I was born post Expansion. But I lived in Billings, Montana. We were square in the middle of Twins, Rockies, Mariners, and the local MiLB affiliate of the Reds. I cheered for all four teams. But they were so far away that I was never going to make it to a game.
So the MiLB team was the big deal! Billings came out in droves. The boosters were drunk by the 5th inning running their 50/50, and they were raucous. I have to imagine this was similar to pre-expansion PCL Seals and Oakland Oaks. I'm very bitter about the MiLB re-arrangement - probably not as sad as fans of teams that left during expansion...but that was plain stupid to take MiLB out of Montana. What ties them to a MLB team now? Nothing.
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