a complete geographical alignment - which would upset many baseball purists because it would strip the AL and NL of their identities, though it could have been a temporary set up for 2020 the realignment plan I touted is a compromise - it puts the 8 Mountain/Pacific teams together in one league, but divides what would be the 24 Eastern/Central teams into three leagues based on how long each of those 22 markets (New York and Chicago have two teams each) has been part of Major League Baseball it does remove five of the classic 16 AL/NL teams from those leagues - but restores the city lineups of the AL and NL to what they were in 1957 (the last year of MLB being only in the Midwest and Northeast) with one exception - Miami takes the place of Brooklyn in the NL, as NYC can't have any new teams; four other expansion teams currently located in markets that had a team in 1957 but would lose the teams they had in that year are also part of the AL and NL under my plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission27 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 On 10/2/2020 at 10:52 AM, scar988 said: Northeast New York Yankees Boston Red Sox New York Mets Montreal MLB Expansion This would be the GOAT division. But for the Mets And they're called the Montreal Expos tbh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission27 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 On 12/2/2020 at 8:02 PM, pf9 said: my proposed realignment stops short of a complete geographical alignment - which would upset many baseball purists because it would strip the AL and NL of their identities, though it could have been a temporary set up for 2020 the realignment plan I touted is a compromise - it puts the 8 Mountain/Pacific teams together in one league, but divides what would be the 24 Eastern/Central teams into three leagues based on how long each of those 22 markets (New York and Chicago have two teams each) has been part of Major League Baseball it does remove five of the classic 16 AL/NL teams from those leagues - but restores the city lineups of the AL and NL to what they were in 1957 (the last year of MLB being only in the Midwest and Northeast) with one exception - Miami takes the place of Brooklyn in the NL, as NYC can't have any new teams; four other expansion teams currently located in markets that had a team in 1957 but would lose the teams they had in that year are also part of the AL and NL under my plan But what about the Expos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pf9 Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) The Expos would be in the Continental League under my proposal. Now let's talk national TV coverage under my proposed alignment. Not counting MLB Network, three cable networks currently televise MLB games nationally - ESPN (which also includes occasional games on ESPN2), Fox Sports 1, and TBS. In terms of playoff TV coverage for the first two rounds (which determine the four pennant winners and participants in the National Semifinal Series), three networks is not enough if each of the leagues is going to rotate their postseason among cable networks every year (MLB Network only has rights to two postseason games each year). So a fourth TV partner would be needed on a short term contract with an end date matching those of the other TV partners (currently 2028). The best options are CBS Sports producing games for Paramount Movie Network, and NBC Sports producing games for USA Network (the latter having experience airing MLB games). And these would not be playoff-only arrangements, though the four cable networks would have to alternate carrying the National Semifinal Series, with ESPN and TBS one year, then PMN or USA and FS1 the next, and so on. When the new long-term TV contracts begin in 2029, ABC would begin airing Sunday afternoon national games on the third Sunday of May (with a start time of 3 PM ET, allowing any team to be featured on ABC), and continue until the end of the season. They would also air the World Series in odd-numbered years and All-Star Game in even-numbered years, alternating with Fox. Furthermore, ESPN would move any Saturday playoff games it holds the broadcast rights to to FXX, deferring to college football. FS1 can promote any Saturday playoff games for which they have the rights to the Fox network itself. In the regular season, ESPN would still have exclusive rights to Sunday night games, and FS1 would split Saturdays with Fox, with FS1's games being national but not exclusive, and Fox airing regional coverage on certain Saturday nights. Fox's regional coverage would typically feature three games between Eastern/Central time teams being distributed to affiliates in those time zones at 7 PM ET/6 PM CT. Usually a game between two Northeastern teams would be distributed to Fox affiliates in the Northeast, Midwestern teams to affiliates in the Midwest, and Southern teams to affiliates in the South. For viewers in the Mountain and Pacific Time Zones, Fox would distribute a PCL game at 7 PM PT/8 PM MT. This would not apply in weeks where PCL teams are involved in interleague play, in which case all games are at 7 PM ET. For national weeknight games, the following networks have the following nights: Monday: Fox Sports 1 Tuesday: TBS Wednesday: ESPN Thursday: MLB Network Friday: Paramount Movie Network or USA Network Additionally, ESPN networks can air games on other nights during playoff races. The first game in each doubleheader on these nights would be a game involving Eastern/Central teams at 7 PM ET, meaning a game taking place in the Central Time Zone would have its local start moved up to 6 PM CT. The 10 PM ET game would usually be a PCL game. The three weeks of interleague play involving PCL teams would allow such teams to be in the 7 PM slot on a weeknight if they are playing a road interleague game. Likewise, an ET/CT team can play in the 10 PM slot if they are playing at a PCL team. Edited January 25, 2021 by pf9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pf9 Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) Postseason start times: All LDS (best of three, 1-2 home field format) games would start at 1 or 7 PM local time (meaning 2 or 8 Eastern for games in Central, 3 or 9 Eastern for games in Denver, and 4 or 10 Eastern in other PCL cities). The LCS (best of five, 2-2-1 home field format) would have games in up to four time slots on one day, with games possibly being played at 1, 4, 7, and 10 PM ET. The 1 PM game would preferably be in the Eastern Time Zone, but cannot be the PCLCS. The 10 PM game on the other hand, can only be the PCLCS. The National Semifinal Series (best of seven, 2-3-2 home field format) would have games at 4 and 8 PM Eastern on days where each series is still active. The World Series (same format as National Semifinal Series) would play all games at 8 PM Eastern. Edited January 25, 2021 by pf9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pf9 Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 The games that would be featured on a national TV partner would generally be chosen by the networks six days before the game is played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pf9 Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 If a National Semifinal Series reaches a game 7, it would be moved from the cable network assigned to the given series to a sister broadcast network as follows: ESPN - ABC Fox Sports 1 - Fox TBS - The CW (still produced by Turner Sports, otherwise I'd prefer CW sports telecasts be produced by CBS Sports) Paramount Movie Network - CBS OR USA Network - NBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pf9 Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 These history-based alignments (the original version on another forum and my modified version) were thought up because time zones matter in MLB as much as they do in the NBA and NHL. Only in the NFL do time zones not matter to the same degree as the other major leagues, only that 7 of the 8 West Division teams (Kansas City being the lone exception) cannot play true home games in the 1 PM ET slot (which would be 11 AM in the Mountain Time Zone, and 10 AM in the Pacific, thus, conflicting with church services in these time zones, as well as the fact that a morning local start time would mean players and fans among other people having to get to the stadium hours earlier than in the Eastern time zone, so in terms of logistics it wouldn't work either) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pf9 Posted February 2, 2021 Author Share Posted February 2, 2021 https://sportsicles.com/north-american-time-zones-and-sports/ An article that is about the relationship between time zones and sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 On 9/22/2020 at 8:34 PM, beekay414 said: You need to find a hobby lol I mean, i think we found it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 How about we rearrange the divisions based on $$$ spent. And then every 5-10 years, someone could crunch the numbers for new divisions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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