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12-02-2008, 08:31 PM
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Minors (Rookie Ball)
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ABL - "Re-inventing America's Pastime"
CURRENT TEAMS OF THE ABL
               Chicago Mafia Philadelphia Purple Knights Kansas City Dragons Baltimore Defenders Long Island Power Cleveland Ironmen Portland Reapers Las Vegas Renegades Orlando Magic Key West New Wave Richmond Pepi's Houston Hitmen Minneapolis Mallards Carolina Wave Mount Vernon Bulldogs Full League Name (Initials): American Baseball League (ABL) Franchise Application Form: Franchise Application Main URL: Home - ABL (under construction) Reports URL: TBA Boards URL: American Baseball League • Index page Commissioner(s) OOTP Forum Username(s): bwyant32 Email Address: rjw45@upb.pitt.edu OOTP Version: Most current working of OOTP 9 Game Needed: YES Players: Fictional # of Teams: 16 (Initially) Export Deadlines Days And Times: Mon, Wed, Fri 7:00 AM EST League Time Per Sim: 10 Days First Season: Starting the league in 2010 (read history) Latest Season: Simming 10 years for history, so it will be 2021 Special Rules & Settings: All rules will be decided upon from initial 16 owners Currently Available Teams: 14 Spots This league will start out with 16 fully customizable franchises. I created a web form so you can create every aspect of your franchise exactly how you want it. We will explore expansion as we grow as a league. I will make custom uniforms. A sample from my team, the Baltimore Defenders, is attached. I welcome you to fill out an application, as you will see by the form, this league will be very detailed and extensive. A Little Fictional History of How the ABL Was Formed: Following the 2008 Major League Baseball season; a season which saw the upstart Tampa Bay Rays make a run that no one would forget; a series of events took place that would forever change America’s pastime. In November of 2008, the steroid accusations took a whole new twist. A former BALCO employee, and now protected government informant, uncovered one of the largest scandals in American History. Simply known as “Max”, the informant was arrested in a 2007 steroid sting that opened large investigations into, not just baseball, but all major professional sports. Following his arrest, “Max” was given an opportunity to be granted leniency by the federal government in accordance to aid Congress in further steroid and other performing enhancing drug investigations. Right before Thanksgiving in 2008, “Max” dropped his ultimate bombshell. “Performing enhancing drugs go much deeper into a few players,” Max stated. “I have audio and video evidence that implicates all 30 Major League Baseball franchises in a conspiracy beyond imagine.” That conspiracy was the foreign selling of American-made performing enhancing drugs to nations across the world. The profits, said to be in the billions, was then used to privately fund all 30 Major League Franchises. This news was earth-shattering. In December, following a federal indictment to all 30 owners, Yankees headman Hank Steinbrenner blamed the fumbling US Economy for leading the franchises to find “alternative” ways to keep their franchises afloat. Hank also blamed then President Elect Barack Obama’s plan for capital gain taxes as a reason behind finding private funding for the franchises. Needless to say, following the arrest of over 2,000 people; Major League Baseball as we knew it would no longer be. The 2009 season was a wash; it was a long, dark, gloomy summer without America’s pastime. Then in late October, long-time baseball follower Mark Cuban and world-wide billionaire Warren Buffet decided America needed baseball and decided to draw plans for a new league; The American Baseball League was first born. Cuban and Buffet would then set out to find 16 cities willing to house new franchises. With the help of Congress, Buffet and the government decided to award each city pledging a new franchise over $16 billion a city in a premium government economic stimulus loan. And this is where we first got our charter members into the new American Baseball League. Those pilot teams include: (will be completed once we have our 16 teams signed up) If you are interested please visit our forum link or contact me on AIM at stuckinbradford. Thanks all! [/B] Last edited by bwyant32; 12-08-2008 at 02:27 PM. |
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12-04-2008, 10:05 AM
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Major Leagues
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We're beginning to fill up and discussion is going on via the forum for rules. Feel free to continue to submit an application
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12-04-2008, 02:29 PM
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All Star Reserve
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Sign up folks. Great opportunity to start a team and a league your way. We are currently discussing rules on the message boards and it looks like the few who have joined and posted so far are going to be good owners.
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12-08-2008, 01:59 PM
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Major Leagues
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At last check, we had one spot open. There is an app link at the beginning of this thread
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12-08-2008, 01:59 PM
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Minors (Triple A)
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try this link for an application: Franchise Application |
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