Expansion/Realignment Forum?

[ian2813]

Maybe it's me, but it seems like there are frequent topics on this board relating to realignment, expansion, contraction, or just general reshuffling of baseball's current structure. Even current event topics like expansion of the playoffs gets people to start whipping out their realignment ideas.

Might it be good to have a separate forum or subforum to discuss such things so we don't have to keep seeing the same discussions over and over? Perhaps it could be along the lines of a "proposed changes" forum?

[DJC]

Maybe it's me, but it seems like there are frequent topics on this board relating to realignment, expansion, contraction, or just general reshuffling of baseball's current structure. Even current event topics like expansion of the playoffs gets people to start whipping out their realignment ideas.

Might it be good to have a separate forum or subforum to discuss such things so we don't have to keep seeing the same discussions over and over? Perhaps it could be along the lines of a "proposed changes" forum?

This is one subject area in which I'm very interested, and I like the idea of having a whole separate forum or sub-forum for it, but I don't necessarily see a need for such a move. Discussion on the topic generally goes in Current Events or Between Innings. There are other topics which are rehashed as often (if not more so) than realignment and expansion. Even if a new forum or sub-forum were created and covered other subjects like rule changes, I doubt the forum would receive much traffic.

[DJC]

A stickied thread in Current Events might suffice.

[Captain Cold Nose]

A stickied thread in Current Events might suffice.

That may be a way to go. I'll check to see how similar the discussions are, because, while I agree, there has been a bit of rehash, it has seemed to go different ways each thread.

It's a popular overall topic, just like steroids have been.

[webmaster]

A non-official rule of thumb, if a particular sub-topic has hundreds of posts, and those posts are getting commented on regularly, then its most likely time to move them into their own forum. Not just for their sake, but for the sake of the forum they are being posted into. An example of that is Baseball Photography. It truly did take on a life of its own for years and after a while just needed a home of its - the forum was born. It could have gone as a sub-forum as well, but I thought it should be brought out to the front page rather than just included inside a particular topic. So I'm not closed to reorganizing the site to make it better, I just usually like to have a plan in place before I start!

Sean