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RMc · 04-14-2004, 11:53 AM

(This story is based on the novel "WarDay", about a theoretical "limited" nuclear war set in the future year of 1988 [the book was written in 1983]. The basic setup is from the book, with a few modifications of my own...)

On October 20, 1988, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Oakland Athletics 5-2 in Oakland to clinch the 1988 World Series. No one realized it would be the last World Series for awhile: WarDay happened just eight days later, and suddenly New York, Washington, DC, San Antonio and the areas surrounding the nuclear missile bases out west were smoldering ruins.

The 1989 season was cancelled, naturally, but some of the teams managed to play exhibitions. The Yankees, Mets and Orioles were gone, of course, with many of their players among the dead. The Phillies were too close to the wreckage, and disbanded. Fallout patterns in the west precluded the participation of the Texas teams, Kansas City and St. Louis, and the horrific Cincinnati Flu meant the end of the Reds, baseball's first professional team. It seemed that Major League Baseball was gone forever.

In 1990, the five teams based in California -- untouched by the War -- formed their own league. The California Major Baseball Association then expanded to six the following year when the former Seattle Mariners relocated to Sacramento. In 1992, the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Atlanta Braves in the "American Baseball Championship" -- nobody dared use name "World Series", especially since the California teams were obviously stronger.

Finally, in 1993, all of the remaining "major" pro baseball teams in the US came together under one banner again, as "New Major League Baseball", with two leagues and sixteen franchises:

American League: Buffalo (moved from Toronto), Boston, California, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland, Detroit, Oakland and Sacramento.

National League: Atlanta, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles, Miami (moved from Montreal), Milwaukee (shifted from the AL), Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco.

"At last," said NMLB Commisioner Cal Ripken, Sr., who had lost both of his sons on WarDay, "we can restart the greatest tradition in American sport: the World Series."

04-14-2004, 11:53 AM	#1
RMc All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,656	WarDay and New Major League Baseball (This story is based on the novel "WarDay", about a theoretical "limited" nuclear war set in the future year of 1988 [the book was written in 1983]. The basic setup is from the book, with a few modifications of my own...) On October 20, 1988, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Oakland Athletics 5-2 in Oakland to clinch the 1988 World Series. No one realized it would be the last World Series for awhile: WarDay happened just eight days later, and suddenly New York, Washington, DC, San Antonio and the areas surrounding the nuclear missile bases out west were smoldering ruins. The 1989 season was cancelled, naturally, but some of the teams managed to play exhibitions. The Yankees, Mets and Orioles were gone, of course, with many of their players among the dead. The Phillies were too close to the wreckage, and disbanded. Fallout patterns in the west precluded the participation of the Texas teams, Kansas City and St. Louis, and the horrific Cincinnati Flu meant the end of the Reds, baseball's first professional team. It seemed that Major League Baseball was gone forever. In 1990, the five teams based in California -- untouched by the War -- formed their own league. The California Major Baseball Association then expanded to six the following year when the former Seattle Mariners relocated to Sacramento. In 1992, the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Atlanta Braves in the "American Baseball Championship" -- nobody dared use name "World Series", especially since the California teams were obviously stronger. Finally, in 1993, all of the remaining "major" pro baseball teams in the US came together under one banner again, as "New Major League Baseball", with two leagues and sixteen franchises: American League: Buffalo (moved from Toronto), Boston, California, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland, Detroit, Oakland and Sacramento. National League: Atlanta, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles, Miami (moved from Montreal), Milwaukee (shifted from the AL), Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco. "At last," said NMLB Commisioner Cal Ripken, Sr., who had lost both of his sons on WarDay, "we can restart the greatest tradition in American sport: the World Series."