The
American Baseball League is a small fourteen-team fictional baseball universe currently gearing up for its 10th season (2019).
No previous experience is necessary to join--we're willing to show new owners the ropes and help them learn the finer points of the game. The primary requirement is simply that you be enthusiastic about playing in our game. Some of the basic parameters for the league:
- Current league size is 16 (two subleagues)
- Sim schedule: Every day but Saturday, two weeks per sim
- Playoffs: divisional winners + 1 wildcard
- Minor leagues: AAA, AA, High-A, Short-A, R
- Rich amateur draft experience
- 25 rounds conducted using owner-submitted draft lists
- all players drawn from feeder leagues to allow advanced scouting
- draft pick trading enabled
- user-generated live coverage featuring writeups & draft grades
- Highly interactive, user-friendly website
- Submersive Universe
- ABL Wiki features human player-generated pages for teams, star players, managers, yearly awards and more
- live chat
- private messaging
- article commenting
- forum
- user-generated articles and other content
- unique "reward points" system for rewarding active owners
- $30,000,000 fixed media contract for each team
- $100,000,000 hard salary cap
- Defined procedures allow for new stadiums and team relocation
Anyone interested can apply directly via
this form, or simply post a reply here with your name and email address.
Vacant Teams: Updated 3/14/11
If you stumble upon this post late, don't hesitate to get in touch anyway. If we can't get you a franchise immediately, we're more than happy to assign you to manage a feeder league team of your choice for the remainder of the current season, then begin your own expansion franchise in the offseason.