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Baseball in the Carolinas


Jakob

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The Buzz is back, the Hornets name has returned to it's rightful owners. So what's next?

 

I'm going to follow my passion of bringing the MLB to the Carolinas. The Carolinas have many minor league teams and every one of them is highly supported and some have league leading attendance. I have no doubt that an MLB team in Charlotte or Raleigh would flourish. I plan on taking the same road that Bring Back The Buzz and John Morgan did to get the Hornets name back.

 

I've set up a twitter account that has gotten 50+ followers in the past half hour so things are off to a good start.

 

If you want an MLB team, tell a friend, tell a neighbor. Spread the word.

 

https://twitter.com/MLBinCarolina

 

Also, subtopic. What would be a good name for a baseball team here?

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Have a billion dollars to bring a team here?

 

George Shinn originally wanted to bring a baseball team to Charlotte not Basketball.

 

Hopefully in the future someone will see a business opportunity and will do the same. 

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I don't see baseball working here.

 

The NBA doesn't really, the NHL is helped immensely by the Northern transplants in the Raleigh/Cary area, and the NFL does because it's the NFL. But we obviously still know how visiting fans often help fill the stadium. 

 

The "major" cities are not big enough and are too spread out to routinely sell thousands of tickets daily, baseball is dying due to costs when people would rather watch at home, the games are too long, etc. 

 

 

 

All that said, the Marlins still have a team, so it makes no sense to say a team couldn't survive here if a rich dude wanted it to. 

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Personal opinion here is that the decline in youth participation in baseball (which many different outlets have cited as between 30% and 40% from 2000 - 2010) is going to create some serious challenges for MLB down the line. Gone are the days when baseball was the most popular youth sport. As the generation that grew up with baseball as the most popular sport passes, and the kids that are now not as likely to participate grow up and become parents, attendance at baseball games will likely suffer. 

 

Attendance has been strong and steady for years despite plummeting TV ratings. Eventually the relative lack of youth exposure is going to catch up to baseball. Look at what has happened with soccer. Youth participation surged in the 1980s and 1990s and it is now one of the most popular sports among young adults. MLS has benefited tremendously as this demographic moves into ticket-buying age.

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They tried it back in the 90s.  Memory is that Don Beaver tried to relocate one of the northern teams (Milwaukee?) into the triad area.

 

 

Never really got off the ground as I recall.

 

It was the Minnesota Twins and there was a pretty advanced plan going forward to put them in the Kernersville area, believe it or not. I had just moved from the west coast and was very surprised someone would even consider it.

 

One would think a major population area is necessary to support such an endeavor. But the average value of an MLB team has probably doubled since the early 90's.

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