I'll start
In 1975, with an impending lawsuit and unruly owners, the Chicago White Sox were nearly relocated to Seattle and the Oakland A's were nearly relocated to Chicago to take the White Sox place. In the end, the plans were scrapped. Everyone stayed put, and in 1977 Seattle and Toronto were granted expansion teams in order to settle the lawsuit with the city of Seattle.
Belicheck doesn’t rezine with the Jets
If Peyton didn't stay for his final year in college he almost certainly would have ended up on the Jets. The decision to stay wasn't an easy one, he seriously considered coming out.
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Cool thread
idk man, american sports are rather irrelevant
says an Argie on an American based forum
okay
Japanese owner, m8
Newfag
Dolphins sign Drew Brees instead of Daunte Culpepper in 2006. Nick Saban probably wins a Super Bowl in Miami (the team was close) and never goes to Alabama.
Browns stay in Clevelan, Belllicheck doesnt get fired and drafts Brady
Babe Ruth stays with the Red Sox
John Elway signs with the Yankees
Dodgers and Giants don't move west
AFL and NFL don't merge
NBA and ABA don't merge
>What if the Falklands belonged to Argentina
>Dolphins winning a Super Bowl while Billy and Tommy are around
If both the Dodgers and Giants stood pat (which was unlikely to happen) crazy shit would have happened. The west coast was going to get a team at some point, it was a huge, untapped market. If neither team relocated, a bunch of others would have gone in the 60's. Instead of the Senators relocating to Minnesota in 1960, the AL could try to get an inroads to the west and move them to San Francisco. The A's could move to LA or the Bay Area as well. The Cleveland Indians also heavily flirted with relocating to Seattle in 1964, that would definitely happen if the NL avoided the west. There would be a massive rush to the west once the first domino falls, which would most likely be the Senators in 1960.
The AL would absolutely move in with at least 2-3 teams to stick it to the NL. The 61-62 expansion would be completely different. You would still get teams in Houston and LA, but you could forget about the Mets and Nu Senators. The LA expansion team would probably be in the NL. Minnesota would definitely get a team via expansion. They might even give Portland or San Diego a team, since Seattle would need a rival.
It would probably break down like this by 1966:
NL:
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Philadelphia Pillies
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Oakland Braves (relocates in 65)
Los Angeles Angels (62 expansion)
Houston Astros (62 expansion)
AL:
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Baltimore Orioles
Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Sox
San Francisco Seals (Senators relocate in 60)
Los Angeles A's (relocates in 64)
Seattle Rainiers (Indians relocate in 64)
Minnesota Twins (61 expnasion)
San Diego Padres (61 expansion)
In this timeline, the 1969 expansion would probably be the exact same save for Milwaukee getting the Brewers right out of the gate instead of the waiting for a year. Maybe Atlanta gets a team over Montreal, since it's a warm weather market and the South now has a void since the Braves went to LA instead.
what if we got no eyes
What if Norwood didn’t miss? NFL made a movie about it
I didn't know this site was created for american "sports" m8
oh, forgot San Diego was in 1969. in that case, Atlanta definitely gets a team, so does Montreal.
Da burrs don't lose to the Packers in the 2010 NFC championship game. They would then go on to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Superbowl that year.
The next season, following the Superbowl win, they pick up some more defensive improvement in Muhammed Wilkerson and with the Green Bay Packers poor drafting, take advantage of the Packers' mishaps to make the playoffs for their second straight season finishing 10-6 and 2nd in the NFC North
The Packers would lose in the first round of the playoffs that year, the bears have an upset win in the wild card but lose in the divisional round. The following year, in 2012, with the addition of TE Martellus Bennett, and the contract extension of one of the hottest quarterbacks in the NFL, Jay Cutler, Matt Forte, Bennett, Brandon Marshall, and the rest of the bears offense that season become the new monsters of the midway, and with the injury to quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, the Packers finish the season at a disappointing 6-10. While the bears would win the NFC north for the second time in three years.
>tfw this never happened
What if the Saints defense actually defended a hail mary correctly?