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Originally Posted by brickell
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jeez, the braves have an absolutely gigantic hinterland for a team east of the mississippi.
MLB's northeast/midwest legacy bias is on full display in that map.
excising the florida and texas extremities, the braves are the lone MLB team for the balance of the south, an absolutely huge and very populated swath of the nation!
the NFL and NBA both have 4 teams in that same geography (the NHL only has 2, but the sunbelt has been a mixed-bag for the NHL for obvious reasons).