Showing posts with label Minor League Baseball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Minor League Baseball. Show all posts

Friday, April 21, 2023

Who Would Replace Las Vegas in Triple A Baseball?

 Since the Las Vegas A's are going to be Official, I feel who is going to replace Las Vegas in Triple A Baseball? I'd want to start with these 5 Markets that Should be In Triple A and I'd find at Some Point, Minor League Baseball would have enough of Memphis, too.

1. Wichita. I'd feel it would undo the Bone that Wichita being Promoted to Triple A Baseball and having a Triple A Stadium to Boot, which has caused Consternation and Rankor among Community Members. Ideally, I would want a Pre-Existing Double A Team or a True Expansion (Preferably Double A) to elevate.

2. Arkansas. I would want the Arkansas Travelers to be Triple A, which they've been forlorn on Identity since the St. Louis Cardinals left town. I like having a Classic (Unaltered) Name in Triple A Baseball and I would want Little Rock to be in Triple A to retain their Baseball Ties, but, Wichita is a Front-Runner for a Reason.

3. Jacksonville. Jacksonville should be in Triple A because we don't have a Florida Team in Triple A. The downside is the Jumbo Shrimp Name is more of a Marketing Ploy.

4. Orlando. Orlando does not have Minor League Baseball and I feel that it would be a Hub Market.

5. Hawaii. The things my Aunt Cindy say is you Can't be Over 30, Dating and Have No Social Skills. The scary thought besides all the above, is the Pacific Coast League does not have a lot of True Pacific Coast Markets and that might reopen the Marshall Plan again this decade further.

I'd feel that we'd have to restart the Milwaukee Brewers and Washington Senators back in the American League and one of those Expansions has to be the Montreal Expos. 

Monday, October 18, 2021

Cedar Rapids was Ahead of the Curve on Player Housing

 The Cedar Rapids Kernels Organization was Ahead of the Curve for Generations in having Host Families as opposed to having to Spend Money on Hotels or Apartments for their Players. I feel happy that Minor League Baseball has caught up to that.

But, it came at the expense of having to be bothered by Edge of Town People, Not Getting Enough to Eat, or Having Good Doctors Where they Play. I would think it is not Free College, or anything else of that nature.

I would account the 5 Year Record of Prospects with Certain Clubs has been suspect and fishy, and the Angels have not developed anyone new of significance since Mike Trout. That particular Angels Era liked Names a lot more than talent.

I hated it would come down to exposes just for Major League Baseball to do anything credible and tangible.

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Why not a Major League Baseball Barnstorming Tour?

I feel like with Minor League Baseball less and less likely, I feel there should be a Major League Baseball Barnstorming Tour to keep the bills from piling up on their Minor League Counterparts. I feel if it was leave it to beaver, we'd be building a consistent mouse trap and that would be dangerous.

Cedar Rapids has had the same Red,White and Blue Color Scheme Since 1993 and that is longer than some members Midwest League Histories. I would be mad if the City's Title Hex took more than a little piece of my history and trust me, it would.

I would think that why not a Major League Baseball Barnstorming Tour, given the ideas that are tossed around? I don't know if I would be trying to write the hand of having actual Sports everyday, but, that would be having to admit Nolan Ryan played on your Dusty High School Baseball Field when it was in the Minor Leagues.

The problem would be having as many booking requests as the time of day is long and these athletes are paid to play Baseball, but, so much Baseball would be a drain on a lot of things.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

How Come is it The Diamond Can't Easily Be Replaced?

The one question that has Richmond Flying Squirrels Fans and the Richmond Community flying off the handle is how come is it the Diamond can't easily be replaced? It has more concrete than Texas Stadium, which is alas no more and the Mid 1980's Gamble for the Diamond is causing Early 2020's Headaches.

It was built before the Americans With Disabilities Act made more of a Cookie Cutter Mezzanine Single Bowl Stadium Structure and it was not necessarily built with Skyboxes in mind. Any facility in Richmond would have caused prior consternation and usually, it has been one side against the other.

I love Richmond and would love to Visit Richmond, and they've had a Progressive Streak before, like having the Richmond Arena and getting wise to the Horse's Fences of the Fairgrounds Raceway and Expanding the Track. I feel like I would growl and bitterly complain seeing the increasing Piece of the Minors and the Cost of Owning a Piece of Minor League Baseball being too cold and prohibitive.

I don't know what will the ownership disputes lay bare, but, they'd lay bare secrets that should not be on the Family Table. Richmond would be a Single Team Town, and that would be putting it bluntly.

I don't think their Baseball Community has recovered from the Braves taking their show on the Road and leaving the Richmond Community with new Customs and Traditions.

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Manfred Has It All Wrong with the Minors

I feel that Commissioner Manfred has it all wrong with Minor League Baseball. I have real nerve with why our State Championship is getting lidded. I do feel there are no real reason for certain markets that you can't do anything with, but, I am livid about Losing the State Championship.

The worst thing, and this is the worst thing, like I'd see a Generation Faculty that don't exist, is having to start a New League. This is hedgemonial and since Rockford, the Midwest League disincentivizes the State Championship and my City and Des Moines are the only people with New Stadiums since the 1990s.

