Continental Baseball League

[Isedelyod]

So, after countless hours I think I have finally completed my "fictional" baseball world. I thought I would post my leagues (with logos and home and away unis) for all the leagues. It is very comprehensive. Obviously a big thank you to the many people whose uniforms I have used throughout the project (many I searched and located while others were requests from the days before I started designing my own). I don't want to name names as I am sure I will miss someone!

A brief history:
I began the league in 2012 with a 36 team major league with complete minors. That was it. Now getting ready to begin the 2015 season it has evolved into the following:

1) 44 team major league (Continental Baseball League) with full minors
2) 24 team independent United States Baseball League (to rival the CBL, it has an 8 rating but much lower financials as it is an upstart league)
3) 20 team South American Baseball League (7 rating)
4) 22 team Mexican Professional League (8 rating)
5) 30 team European Baseball Federation (6 rating)
6) 12 team Great Britain Baseball League (separated from the EBF in 2014) (5 rating)
7) 8 team India Premier League (3 rating)
8) 12 team Nippon League (as is) (9 rating)
9) 9 team KBO (as is with KT Wiz joining in 2016) (8 rating)
10) 16 team Serie Nacional de Baseball (Cuban league as is) (8 rating)
11) 16 team Australian Winter League
12) 20 team Caribbean Winter League
13) 115 team NCAA feeder league
14) 60 team Canadian University feeder league

I use realistic players obviously supplemented with fictional players. Neat to see some of the higher ranked European players starting to sign with CBL teams. I have included posting systems with all the international leagues to dissuade a mass influx of free agents moving to the CBL.

PS- If this is the wrong forum to post this, my apologies, but it is more to highlite the amazing uniforms that are found throughout the threads.

[Isedelyod]

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[Eugene Church]

Snazzy looking league.

Excellent work, Isedelyod.

[Isedelyod]

Next up is the rival independent USBL. The league name is somewhat misleading, as two of the teams in the western division are located in British Columbia. As mentioned above, it has a high rating but relatively low financial system, and is having trouble luring big name free agents from the CBL, and for that matter, the other International leagues which offer much larger contracts.

[Bluenoser]

Excellent collection/league.

[Isedelyod]

Next up is the SABL. Another independent International League that limits the number of foreign players (8 per team). I particularly like the Manigua Presidente, sponsored by the beer company and managed by who else, El Presidente Dennis Martinez. And longtime Yankee Mariano Rivera has come out of retirement to suit up with his hometown Chiriqui Roneros, along with fellow Panamanians Carlos Lee and Julio Zuleta.

[Robo]

These are all great!

[Isedelyod]

Next up is the MPBL. This is a league created from the merger of the Mexican Baseball League and the Mexican Pacific League, although a trio of new teams were granted franchises (Victoria, Acapulco and Pachuca), while the Mexico City Black Bandits have replaced the former squad, the Diablos Rojos, who became the first Mexican team in the Continental Baseball League. There are plans to expand the league to 30 teams within the next 3 years.

[Isedelyod]

Moving onto the 30 team EBF. Following the trend of sports "clubs" based within cities, the majority of teams in the EBF are linked with either soccer or hockey teams. There are 6 divisions within the league, each division with 5 teams. The hope is for each division to add a single team for the 2016 season to bring the total to 36 and make a balanced schedule. There is big money available in the EBF, and the hope is it will become a destination for N. American free agents in the future (Vernon Wells was actually the first big name to jump the pond, signing a three year deal with Berlin)

[Isedelyod]

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[Isedelyod]

A 12 team league divided into the North and South divisions. The south consists of teams based in England while the North is comprised of teams from Wales, Ireland, N. Ireland, and Scotland. A touch below the talent level of the EBF, the league was created in 2014 when British teams grew disillusioned with the EBF's board of directors, in particular German president and Berlin Thunder CEO Volkhardt Rosenkranz.

[Isedelyod]

The 8 team IPBL sees team playing in converted cricket stadiums, often playing to crowds of 50,000-60,000 people. The overall ranking is quite low, as baseball is in it's infancy in India, although it is expected to take off quickly, and the owners are willing to open their pocket books to lure free agents from overseas to grow the game (although league rules currently limit teams to 5 import players). There is already a list if 10 teams looking for expansion franchises, some from neighboring countries.

[Honorable_Pawn]

No wonder so quiet from you. Busy-bee working hard.

Dude, this is an excellent set!!

Well done.

[darkcloud4579]

Damn wow.

[Manny42]

yeah this is awesome

[Isedelyod]

No personalization in the next few leagues, just current leagues I have included in my world. I do plan on expanding and relocating teams though, just to keep things interesting. Up first, the Nippon League in Japan.

[Isedelyod]

Another pre-exisiting league. KT Wiz will be joining in 2016, with a possible merger of the KBO and Nippon league to create an Asian Super League in the near future.

[Isedelyod]

Next on tap is the Cuban Professional League. Left it as is, although I have been thinking of having Industriales Leones move into the CBL at some point, and I would then create a new team to keep the Serie at 16 teams. I wish there was a way to set a team limit on import layers as opposed to a league limit.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by Isedelyod

Next on tap is the Cuban Professional League. Left it as is, although I have been thinking of having Industriales Leones move into the CBL at some point, and I would then create a new team to keep the Serie at 16 teams. I wish there was a way to set a team limit on import layers as opposed to a league limit.

fwiw, If you do create a new team, the rl former second team from Havana, the Metropolitanos Guerreros might be the way to go.

Loving your universe.