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Bluenoser · 08-17-2015, 08:14 PM

Something to throw out there, and this may not even be relevant, but I'll mention something I did.

I have a 24 team fictional, all teams based in USA. Some teams are in major centres, such as St. Louis, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, but I also have teams in Columbus, Boise, Shreveport - not exactly mega centres. What I did with my setup is, each ML team's affiliates are in the same state.

So I checked Wiki for city populations by state, then picked a city I felt could support a AAA Team, AA and A. I based it on my average attendance I wanted and not on real life populations. So for example, my avg attendance for single A is 2500, so I picked a city with a population of 20,000+. I don't know if that would work irl, but in my fictional world it does.

Anyway, I just wanted to mention this in case you're planning on having a few levels of minors. With 50 teams eventually, you'll want to keep some cities that can support the minor league teams.

08-17-2015, 08:14 PM	#6
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,194	Something to throw out there, and this may not even be relevant, but I'll mention something I did. I have a 24 team fictional, all teams based in USA. Some teams are in major centres, such as St. Louis, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, but I also have teams in Columbus, Boise, Shreveport - not exactly mega centres. What I did with my setup is, each ML team's affiliates are in the same state. So I checked Wiki for city populations by state, then picked a city I felt could support a AAA Team, AA and A. I based it on my average attendance I wanted and not on real life populations. So for example, my avg attendance for single A is 2500, so I picked a city with a population of 20,000+. I don't know if that would work irl, but in my fictional world it does. Anyway, I just wanted to mention this in case you're planning on having a few levels of minors. With 50 teams eventually, you'll want to keep some cities that can support the minor league teams.