I feel that the heat is we'd have to ribbon the Pacific in the Pacific Coast League. It is an affront their office is in Texas, and New Orleans doesn't have a Minor League Identity. Like yeah, we have grown up with the Minors, but, I feel there'd be better committments like having to tie an Ottawa or Quebec City Ballclub for Toronto or Montreal.

Saturday, November 16, 2019

The Kernels NOT on Terrestial Radio is NOT Good for Minor League Baseball

Nearly everyone in Minor League Baseball, at least at the Full Season Level, could claim Stadium Builds 1990 and Later. Nobody is happy that the quality of Major League Prospects is good due to Prospect Fatigue. And, with the Kernels at one point having every game on the Radio Dial was Standout in the Minors.

The Kernels NOT on Terrestial Radio is NOT Good for Minor League Baseball. It is rude, like having to treat a Proper Lady like a Doll or worse, a toy, and the Public would get into a 1970s Showdown.

It is embarassing enough to drag a Three I out of the Woodworks, it is embarassing for Houston to get all the Juice and Minnesota be the 2nd Worst in Postseason Performance and certainly, the Self Esteem of the Wild West Side of Cedar Rapids has been scalped and people are not happy.

It feels as if my home is more of a Wilderness than a Forest, or even a National Park. A lot of my peers are guilty of not being prim or proper after School, and I feel guilt that our better customs are autisticly protuding silently or unsilently.

Certainly, I couldn't hack being degraded, nor we have enough interest in being Tennessee. I feel guilty that people want to stay for the Candy and the Munchies, or worse, the Ladies when they have to carry their Babies and everyone else, too.

Saturday, October 19, 2019

What would Minor League Baseball Reaportionment Do?

Generally, Baseball America is not wrong. I hate to start this morning or any morning with a name drop, but, I'd be itchier for a Marshall Plan, actually. If the 10-20 of Triple A Baseball Came Up,I'd feel the big issue in the Pacific Coast League would be Wichita, Oklahoma, Round Rock and San Antonio ending on an indecent hour.

Actually, I would want to see a 10-10-10 and then a 8-8-8-8 in Triple A Baseball. I'd wonder if a Revival Association, which would be the legacy for the American Association, would be Iowa, Omaha, Memphis, Nashville, Louisville, Indianapolis, Wichita, Oklahoma, San Antonio and Round Rock. There'd be a lot of moving parts and a lot of Major League Baseball is not happy to save Briarized Facilities that aren't even on most people's short list.

The real havoc would be on trying to reaprorpotion, IE, not leaving New Orleans high and dry, or Mobile with its Hank Aaron Museum. Real Estate is not fun and games, even in this overheated period, and Fun and Games being Serious Business is not  fun, either.

I don't know if the route in all of this is the potential for the Las Vegas A's. The Marshall Plan has had kept the Pacific Coast League from its educational mission, and the fortitude would be having to commute Portland and Vancouver back to Triple A and I doubt the road to the bricks would be pleasant, either. And, the real route is everyone's Summer Vacation Destination in Orlando not having anything is concerning for Baseball Fans.

Monday, June 10, 2019

Why Not Buffalo for MLB Expansion?

I feel like having to speak for Buffalo to be MLB Expansion with the Montreal Expos. Buffalo doesn't have a major Top Division Summer Team, or no NBA to compliment the Sabres. Interleague Play will be 22 Wednesday, and I'd feel Interleague Play would have to be only the Series 16 on Memorial Day, Canada Day/4th of July Weekend, After the All Star Game and Labor Day Weekend.

Apathy has been nothing short of monumental. I feel what should be thought of is having to go down a 2nd Marshall Plan like in 1997 for the American Association.

That would not be flattering for anyone involved, and I doubt remaking First Tennessee Stadium to appease Vanderbilt, Middle Tennessee State, or Tennessee State speaks of more real estate than money.

I can't necessarily speak for the quest that would ensue later, but, I feel quality would have to trump tanking.

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

What if the Waterloo Diamonds Where Forever Again?

What makes me feel incensed is there still is not any Waterloo Diamonds, 23 Years after they where preparing for a Season they didn't play. And, I feel that, I want to see some final solution to replacing Riverfront Stadium and bring Waterloo Diamonds back to Minor League Baseball.

And, even if they had an Iowa Division of the Midwest League again, I'd want to see the Diamonds back forever. And, I feel like why not reinstate Panther Baseball again? I'd want to see a proper return of the Kernels-Diamonds Rivalry and not just in story again, or worse, in literature.

And, having to care about Olympic Sports requires getting out of the house. And, Waterloo returning to the Minors will raise all ships from Doubleday to Honolulu.

Roses are red, Violets are Blue and I doubt the World Baseball Classic will be here in 2021. But, I want to see the Diamonds back, especially if there was a season where Cedar Rapids won without Waterloo, the Baseball Strike denied the Expos vs. White Sox and enabled the Braves Summer Pennants and Waterloo didn't have a season to prepare for again. Sadly, all of that is real life and all of that happened in 1994.

Even if they had to turf the UNI Dome for Baseball Again, the Diamonds will be forever again.

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