There is not a professional team, but there is approximately 3,000 minor league teams in NC and I've been to a crap load of those games. I still can't wrap my head around the fact that NC has a hockey team, but no MLB team.
*Sigh* Your music knowledge just isn't as good as I thought.
Because, yankees. And yep, so many MiLB teams. Off the top of my head... Mudcats, Dash, Grasshoppers, Tourists, Knights, ... that's all I've got.
First of all, GFYWASpoon. Second, I'm mostly just f***ing with you. But you have to remember, I was born in '89. So, their biggest albums all came out before I was born. Avenged is the (I'll admit, poor man's) Metallica of my age bracket.
It better stay that way too. If a team ends up in, let's say, Charlotte, that means I lose Braves coverage, which means I will burn that new team's stadium to the ground.
North Carolina won't get a baseball team for three reasons:
There are 11 teams in NC.
That's probably the biggest reason. The Nationals should have been a NC team instead of f**king DC.
Yeah there was no point in putting a team in D.C. Do you at least subscribe to my Raleigh vs. Charlotte point? It's playing itself out right now in North Carolina trying to get an MLS team. Charlotte is a much better location for that than Raleigh is.
I don't think it would stop a team from moving there, but I'm sure it doesn't help either. I do agree that Charlotte is a better location. Baseball is a little different in my opinion. Baseball is very popular there. You could put a major league team in Roy's hometown and they would have better attendance than most MLB teams.
I mean, you could move the Braves to Macon or Athens and they'd draw better than they did at Turner. But yes I see your point.
The good thing about Charlotte is you can bring in fans from SC too. A decent size of the Panthers fan base comes from SC since it is so close. There is a reason they named themselves the Carolina Panthers instead of the Charlotte Panthers.
The Braves have a massive fan base because they had no competition for a long time and still don't have much now. A lot of those Braves fans in NC and SC would start going to Charlotte.
LOL you're so salty bro.
How does any of that make me salty? Do you honestly think that lack of competition didn't help the Braves gain fans throughout the southeast?
Me saying the Braves suck is salty? If that's the case, then you sir are the dead sea.
I think that avatar is starting to mess with your head. Hopefully this will help explain the post.
I repeat... Like a mini Times Square connected to a ballpark. So awesome.
If he keeps smacking homers to right, then I'll never complain about him again.
Haha I was just thinking the same thing. He rambles on and on and on and hardly ever about the game.
Who is it? I missed the start. I think it's really weird that it's the national Fox guys but it's on Fox Sports South, not regular Fox.
Preston Wilson, former Rockies CF.
Gotcha. Thanks for the info, I was very confused lol.
That's the problem with national announcers. Chip can be cheesy but I love Joe Simpson. Those guys make watching the game enjoyable.
Yeah Joe is awesome. I don't mind Chip too much. I think he gets a lot of unfair criticism. Chip and Joe work very well together.
Does Charlotte carry the Braves' radio feed. If so, you gotta check out Don Sutton. Dude is amazing.
Probably, but I never do that, and yeah, I used to enjoy Don Sutton back in the TBS days. I always stick with the TV broadcast. Never care enough about announcing to switch to radio, despite how awful these guys are. Besides, the radio feed would be way ahead of me anyway.
Yeah I wouldn't do that either. I can't do it for Carolina games because of where I live, but I wouldn't do it even if I could.
