Talk:Sports in Baltimore

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Subsection names for defunct/relocated teams

I understand the simplification of these section names (and prefer it visually), though each was labeled "former" to keep people from adding current teams. Such additions were occurring regularly in the past before the "former" status was made so noticeable. We'll see how it goes. —ADavidB 04:18, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

• Ah, sorry, I didn't realize that. It seemed like it streamlined the article to me. One thing you can do is add comments in the code that are invisible in the actual article, so someone will see it when they go to edit the page. Here's how to add comments: <!--- write your comments in here -->. Strikehold (talk) 06:06, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the comments suggestion, and other recent updates. —ADavidB 15:26, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Inclusion of teams in the metropolitan area

I believe that all teams within the federally defined Baltimore Metropolitan Area should be included in this article. Specifically:

• The Washington Bayhawks should be listed as a "current" team, though separately from the teams that actually play in Baltimore City or Baltimore County. They play their entire home schedule at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, which is within the Baltimore Metropolitan Area, not the Washington Metropolitan Area.
• The Navy Midshipmen should be included separately as a team within the Baltimore area, but outside of the city or county.

I've created commented-out text with both changes... if everyone thinks they should be included, just remove the comment marks. Almost all of the "Sports in Foo" articles for US cities include suburban teams (e.g. Sports in New York City, Sports in Chicago, Sports in Washington, D.C.); the only exception I can think of is Sports in Brooklyn, specific to that borough. — Dale Arnett (talk) 06:20, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

• Annapolis is indeed part of the "Baltimore metro area" as it is defined by the federal government, but it is certainly considered a separate city unto itself. I don't think many people would consider it part of Baltimore by any stretch, so it seems logical to not include it under "Sports in Baltimore". Towson, UMBC, and Stevenson are immediately outside of the city limits, so inclusion of those make sense (parts of the UMBC campus actually have a Baltimore City mailing address I believe). Here is a question: Do you think that the Trenton, New Jersey, Camden, New Jersey and Wilmington, Delaware-based sports teams belong in the Sports in Philadelphia article simply because they are within the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden MSA? That does not make a lot of sense to me, and it is an equivalent example. I can sort of understand the argument from the metro area standpoint, though, so I'm ambivalent for the time being. I'd like to hear what others think. Strikehold (talk) 08:07, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Part of the issue with Baltimore may be that it has all of its main sports venues within the city limits, whereas other cities (like Washington football) do not. Even still Washington's team goes by the Washington name. If suburban teams are included, my opinion is that they should be in separate sections of the article. —ADavidB 12:00, 7 August 2009 (UTC)