[Celtic Forever]

Thanks for the enocuragement. Alas, Markus is a chauvinist, obviously, so the only way to provide for female players is to manually edit their names yourself, or go to the mods section to see if someone has developed a co-ed names file. You'll also have to add your own player pics, as I do (funny little cartoon ones).

Now, where did I leave off? Ah, yes -

Citypark All Stars – Citypark is the financial titan of the FBL, residing smack in the gilt middle of Big City’s financial district. Originally the club was comprised of a collection of All Stars from the various corporate softball leagues, which would barnstorm throughout the city at the conclusion of each league campaign as an excuse to continue drinking beer and sniffing coke while ‘networking’. Then, one summer, an ex-minor leaguer turned corporate exec named Haygood Job drunkenly asserted that the All Stars could just as easily win at hardball as they did at soft. This they did, gaining an unfortunate nickname as White Power (white collars, white cocaine lines, Powerful corporate ties) which summed up the working class’ opinion that they were a club to be booed, not cheered.
Continued success and notoriety spawned the birth of jealous rivals, and it wasn’t long before the beer-and-burp softball circuit was succeeded by a series of cut-throat, win-at-all-costs baseball contests. As the teams were populated by guys who did not exactly hurt for funds, and were not precisely interested in playing just for funsies, huge bets began being laid on the matchups, and this in turn led to teams pulling that age-old trick – ringers.
Eventually clubs became semi-pro in all but name only, manned by true athletes who had only nominal (but well-paid) connections to the corporations they represented. Forklift Farrior, for example, was supposedly a forklift operator for Giganto Corp, but investigation revealed he never had an operator’s license, had never applied for one, and in fact was never seen around the warehouse complex. For five years. What he did have was a 98 mph fastball and a tax return claiming over $100,000 in earnings from ‘various interests’.
All right, we see where this is headed. Eventually this collection of legitimate (if slightly shady) players was in turn formed into a coagulated All Star team that challenged similar squads from other metropolitan areas. Sustained success (record: 100-32) brought an invite from Buddy Baker to join his fledgling FBL, and the cost of building the requisite 10,600 stadium was laughably met by the All Stars’ well-heeled backers. It resides in Citypark, an oasis of pristine green amidst towering skyscrapers and the succulent smell of hot dog carts.
The current manager of Citypark is 3B Snuggles Henderson, a former world-class junior tennis phenom (until her coke addiction) and daughter of TitanCorp’s CFO Teddy Henderson. Snuggles is ironically named, and in fact is a hard-nosed bitch who doesn’t shy away from man-handling the big egos under her charge.
Citypark will start their first FBL season with the following assets (note: edited May 25th):

Starting rotation:
1.Cal Hobbes Age 24; blonde, schizo, spiky-haired prankster with a 87 mph fastball. Cheats often.
2.Suzy Q. Perkins Age 27; loud brunette prone to spectacular temper tantrums. Has a 90 mph fastball and more than her fair share of luck.
3.Bully Moe Age 30; hulking Texan with a 89 mph heater and a very aggressive attitude.
4.Mondo Cruz – Age 23; a once-promising soccer player who developed knee problems. Has an 88 mph fastball and does a crowd-pleasing little mambo after each strikeout.

Starting Lineup:
LF Ella Goode Age 40; Came over from Riverbottom on May 14th to gain on a new lease on life. From a hardscrabble background, sort of enjoying a Cinderella-esque fairy tale in her last (likely) season. Disciplined hitter with no ego, who can be counted on to do the little things right.
1B Smilin Randy Tandy Age 29; Mischievous sort whose smile (oft-present) is something to be feared, not welcomed. Highly intelligent chap who will go back to being a biochemist when his playing days are over. Good bat control who does well in the #2 slot.
SS Snuggles Henderson Age 27; Highly confident, highly talented and highly blinged – wears her pearls during games. Upper-tier contact hitter with good gap power and a rocket arm.
2B Big Ears Lathum Age 32; Tall, lanky and – let’s face it – a bit goofy looking, there’s nothing funny about his ability to hit in the clutch. Good arm. Spent much of his amateur days as a first baseman.
CF DJ Jazzy Twan Age 33; Greedy, sullen and not much of a team guy. Does place pitching mistakes into the next zip code, and has good range in the field.
RF Billy Metro Age 28; Lefty often starts hot and then fades as he worries more about his press clippings than his game. Can be a good teammate, but his rivalry with DJ Jazzy has become a noticeable clubhouse cancer. Huge smile gets him a lot of toothpaste spots.
C Merry Patterson Age 25; California blonde is a good pull hitter who can keep the runners turnstilin’. Defensively is possibly THE catcher in the game. Sweet-natured and wed to an eminent dentist, rumor has it she is souring on the game and is more concerned with starting her own family.
3B Susan Court Age 32; Ambidextrous sort who throws right, hits left, and is a terrific third-sacker. This is fortunate, because she cannot hit a curveball. Vision troubles led her to wear spectacularly-thick glasses. Real laid back and doesn’t respond well to Snuggles’ intensity, which is a problem.