Franchise (template)

1. Core Franchise Seasons Table

Franchise Seasons

One row per season. Conventions:

• Year: plain text from source (no links).
• Team: link to the Team Name - YYYY thought (create if needed).
• League: link to the League Name YYYY thought (create if needed).
• Roster: external source link only (e.g., StatsCrew roster page).
• Stats: external source link only (e.g., StatsCrew stats page).

How this maps to your Baseball Brain rules

When you implement this in the Baseball brain:

• Year:
  • Just 1969, 1970, etc. No linking.
• Team:
  • If Great Falls Giants - 1969 exists:
    • Make it a markdown link to that thought (using a brain:// URL).
  • If it doesn’t exist:
    • Create Great Falls Giants - 1969 as:
      • Child of the Franchise (Great Falls Giants - (1969–1983)), and
      • Child of Pioneer League 1969 (or the appropriate league-year thought).
• League:
  • If Pioneer League 1969 exists, link to it.
  • If not, create that league-year thought, then link.
• Roster / Stats:
  • Only external source URLs (e.g., StatsCrew pages), no internal thoughts required.

Optional Attendance Section (if/when desired)

Mock Example: Great Falls Giants – (1969–1983)

Franchise Seasons

One row per season. Conventions:

• Year: plain text from source (no links).
• Team: link to the Team Name - YYYY thought (create if needed).
• League: link to the League Name YYYY thought (create if needed).
• Roster: external source link only (e.g., StatsCrew roster page).
• Stats: external source link only (e.g., StatsCrew stats page).

How you’d wire this in the Baseball brain

For 1969:

• Create or confirm thought: Great Falls Giants - 1969
  • Parents:
    • Great Falls Giants - (1969–1983) (Franchise thought)
    • Pioneer League 1969 (League-year thought)
• In the Franchise note table:
  • Year: 1969
  • Team: markdown link to the Great Falls Giants - 1969 thought (via brain:// URL)
  • League: markdown link to Pioneer League 1969
  • W / L: actual wins and losses from StatsCrew
  • Roster (link): StatsCrew roster URL
  • Stats (link): StatsCrew stats URL

Repeat similarly for 1970, and onward through 1983.

Optional Attendance Mock (if used later)

You can now:

1. Paste the template version into .027 Franchise (template) in this brain.
   
   
2. In the Baseball brain, for Great Falls Giants - (1969–1983), copy that template and replace the mock rows with real rows and real URLs from StatsCrew.

You’ll paste the template into the Notes/Contents of the Franchise thought in your Baseball brain.

Here’s the exact placement:

1. In the Baseball brain, activate the Franchise thought you’re working on
2. (e.g., Great Falls Giants - (1969-1983)).
3. In that thought’s Notes / Content pane:
   • If there is no existing seasons table yet:
     • Paste the Franchise Seasons template directly into the notes.
       
       
   • If you already have a table from the source:
     • Decide whether to:
       • Replace it with the standardized template (paste over it), then re‑enter rows, or
       • Append the template below the existing table (so you can migrate row-by-row).
         
         
4. Once pasted:

• • Start replacing the placeholder row:
    • [YYYY] → actual year
    • [Team Name - YYYY] → e.g., Great Falls Giants - 1969

• • (as a link to the team-year thought)
    • [League Name YYYY] → e.g., Pioneer League 1969 (as a link)
    • [W], [L] → values from your current table
    • [Roster URL], [Stats URL] → the copied StatsCrew links.

If you tell me whether your current Great Falls Giants - (1969-1983) note already has a seasons summary table or just raw data, I can suggest whether replace or append is the cleaner move for that first franchise.

Franchise Setup Checklist

• Create/confirm Franchise thought

      \*Format:\* \`Team Name - (YYYY–YYYY)\`  
      \*Example:\* \`Great Falls Giants - (1969–1983)\`

• Add basic franchise notes

      \* Short description
      \* Source link(s) (StatsCrew, etc.)
      \* Paste seasons table from source site (Year, Team, League, W, L, Roster, Stats)

• Create/confirm Location thought

      \*Format:\* \`Location: City, State\`  
      \* Link as child of \`Location\`
      \* Connect Franchise ↔ Location (parent/child or jump, per your convention)

• For each season in the table:

      - Create/confirm \`Team Name - YYYY\` thought  
            \*Parents:\*  
            \* Franchise thought  
            \* \`League Name YYYY\` (if it exists)
      - Attach any key season resources (if needed)

• Create/confirm League Name YYYY thoughts as needed

      \*Example:\* \`Pioneer League 1969\`  
      \* Link them under the main League structure.

• (Optional) Add attendance or other special tables only if useful for that franchise.