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RMc · 03-22-2021, 08:23 PM

Good stuff, but one thing: whenever I do one of these "PCL to the Majors" things, I usually move Sacramento. Sacto is just too small; it had only 137K people in 1950, about one-fourth of the average size of the other seven PCL cities.

Possibilities include Vancouver (344K in '50), Salt Lake City (182K) and Spokane (161K) -- indeed, the PCL actually moved into all of these cities in 1958. (The fourth "new" PCL city in '58 was Phoenix, which was still smaller than Sacramento in 1950 but growing fast.)

Denver is also a possibility with 415K, but it's 800-1,000 air miles away from the other PCL cities (plus, you know, mountains). If the Dodgers and Giants don't move west and the PCL survives into the 60s, maybe they'll think about snarfing up Denver, Phoenix, Albuquerque...maybe even into Texas...?!

03-22-2021, 08:23 PM	#13
RMc All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,656	The sad state of Sacramento Good stuff, but one thing: whenever I do one of these "PCL to the Majors" things, I usually move Sacramento. Sacto is just too small; it had only 137K people in 1950, about one-fourth of the average size of the other seven PCL cities. Possibilities include Vancouver (344K in '50), Salt Lake City (182K) and Spokane (161K) -- indeed, the PCL actually moved into all of these cities in 1958. (The fourth "new" PCL city in '58 was Phoenix, which was still smaller than Sacramento in 1950 but growing fast.) Denver is also a possibility with 415K, but it's 800-1,000 air miles away from the other PCL cities (plus, you know, mountains). If the Dodgers and Giants don't move west and the PCL survives into the 60s, maybe they'll think about snarfing up Denver, Phoenix, Albuquerque...maybe even into Texas...?! __________________ "We're all behind our baseball team..."