Richard Castle - contributing reporter
Rumors has it, Cobbfather executives are still debating a major realignment. In it, they would eliminate the AL and NL, playing in one league with every team adopting the DH. Playoffs would be seeded similar to March Madness. The plan might be rejected year after year, but that doesn't stop them from talking about it.
Central: Austin, Houston, Oklahoma City, Jackson
East: Dover, Washington DC, Charlotte, Columbus
Midwest: Milwaukee, Iowa City, Chicago, Cincinnati
North: Scranton, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
Northwest: Vancouver, Santa Fe, Helena, Colorado Springs
Northeast: Augusta, New York, Boston, Trenton
Southeast: Atlanta, Tampa Bay, Florida, San Juan
Southwest: Honolulu, Anaheim, Arizona, Tucson
By the way, imagine a 7 game series between Honolulu and San Juan; that's a 15.5 plane ride and 5,878 miles.
Park Factors
A new owners first big decision is where to play half of their games, and what kind of ballpark they want. With a wide range going from Colorado, pure hitter friendly, to Tacoma, pure pitcher friendly; and it's a big first decision. One thing some owners take into account are the other stadiums in their division. Let's take a quick look:
Best HR division: AL North
Top Hitters division: NL South
Pitchers dream division: NL West, they own the tiebreaker in park factor against AL East due to the better at limiting home runs.
Divisional Park Factors (listed hitter to pitcher friendly)
- 1.106 NL South
- 1.047 AL West
- 1.016 AL North
- 1.013 NL East
- 1.002 NL North - The Switzerland of Cobbfather divisions.
- 0.984 AL South
- 0.971 AL East
- 0.971 NL West