Little League World Series
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I did something a few years back a "census" of sorts of all 1200 Major League baseball players (not professional players, guys who actually appeared in the big leagues), ranked the states, ranked the metro areas, ranked the countries.
The DR was absolutely ridiculous off the charts, 25 MLB players per 1 million male population. In the US, California was the top state at roughly 12 players per 1 million male population, so you guys can say that not only are you big, but you're good too (and that having so many guys in the show is not only b/c you're big, New York is big but has nobody).
And at the metro area scale, the San Diego-Oceanside-Chula Vista MSA was right at 25 per 1 million males, right on the DR's level and head and shoulders above anywhere else in the US. Los Angeles-Orange County-Riverside was 2nd but a distant 2nd, and Tampa-St.Pete-Sarasota was 3rd.
The DR was absolutely ridiculous off the charts, 25 MLB players per 1 million male population. In the US, California was the top state at roughly 12 players per 1 million male population, so you guys can say that not only are you big, but you're good too (and that having so many guys in the show is not only b/c you're big, New York is big but has nobody).
And at the metro area scale, the San Diego-Oceanside-Chula Vista MSA was right at 25 per 1 million males, right on the DR's level and head and shoulders above anywhere else in the US. Los Angeles-Orange County-Riverside was 2nd but a distant 2nd, and Tampa-St.Pete-Sarasota was 3rd.
Yeah I feel you there but it sort of does, you guys might not have a talent like Adrian Gonzalez for probably the best arb-buyout free agency extending contract in all of baseball (an absolutely ridiculous bargain) if he wasn't a native. And somebody like Tony Gwynn probably doesn't stay his whole career in another anonymous mid-market if he wasn't from there.
So I think you guys have reaped the benefits at the Major League level, but yeah, of course it's not as important as other stuff.
Exhibit A = Boston Mass, the least athletic major metropolitan area in the country but the strongest in professional sports. Go figure...
So I think you guys have reaped the benefits at the Major League level, but yeah, of course it's not as important as other stuff.
Exhibit A = Boston Mass, the least athletic major metropolitan area in the country but the strongest in professional sports. Go figure...
Panther,
I think the dude that posted that is a giants fan. He was trying to be funny.
Either way I think I read that census you put up before, great info and insight.
I didn't think anyone noticed the amount of talent coming outta here.. I'd like to find out the amount of NFL players cause there seems to be alot outta here as well
I think the dude that posted that is a giants fan. He was trying to be funny.
Either way I think I read that census you put up before, great info and insight.
I didn't think anyone noticed the amount of talent coming outta here.. I'd like to find out the amount of NFL players cause there seems to be alot outta here as well
Oh people definitely notice, evidence being the majority of Major League baseball teams have 3 area scouts covering amateur baseball in the state of California, with the typical split being Northern Cali down to Fresno, Los Angeles County w/ Riverside County up to Bakersfield, and lastly Orange County down to San Diego. In the rest of the country, you'll see one area scout have several different states i.e. New Jersey all the way up to Maine or Ohio-Michigan-Indiana-Illinois-Wisconsin.
So you just add up the number of total HS baseball players in these areas and the Orange County down to San Diego is far and away the smallest, yet that scout is getting the same salary and has the same job for covering a significantly smaller area, but justified in doing so b/c the talent is so much denser. Major League baseball definitely notices and proves such by the way they allocate resources.
So you just add up the number of total HS baseball players in these areas and the Orange County down to San Diego is far and away the smallest, yet that scout is getting the same salary and has the same job for covering a significantly smaller area, but justified in doing so b/c the talent is so much denser. Major League baseball definitely notices and proves such by the way they allocate resources.
Still respectable for sure, but a little different story. Did the exact same project for the NFL (unemployment after college is awesome), California is #15 for NFL per capita (#1 total number of course b/c of its size).
At the Metro Area scale, among the 50 largest, San Diego is #11 in per capita NFL, which is good for the best in California (Bay Area is #19 and the LA-OC-Riverside is #22).
The football map is a little different, completely dominated by the Southeast and w/ some clear racial overtones (i.e. who is 67% of the NFL and where does that specific group live in the highest concentrations?). The #1 football state is Louisiana and the #1 football MSA is New Orleans. I love my Pac-10 but looking at this map does tell somewhat of a story, the West Coast just isn't on the Deep South's level at putting guys in the league.
At the Metro Area scale, among the 50 largest, San Diego is #11 in per capita NFL, which is good for the best in California (Bay Area is #19 and the LA-OC-Riverside is #22).
The football map is a little different, completely dominated by the Southeast and w/ some clear racial overtones (i.e. who is 67% of the NFL and where does that specific group live in the highest concentrations?). The #1 football state is Louisiana and the #1 football MSA is New Orleans. I love my Pac-10 but looking at this map does tell somewhat of a story, the West Coast just isn't on the Deep South's level at putting guys in the league.
And when you equally weight all 3 major sports in America (baseball, football, basketball) for the per capita production of athletes, the most athletic state in the nation is Mississippi and the most athlete major metropolitan area is Houston TX. These places all excel in the big 3, whereas other spots might be really good in 2 but weak in 1.
And why did I start posting all this shit to begin with? Oh yeah, the LLWS.
Watching the Chula Vista vs Granite bay game (technically the "West Regional Final" b/c they chop Cali into 2, north & south), it was pretty obvious that this was the little league game that was going to determine the entire thing. Sure enough...
Watching the Chula Vista vs Granite bay game (technically the "West Regional Final" b/c they chop Cali into 2, north & south), it was pretty obvious that this was the little league game that was going to determine the entire thing. Sure enough...