Why aren't there more MLB teams in the south? As it stands now literally 90% of the South are Braves fans and the rest bandwagon the Yankees.
>>68163599
LGTSS
>a's
>mets
>>68163599
The south doesn't have as many cities capable of holding a major professional team
>>68163662
New Orleans, Charlotte, Nashville. None of them has a MLB team even though they participate in other leagues.
>>68163662
Charlotte could
>humid and hot 99% of the time
>giant bugs
>hurricanes
>dry counties
>poverty-stricken
>full of southerners
>you could lynch black people there 60 years ago and probably get away with it
gee I wonder why more sports teams don't flock to Mississippi and Alabama, modern day gardens of Eden that they are.
>>68163707
They're making a lot of progress, Mississippi even banned slavery in 2013.
>>68163707
>>68164006
>muh Jim Crow
>muh slavery
Go back to tumblr please.
>>68164108
Wasn't my slavery, it was Mississippi's.
>http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/02/19/mississippi-finally-ratifies-the-amendment-to-ban-slavery-148-years-later/
>>68163707
>>you could lynch black people there 60 years ago and probably get away with it
Do you realize that 4 times as many blacks that got lynched during the history of the United States are killed by black on black violence every year?
>>68164127
I mean you have to be a tumblrina to talk about dumb shit like that when we're discussing baseball.
>>68163599
NCAA baseball is pretty big in the South, obviously still not as big as football or basketball, but it has a large enough presence and I'd say it's still growing.
Teams like South Carolina, LSU, Vanderbilt are really pulling most of the weight down there.
>>68164145
Well you said tumblr twice, guess that means you're right. This kids gonna make the Mississippi debate team for sure.
>>68163599
Is it really true that every baseball fan in Canada is a Bluejays fan?
>>68164254
>baseball fan in Canada
That happened for about three weeks last fall.
There are no longer any baseball fans in Canada.
>>68163599
Too busy dominating football.
>>68164278
>amateursportslol
>>68163599
Is there any city or state in the United States, where baseball is the most hated sport, and less practiced?
>>68164278
Only college football. Other than the Saints one meme run they have 0 pro championships.
>inb4 someone counts Miami and Tampa as the south
>>68163599
>oakland athletics arent even on there
KEK
>>68164288
Amateur in legality but not in revenue and ratings.
>>68164294
Those flyover states between Illinois and the west coast probably.
>>68163681
New Oreleans has too many niggers and their AAA team has shit attendance
>>68163682
Charolette and Nashville and good expansion locations fuck Montreal and Mexico City
>shorsk
There are a shit ton of minor league teams in the South. I mean a shit ton. Nashville and Charlotte are the only two cities that could support a MLB team.
>>68164294
If you're that Costa Rican who's always asking about if there's a place in the USA where soccer is the dominant sport, I may have found an answer for you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_in_Orlando,_Florida
Their MLS team is brand new but already out-paces their college football attendance*.
*http://www.ucffootballschedule.com/attendance.php
>>68166100
To be fair, UCF is as low as you can possibly go while still being D1.
Nashville won't be getting a MLB team for awhile since the Sounds (AAA) recently got a nice new stadium.
>>68164254
in vancouver i have always felt like the mariners are the 'hometeam'
NC almost got the Twins awhile back
>>68163599
LSU Tigers are infinitely bigger in Louisiana than any pro team desu senpai
Is there a city in North America which really should have an MLB team but doesn't? similar to how Quebec doesn't have an NHL team anymore
>>68164108
>>68164139
>it's a /pol/ fails to get a joke and gets butt hurt episode
He's making fun of Mississippi you mongoloids. Jesus tap dancing Christ
>>68167732
Quebec should get the Expos back. DC sports are cursed, there's no reason to have any teams there.
>>68167732
Montreal, for completionist sake.. thats about it. There's more cities you can make a case they DONT need their team than cities that do, really.
>>68167732
Montreal is a strong contender. People still wear Expos hats more than a decade after they left the city.
>>68167817
I don't get the joke, there's plenty of niggers deserving of a good lynching these days. Pop your head out of your small, all-white town or all-white suburbia once in awhile.
>>68164278
>dominating football
>most recent Super Bowls have been won by northern teams
>>68167830
>>68167869
>>68167875
What about other places in Canada like Vancouver or maybe a united Alberta team?
>>68167895
there's plenty of people in general deserving of a good lynching. pop your head out of /pol/ once in a while.
>>68167830
DC Metro area is 6th largest in the country, and with a fuckton of money.
Theyve always deserved a baseball team.
Do the Cubans in south Florida just not give a fuck about the Marlins?
Or is just too expensive to afford tickets.
I don't think I've ever met a Marlins fan
>>68168503
No real Floridian likes the Marlins m8
>>68168503
Weird. Isn't baseball like the #1 sport in Cuba?
