OOTP 9 quickstart...now he wants Texans!

[Raidergoo]

Originally Posted by enuttage

What IS the 7th largest city in the country doing in a AA league?

Perhaps it is because it was not the 7th largest city in 1961? It would have been around 590,000 (17th), having added a little less than 200,000 people in the last decade.

[enuttage]

Originally Posted by Raidergoo

Perhaps it is because it was not the 7th largest city in 1961? It would have been around 590,000 (17th), having added a little less than 200,000 people in the last decade.

That'd do it! Although 17th at least deserves AAA consideration!!

I suspect there are fewer pro teams as well, thus the bump down.

So the quickstart will be 60s era? I honestly (and obviously) can't say I've followed up till this point.

[Raidergoo]

Originally Posted by enuttage

That'd do it! Although 17th at least deserves AAA consideration!!

I suspect there are fewer pro teams as well, thus the bump down.

So the quickstart will be 60s era? I honestly (and obviously) can't say I've followed up till this point.

I will build the league starting in 1951, sim it 10 years, and make the quickstart available in for the 1961 season.

Many OOTP board members have signed up to have a chance at starring in the league in this thread.

[jetking]

Originally Posted by Raidergoo

I will build the league starting in 1951, sim it 10 years, and make the quickstart available in for the 1961 season.

And I must shamefacedly admit that I signed up but promptly forgot the whole '61 one. I'm awfully glad I didn't make a stink, originally

Now, I suppose that it's not entirely out of the realm of possibility for, say, the 7th largest city in the country to play host to a AA team. I mean, really, who doesn't love puffy tacos? And I reckon an anomaly in real life should be an anomaly in pretend baseball land, too

Still, one did have that brief couple of years of holding out hope for a chance to buy tickets to the San Antonio Land Marlins home opener...

And speaking on behalf of the citizens of Austin from a time before I was born, we'll take the AA team. It's better than no pro team at all (and Hornsby Bend is a much shorter drive for me than, say, Round Rock)...

Ok, enough outta me.

[jetking]

Originally Posted by enuttage

Pretty cool, huh? It's still fairly undeveloped out there. Maybe we should petition RBI to build Wells Park at Hornsby Bend out there. Hmmm.

Your idea intrigues me

[rogmax11]

Beesville Stingers comes to mind.

[Raidergoo]

Note:

If someone can come up with an idea for a A Ball league, I am all ears. I'm tempted to use a southern California League

[knuckler]

Great Plains League?

[knuckler]

Nice to see so many RGV towns. There's already been a lot of good suggestions, but what the heck:

Alice - Tejanos
Austin - Lone Stars
Beeville - Bees/Pilots(home of a Naval Air Station in WWII)
Brownsville - Rancheros, Matadors
Corpus Christi - Admirals
Eagle Pass - Aguilas
Edna - As has already been noted, anything with the railroad is great
Freeport - Atoms (Dow has a plant there)
Harlingen - Leathernecks (there is a Marine prep school there and a replica of the Iwo Jima Mem.)
Galveston - Pelicans, Roughnecks
Kingsville Brahmas (Type of cattle)
Laredo - Tecolates
McAllen - Green Jays(as others have mentioned, the Valley is big on birding and the GJ is unique to the area), Hubs (main town in the Valley), Snowbirds
Port Lavaca _ Seahawks/Gulls/Beacons/Buccaneers
San Antonio - Hard to imagine anything but Missions, but I understand the issue with it. Bears is kind of a neat idea, and was at one time used by a minor league team there.
Victoria - Rosebuds, Chaparrals

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by Raidergoo

I'm tempted to use a southern California League

I have a Southern California A league that looks like this:

Costa Mesa Coasters
El Monte Gauchos
Fullerton Wildcats
Hollywood Moguls
Huntington Beach Surfers
Laguna Beach Waves
Lake Elsinore Demons
La Mirada Mirage
Long Beach Sharks
Montebello Lancers
Pasadena Horsemen
Riverside Rivermen
San Bernadino Bears
Santa Ana Winds
Santa Monica Barons
Whittier Raiders

You can use all of it, none of it, or just the cities.

[PotatoPeeler]

It wasn't all that humorous the first time he suggested it and certainly not the second time.

[Raidergoo]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

I have a Southern California A league that looks like this:

Costa Mesa Coasters
El Monte Gauchos
Fullerton Wildcats
Hollywood Moguls
Huntington Beach Surfers
Laguna Beach Waves
Lake Elsinore Demons
La Mirada Mirage
Long Beach Sharks
Montebello Lancers
Pasadena Horsemen
Riverside Rivermen
San Bernadino Bears
Santa Ana Winds
Santa Monica Barons
Whittier Raiders

You can use all of it, none of it, or just the cities.

This also intrigues me. I'll make a Google map and see how I like it.

If anyone has another idea, I am game, as I don't need the A ball league for at least 2-3 more days.

[Raidergoo]

Dola,

Southern California city list
Google Maps

I might stretch the cities out just a little more to the south towards Oceanside and north towards Oxnard.

[SittingDuck]

Any chance of adding Roger (aka, Mr Smooth) as a manager to one of the teams? We need some celebrity bling in there.

[Raidergoo]

Originally Posted by SittingDuck

Any chance of adding Roger (aka, Mr Smooth) as a manager to one of the teams? We need some celebrity bling in there.

I think I can safely name a stadium after him.

At some point, I will need to get stadium names for these places. It'd be nice for some local names to be offered.

[enuttage]

Originally Posted by Raidergoo

At some point, I will need to get stadium names for these places. It'd be nice for some local names to be offered.

Originally Posted by enuttage

Austin Senators (Senators and Black Senators are the first two pro teams from here) - Gotta play at Hornsby Bend Park (fictional), where Rogers Hornsby is still buried (real - at the actual Hornsby Bend). The two work together well, as that's MLK Blvd (FM 969), the Eastside, and a place rich with baseball tradition and black history (Wee Willie Wells, Joe Wood, Hilton Smith).

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[Raidergoo]

Originally Posted by enuttage

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Great! Now I need 47 more...

[enuttage]

These, AFAIK, are era appropriate:

Galveston - Moody Field (one of the great historical families on the Island).
San Antonio - Ross Youngs Park (HOFer with the tragic end - not born in SA, but spent much time and died there)
Victoria - Kirksey Field/Park (One of several folks responsible - in his case ten years ahead of schedule - for bringing pro baseball to Houston, right about the time of this league. He was a Hillsboro native, but it's not *too* far from either Victoria or Edna, and since Ron Gant Field would be anachronistic...)

More to come, maybe. My 'net connection is pitiful this afternoon.

[Bishop]

Corpus Christi Clippers - Schepps Palm Field

Galveston Sandcrabs - Beach Park, Gulfview Park, Moody Park, Pirates Field

Harlingen Hubs/Lads/Capitals - Cardinal Stadium (named after the High School Team)

San Antonio - Electric Park, Block Stadium, League Park, Tech Field,

Victoria Rosebuds/Eagles/Giants - Riverside Park

Austin Senators/Rangers/Beavers/Reps - Disch Field

Those are the stadiums the teams played in.

[theasfl]

I always used the Galveston Islanders.