MiLB and Indy Regular Season Thread

[BigMac1212]

I don't see Indianapolis adopting the Pierogis nickname anytime soon...

 

[BigMac1212]

I am not joking when all 4 teams in the International League (Class AAA) are below .500. What the heck is going on?

 

[garnetpalmetto]

I am not joking when all 4 teams in the International League (Class AAA) are below .500. What the heck is going on?

I think you mean the International League South Division. There's plenty more than just 4 teams in the IL.

And it's official - the Bakersfield Blaze and High Desert Mavericks will cease operations at the end of the season and two new teams will be added to the Carolina League for the 2017 season. One will play in Kinston, NC and the other location is up in the air but will likely be Fayetteville, NC.

 

[BigMac1212]

I think you mean the International League South Division. There's plenty more than just 4 teams in the IL.

Did I pull a Buckner.

 

[BigMac1212]

And it's official - the Bakersfield Blaze and High Desert Mavericks will cease operations at the end of the season and two new teams will be added to the Carolina League for the 2017 season. One will play in Kinston, NC and the other location is up in the air but will likely be Fayetteville, NC.

Which ballpark could house a team temporarily for MiLB for the 2017 season in Fayetteville?

 

[garnetpalmetto]

Which ballpark could house a team temporarily for MiLB for the 2017 season in Fayetteville?

J.P. Riddle Stadium. It's the former home of Fayetteville's last minor league team, the Fayetteville Generals/Cape Fear Crocs (the current Lakewood Blue Claws), and the current home of their Coastal Plains League team, the Fayetteville Swampdogs.

 

[BigMac1212]

Labor Day. Today means most affiliated ball seasons ends today.

 

[BigMac1212]

No word on who will be the 2nd expansion team in the Carolina League for the 2017 season. And the league hasn't released a 2017 schedule yet. I'm worried.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Why would they release a 2017 schedule yet when the 2016 playoffs aren't even over yet? These things take time, there's nothing to be worried about.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

No word on who will be the 2nd expansion team in the Carolina League for the 2017 season. And the league hasn't released a 2017 schedule yet. I'm worried.

I doubt there's much need to worry. My money would be on Fayetteville. A year or two in J.P. Riddle and then a move into the new stadium.

 

[BigMac1212]

Maybe I jumped the gun after the smaller California League already released their 2017 schedule out. Nothing to see here.

 

[BigMac1212]

Fayetteville Ballpark Financing Plan Approved

Class A-Advance Carolina League team close by?

 

[BigMac1212]

Well, the High Desert Mavericks end their history with a California League Championship. Good for them.

 

[BigMac1212]

Rangers complete purchase of Kingston MiLB franchise

You get back to us on that 2nd expansion team, Carolina League. Anyday now...

 

[garnetpalmetto]

Rangers complete purchase of Kingston MiLB franchise

You get back to us on that 2nd expansion team, Carolina League. Anyday now...

I'm still hearing Fayetteville's a lock. However, the interim home of the team wouldn't be J.P. Riddle as I've believed up to this point, but Jim Perry Stadium, located on the campus of Campbell University in Lillington, NC (about 36 miles/44 minutes from Fayetteville).

 

[John Price]

 

[BigMac1212]

I'll repeat:

 

[garnetpalmetto]

And once again, branding by...Brandiose.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

They're just fans of the show China, Il.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Die in a ditch, Brandiose.

So ****ing embarrassing.


And New Orleans...have some ****ing pride. It's one thing when it's a 'city' of 25,000 people doing this crap to try to get in the news, but when it's a major city doing it...ugh. You should be better than that.

 

[BigMac1212]

They're just fans of the show China, Il.

Curse you, Adult Swim!

 

[garnetpalmetto]

Well, at least the ZephyrsBaby Cakes can just borrow this mascot from the Pelicans...

 

[BigMac1212]

Well, at least the ZephyrsBaby Cakes can just borrow this mascot from the Pelicans...

Good Lord, that looks hideous!

 

[garnetpalmetto]

The new Astros High-A team will play their first two years in Buies Creek, NC at Campbell University's Jim Perry Stadium while their permanent home gets built in Fayetteville. Their interim name will be the Buies Creek Astros. Interesting that they're not going with their permanent name from the start. I guess Brandiose doesn't have enough time to generate a logo for them in six months.

http://www.milb.com/news/article.js...d=209072660&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb

 

[MurrayBannerman]