Coming Soon: The Real Title Town USA

So, a while back, ESPN did a thing where they tried to find "Title Town USA". Whatever that was supposed to mean, it juxtaposed places like New York (I assume) with Green Bay, WI, with random places in middle America that have historic high school teams.

Well, while a good idea, ESPN ruined it with shitty execution.

Similarly, they ran a piece on the best college basketball programs. They calculated this by assigning points for things like National Championships and All-Americans, and the like.

Well, I decided that these two ideas should be pulled together, because I thought it'd be interesting to see what town really was Title Town USA.

Now, how far do we go sports-wise? This was a complicated issue for me. Well, there are, most definitely, no high school teams. That doesn't count for shit. Sorry. I don't care if you're from Permian, Texas or Mouth of Wilson, VA. It doesn't count.

Then, I thought about colleges, but that's just too tough. Most major state universities (the ones who are presently successful in major college sports) are located in the middle of nowhere. So what do you do with Penn State - is it a Philadelphia school or Pittsburgh school? What about Cal (San Fran/Oakland?)? Notre Dame (Chicago/Indy/DETROIT?!)?

So, I decided to leave them out. Plus, I think that the list will fly better with just the 4 major sports.

So, I will not divulge my scoring system, but I will give you the point totals (which are kind of arbitrary) that I came up with, and the rankings. I'll give you the sport-by-sport rankings for the teams. And then we'll get on to the cities.

So, first up is MLB, and I'm gonna spoil the surprise a little. The Yankees rank #1.