I you had the money to start an MLB team and you wanted to do it... (survey)?

Question

1. Where would you put your team?

2. What kind of stadium would you build? (State of the Art, a classic stadium, etc)

3. What would you call the Team?

4. If you could have ONE player on the team, who would it be?

5. Who would sponser your Stadium?

6. What TV Station would host your Games? (Like espn, or FSN)

7. Who would you hire for annocers?

8. What kind of GM would you Hire? (A Harvard Grad, a former baseball player)

9. Who would you Hire as Manager?

10. What would be the one unique thing you have in your ball park

Enjoy!

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Answer 1

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Answer 2

500 feet to center and 450 to left and 420 on right

team name--Cinncinati Blues

announcer--bob sheperd

tv staion--espn

maneger--mann ramirez

sponser for stadium--luisville slugger

player-gil meche

unique theme--aqarium

location--louisiana

modern looking stadium

Answer 3

1. Portland, Oregon

2. State of the Art

3. Mountain Ducks

4. Albert Pujols

5. Anyone who wanted to

6. FSN Northwest

7. Dan McLaughlin and Jay Randolph

8. Former baseball player

9. Joe Maddon

10. Arches like the old Busch Stadium

Answer 4

1.  North Carolina

2.  One that is really abstract.

3.  The Screaming Wombats- I know it has nothing to do with North Carolina, but that would be a crazy awesome name.

4.  Mark Buehrle.  A great starter and a really friendly guy.

5.  Coldstone Creamery.  Yum!

6.  WGN- it really doesn't matter that much to me.

7.  David Letterman would be pretty funny, but I don't think he really is an expert on baseball.  Ed Farmer always makes me laugh when I am listening to the White Sox on the radio, so maybe a combination of them.

8.  A former baseball player for sure, someone who can relate to the players.

9.  Again, a former player who can relate to the players.

10.  A daycare center where your kids can stay and learn about the game and meet retired players, or in the case of infants, sleep.

Answer 5

1. Where would you put your team?

Santa Clara/San Jose, CA (to replace both the A's and Giants if they relocate)

2. What kind of stadium would you build? (State of the Art, a classic stadium, etc) Classic stadium just like AT&T Park or the Great American Ballpark  

3. What would you call the Team?

Bay Area Lightning  

4. If you could have ONE player on the team, who would it be?

Albert Pujols

5. Who would sponser your Stadium?

Namco, Sony Entertainment, EA Sports, Oracle, Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, Nintendo

6. What TV Station would host your Games? (Like espn, or FSN)

FSN Bay Area or NBC 11

7. Who would you hire for announcers?

Tommy Lasorda and Glen Kuiper

8. What kind of GM would you Hire? (A Harvard Grad, a former baseball player) College educated graduate with a business degree.

9. Who would you Hire as Manager?

Felipe Alou

10. What would be the one unique thing you have in your ball park

Videogame arcade and food from geographical area of your opponents.

Answer 6

This is a very good question...

1.  I would put the team in either Indianapolis or Charlotte.  These two locations appeal to me because A) There are no existing teams in the state and B) They have large populations that are waiting for a team or their own to cheer for.  I would probably have to say Indianapolis because it is more populated and definitely has the population, location, and economy to support a baseball team.  ESPN also called it the #1 pro sports town in 2003

2. I would build a state of the art stadium.  First off, as much fun as it is to go to Wrigley, the only reason its so historic is because, well, it was built almost 100 years ago!  The public these days wants the nicest, best, stadiums to sit in and root for their team, and thats why I would build a state of the art stadium.

3. I would call them the Indianapolis Speed because of the historical racetrack in the city, Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

4.  If I could have one player on the team, it would be Babe Ruth.  He would draw innumerable fans to the stadium, and is also a great player who would help my team win.

5. My team would be sponsored by Honda, which A) is a major sponsor of IndyCar Series, B) is growing rapidly with its new fuel efficient cars and C) has the money to spend in America.

6. FSN Midwest would show my games, and ESPN would pick up all the big games.

7. My announcers would be Peter Gammons and Buster Olney, who both know their fair share about baseball and dont have strong connections to any one team.

8. I would hire a GM from an Ivy League school.  It is becoming more and more apparent that successful teams have GM's who do well with numbers and money, not with fastballs and curveballs.  In this day and age an intelligent GM is sooo important.  Exhibit A? Tampa Bay Rays.

9. My manager would be Phil Garner, a successful manager currently out of a job.

10. The one unique thing in my ballpark would be a go kart track in left-center field bleachers.  Kids could enjoy this SAFE attraction which would cost a few extra bucks of course but would be fun for all ages.  Of course youd have to wear helmets because of incoming home runs that Babe Ruth would hit!

Thats my idea...

Answer 7

1.Portland

2.Hitter's Park

3.Cylones

4.Albert Pujols

5.Taco Bell

6.ESPN

7.Vin Scully

8.Former Player

9.John Kruk

10.Big Water Slide

Answer 8

1. indianapolis

2. one with a retractable roof

3. indianapolis jayhawks

4. Ryan Braun

5. Klements Sausages

6. FSN

7. Bill schroeder and Darron Sutton

8. Former player

9. Mike Scioscia

10. one free beer per ticket

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Answer 9

1. La Crosse Wisconsin

2. state of the art

3. Loggers

4. A-Rod (if money didn't matter)

5. Pepto Bismol

6. ESPN

7. Some guy with a crazy voice

8. A former baseball player that went to harvard

9. Ron Gardenhire (hes good with low market teams and young players)

10. a big pink wall in right field called the pink monster

Answer 10

Portland

Claasic Stadium

The Generalz

CC Sabathia haha

A rich bank

ESPN, TSN

Joe Morrgan

A Hall of Famer former baseball player

Jason Varitek

A Free Ticket to Everybody everytime a pitcher homers !