>>68168503
Is there a less worthy team to have won 2 World Series in the last 20 years
>>68168690
Jints
>>68168503
What were they thinking changing that cool logo to this faggot dogshit
>>68168503
I'm from Michigan and was visiting my dad who lives in Florida during the winter back in April.
We went to Miami for the SECOND game of the season for the Tigers vs. Marlins. Not only was the tiny ass stadium half full at best AT LEAST 45% of the fans there were Tiger fans.
It was fucking embarrassing.
>>68168503
>Do the Cubans in south Florida just not give a fuck about the Marlins?
>>68168633
We're all Yankees fans. We love baseball, we just don't give a fuck about the Marlins. When the Marlins and Yankees were in the WS, my elementary school tried doing one of those "little kids dress up in the local team's gear before the championship" photos but they cancelled it because half the class showed up wearing Yankees hats/shirts.
>>68168796
Here's a clip from the end of the game. Marlins down 4, bases loaded, with 2 outs and Stanton batting.
He gets struck out to end it and it sounds like a Tigers home game nearly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGdqB6-nWIg
Have you ever been to the south, especially in the summer? There is a reason baseball isn't there.
>>68168904
If they can play baseball in Phoenix Arizona they sure can in New Orleans or Charlotte.
>>68168863
3rd world fans are absoulute shit.
Bandwagon the team with history rather then a team they can form connections with
>>68168924
in phoenix they play in an air conditioned dome.
also dry heat > humid heat every day
>>68168926
>Bandwagon the team with history rather then a team they can form connections with
The Marlins weren't even founded until 1993, decades after most of the Cubans arrived in Miami. What were they supposed to do, just not be a fan of any team on the off chance that the MLB one day expanded into Miami?
>>68168938
>air conditioned dome
So what is stopping them from building one in NOLA? I mean the Saints also play in a dome.
>dry heat > humid heat
Depends. Phoenix in the summer is absolutely ubearable if you're standing in the sun. Your skin is literally burning, not just sunburning but burning.
>>68168947
The Nationals stay in the top half of attendance despite the fact that that team had no connections to DC
>>68168947
That's how people do it. In North Carolina it was all Steelers / Redskins country but then they got the Panthers and become Panther fans.
People in the south are fine with all following the Braves. The south isn't developed enough to support multiple teams. Would you want a state like Wyoming to get a team just so the mountain west isn't all Rockies?
>>68168926
RETARD ALERT. RETARD ALERT. RETARD ALERT
>>68169012
That's because DC is full of transplants who just moved there, and there's not much to do in DC because it kind of sucks.
>>68169012
>>68169031
I think it has more to do with Cubans coming from humble backgrounds seeing teams like the Yankees and viewing them as the epitome of success.
Different from when an American City gets a new team.
the south is football country. like unbelievably so. for them, they would rather watch summer high school practice than baseball.
>>68165889
there are a shit ton of minor league teams everywhere.
Each MLB team has 6 levels of minor league fags
>>68169083
The Yankees were also really popular in Cuba before the Revolution, so a lot of the immigrants were already fans.
>>68166100
>>68166139
also i bet my little sawker tickets are way fucking cheaper than college football
I live in fucking Reno Nevada and even we have a minor league team. Just because your state/city has one doesn't make it viable for an MLB team.
>>68167939
They dont have the population and or people liking baseball
>>68169148
Depends on the team. Ohio State tickets can get expensive as all fuck but I'm sure they can't be too expensive in places like Wyoming or whatever.
>tfw the sun never sets on the Yankees Empire
>>68168503
people in fucking florida dont care about any sports unless they are in the last round of the finals
>>68168721
gay pride
>>68169198
They care about college football though. Gators and Semenholes tend to have a decent following no matter what.
>>68169241
only when they are winning. see miami
>>68169180
Wyoming only has a 5.15 minimum wage fucking everything is cheap there
>>68169261
Gators have a massive fanbase no matter what. Miami is just bandwagon: the city.
Southerner here.
We care more about highschool football than the MLB. Sorry but it's true.
>>68169180
I just checked, the cheapest tickets for the Ohio State - Michigan game are $385 on Stubhub, for Wyoming games most prices start at like 30 dollars.
Southerners are too stupid to understand baseball or hockey
>>68169730
http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl
>implying
Move Marlins to Nashville.
Move Tampa Bae to Havana
Eventual expansion: Mexico City, Montreal, Puerto Rico, Tijuana
>>68163599
>why doesnt the worst part of the country have more sports teams
Think you answered your own question m8
>>68166100
I don't think he is that guy, his english is too good.
>>68170531
But I'm asking specifically about MLB. They have NBA teams (Pelicans, Hornets, Hawks) and NFL teams (Panthers, Saints, Falcons, Jaguars, Titans)
>>68168796
Miamifags only care about the Heat, the Canes and the Dolphs.
Move TB to Charlotte. Fuck the Charlotte Knights, fuck the Durham Bulls.
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