January 1, 1871

Note: I will be managing teams in this game and acting as commissioner. This is a fictional historical league. Fictional players will play alongside historical players whose careers in the game may be very different to what they were in real life. I will start as general manager of Brooklyn Atlantics and may change teams from time to time. All games will be simmed.

The Brooklyn Atlantics have hired Johnny Barnes as their general manager. Mr. Barnes's...

January 1, 1871

Major League Baseball, a new professional baseball competition, has been launched today with an inaugural draft of players. Eight professional teams from two major leagues will compete to be the best team in baseball. Can professional baseball be a success?

Here are the results from the first two rounds of the inaugural draft:

1-1(1) - P Asa Brainard - Boston Red Stockings (NL)
1-2(2) - P Al Spalding - St. Louis Brown Stockings...