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The Oceania Baseball Association had been the smallest of the major leagues with 20 teams since its lone expansion in 2006. While the other leagues grew, OBA was limited by its geography. Australia and New Zealand were both relatively small countries population-wise for the Australasia League. The Pacific League also had few options as the remaining island nations without a team were generally viewed as way too small to be feasible.

There had already been a few PL teams that were way smaller markets than almost any other pro team out there, but baseball had proven incredibly popular in places like Guam, Tahiti, and the Solomon Islands in particular. The Caribbean League had seen expansions in the 21^st Century to even smaller island countries, which gave some hope for the potential options in the Pacific.

By the 2040s, population and infrastructure growth made expansion finally seem like a realistic option for OBA. Officials opted to grow both leagues by two teams in 2041, giving OBA 24 teams overall. Joining the Australasia League from Australia were the Newcastle Crocs and the Wellington Walruses from New Zealand. The Pacific League added the Tonga Tyrants and the Kiribati Chukars.



OBA maintained the division-less format with only the champions advancing to a best-of-seven final. This keeps OBA as the only league without any sort of League Championship Series prior to its main championship. The schedule would be 12 games against each divisional foe, leaving 30 interleague games.