Season Update: Summer 1895
The inaugural LBL season has been riddled with surprises, upsets, and high drama.
As Brendan & I continue to develop and fine-tune the LBL for competitive play in 1900, it’s been incredibly gratifying to see our labors to fruition. Since 2019, we’ve toiled with league files, logos, uniforms, and the many nuances of creating a fictional league in a historical setting.
Needless to say, watching our little pretend league launch its maiden season is extremely gratifying.
It’s June of 1895—nearly done with a 98-game season.
A heated race for the top of each Division brings all four Divisions down to the wire, with no Division leader more than a game ahead. Matthew Jabukowsi and the Chicago Doves continue a white-hot June, winning 11 of their last 14 to narrowly scrape ahead of their crosstown rivals for the WL Great Lakes. Detroit, meanwhile, considered a top contender at the onset of the season, is already mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.
A heated rivalry is brewing between the high-paying New York Kings of Manhattan and the offensive powerhouse that is the Boston Banshees. Providence, however, is a sleeping giant and underdog in the tight EL Ivy race, while the Brooklyn whales lie firmly beached at 25-52.
Meanwhile, the WL-Frontier is also up for grabs, with the Saint Louis Reds and Pittsburgh Oilers in a dead heat.
The Baltimore Clippers remain a game ahead of the New York Bakers in the EL Liberty, as the Philadelphia Brewers collapsed after a promising April. Still within striking distance, the Brewers and Bakers have just enough time to topple Baltimore, with two weeks left in the regular season.