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Speculative ideas in sports and life, possibly some worldbuilding, also my travel blogging
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Baseball Earth: Mexico (opens the original)
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Mexico, our neighbors to the south. A long history of baseball, but economic development issues have often limited opportunities.As of the time of writing, 135 Major League ballplayers were born in Mexico. We’ll put 20 of them on this roster and add 6 players from World Baseball Classic performances.StadiumEstadio Alfredo Harp Helú in Mexico City has been used for MLB’s Mexico series 3 times in the past 4 seasons, as well as being the home of los Diablos Rojos del México in the Mexican League.<a
Baseball Earth: New York (opens the original)
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Some say that baseball was started in New York, with the game between the New York Knickerbockers and the New York Nine being the first known ‘real’ baseball game. It’s a pretty reasonable conclusion, though as with many things, there is a long, complicated evolutionary history that we won’t get into. Nonetheless, New York has always been a center of the game, with the great success of the not only baseball’s most famous team, the New York Yankees, but in times past of the New York Giants and Br
Baseball Earth: New Mexico (opens the original)
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New Mexico is a state filled with desert and a charming Southwestern vibe. There’s not much else here, including not really much baseball. Let’s find out what we end up with.As of the time of writing, 35 Major League ballplayers were born in New Mexico.StadiumNew Mexico has a single affiliated minor league team. The Albuquerque Isotopes are the Rockies’ AAA team in the Pacific Coast League, and their home park is Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewa
Baseball Earth: New Jersey (opens the original)
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New Jersey is a state torn between two metropolitan areas, Philadelphia and New York, with the state’s fandom torn that way. It does an okay job building baseball talent, but it’s often overlooked by the scouts.As of the time of writing, 390 Major League ballplayers were born in New Jersey.StadiumNew Jersey has two affiliated ballclubs, one in Double-A and one in Low-A. We’ll choose the park of higher classification, Bridgewater’s TD Bank Ballpark, home of the Somerset Patriots, affiliate of the
Baseball Earth: Korea, South (opens the original)
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South Korea is one of the few countries that primarily play baseball. It has resulted in the Korean Baseball Organization being one of the top leagues in the world, but it’s still a good step behind the Major Leagues, and while they occasionally produce some very good players, players from KBO often struggle to make it at the big-league level.As of the time of writing, 31 Major League ballplayers were born in (South) Korea. I have slotted them as “Korea” as that is their name used during the Wor
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