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Old 09-09-2012, 01:59 PM   #61
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So it was time. Game 163. It was in Imperial Stadium, the belly of the beast.

On the mound for Baltimore was Simeao 'Pops' Anta, a 30-year old Venezuelan who had gone 17-7 during the season. On the other side, Pepe Cantu, who'd gone 23-10, took the hill for the biggest game of the season. Over 60 thousand people packed the stadium.

They were in for the treat, as by the ninth, it was a one-run game. Baltimore, which had scored in the second on a Sergio Sanchez home run and hadn't scored anything else, was down to it's final three outs against the Imperials, who had gotten their 4 hits when they counted to get a 2-1 lead.


Due up for Baltimore was Mal Barker, Diego Gonzales and Wilson Ortiz, followed by the Pitcher's spot.

Barker went down with a fly-out to left. Gonzales, a .306 hitter, was coming up, but he too hit a week fly-out to left.

Then came Wilson Ortiz, the catcher....

The Imperial Radio Feed was like this:
"The 3-1 count to Ortiz, Imperials an out away from another trip to the Big Series. The pitch.... SPANKED TO THE LEFT SIDE. Richter has it... the throw! IN TIME! The Imperials are heading back to the Big Series!"

The Birds Radio Feed is not printable.
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Old 09-10-2012, 09:51 AM   #62
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Fast forward, past the war, to 1947, and the headlines blare: "TBL HEADING TO WEST COAST, CALIFORNIAN LEAGUE DISSOLVED!"

It was true, the Newark Bricklayers were headed to Los Angeles, to become the Los Angeles Detectives (so named because the team's owner had been watching a Film Noir movie the night before), while the Manhattan Unions were headed to San Francisco, although they'd keep their names. This came, oddly enough, only a day or two after the two teams had announced they were switching TRL affiliates- apparently the head of the one-time Newark affiliate in Hackensack was interested in going to Oakland to be San Francisco's TRL affiliate, while the Unions TRL affiliate had no such interest, preferring to be in Albuquerque near some family.

The Californian League quickly dissolved, faced with such competition. To fill the void, TBL has announced that two expansion teams, likely in the Original Conference, will begin play in California in 1950.

Meanwhile, rumors swirl that the Massachusetts Hubsmen- always playing in the shadow of the Beantowners- are also considering heading west. There is also speculation that Cuba is interested in a team, which would be the first TBL team not located in the United States.
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Old 09-11-2012, 11:56 AM   #63
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In 1950, the Massachusetts Hubsmen moved to Seattle, becoming the Emeralds. Meanwhile, the Hollywood Celebrities and San Diego Sailors arrived on the scene as expansion teams. Also, the two leagues now are split into two divisions, an East and a West, and are playing an unbalanced schedule so as to insure that it is unlikely that a sub-.500 team will make the playoffs.

Over in Japan, a new league was formed: Japanese Professional Baseball, or JPB. Made up of eight teams in two divisions, it is already being considered the second-best league in the World, with the level of play at times being as good as TBL. However, experts are predicting that the much smaller amount of foreign players that will be allowed in (as opposed to in the TBL, where the foreigner limit is a rather large number which has fluctuated between 18 and 24, the JPB only allows 3 per team) and the lower salaries will keep it from becoming a true competitor to TBL, although JPB's larger wait for free agency will likely keep top Japanese talent that begins in JPB there longer, perhaps evening the odds.

Getting up to date on our history of TBL champions:

1901: Baltimore Birds over Boston Beantowners, 4-2
1902: St. Louis Pioneers over Baltimore Birds, 4-3
1903: Chicago Columbians over New York Imperials, 4-2
1904: Chicago Columbians over Cleveland Sox, 4-3
1905: New York Imperials over Buffalo Upstatesmen, 4-2
1906: Manhattan Unions over St. Louis Pioneers, 4-1
1907: Manhattan Unions over Philadelphia Patriots, 4-1
1908: Massachusetts Hubsmen over Chicago Columbians, 4-2
1909: Brooklyn Bums over Manhattan Unions, 4-0
1910: Boston Beantowners over Manhattan Unions, 4-1
1911: Detroit Wolves over Brooklyn Bums, 4-1
1912: Washington Monuments over Detroit Wolves, 4-3
1913: Indianapolis Independents over Washington Monuments, 4-3
1914: New York Imperials over Richmond Virginians, 4-3
1915: Brooklyn Bums over New York Imperials, 4-3
1916: New York Imperials over Brooklyn Bums, 4-0
1917: New York Imperials over Brooklyn Bums, 4-3
1918: New York Imperials over Boston Beantowners, 4-2
1919: Chicago Columbians over New York Imperials, 4-1
1920: Chicago Columbians over New York Imperials, 4-2 (The series that ended with Roberto Navarro's "Imp-Slayer" HR)
1921: Boston Beantowners over New York Imperials, 4-1
1922: New York Imperials over Philadelphia Patriots, 4-2
1923: New York Imperials over Buffalo Upstatesmen, 4-2
1924: Massachusetts Hubsmen over Buffalo Upstatesmen, 4-2
1925: Brooklyn Bums over Kansas City Westerns, 4-2
1926: Manhattan Unions over Brooklyn Bums, 4-3
1927: New York Imperials over Boston Beantowners, 4-2
1928: New York Imperials over Washington Monuments, 4-2
1929: New York Imperials over Pittsburgh Bridgemen, 4-0
1930: New York Imperials over Chicago Columbians, 4-0
1931: Cincinnati Pros over New York Imperials, 4-1
1932: Baltimore Birds over St. Louis Pioneers, 4-3
1933: Baltimore Birds over St. Louis Pioneers, 4-1
1934: Kansas City Westerns over St. Louis Pioneers, 4-3
1935: Washington Monuments over New York Imperials, 4-0
1936: Detroit Wolves over Washington Monuments, 4-2
1937: Detroit Wolves over Chicago Columbians, 4-2
1938: Kansas City Westerns over Brooklyn Bums, 4-2
1939: Boston Beantowners over New York Imperials, 4-2
1940: Detroit Wolves over Philadelphia Patriots, 4-2
1941: Boston Beantowners over New York Imperials, 4-3
1942: Brooklyn Bums over New York Imperials, 4-0
1943: Detroit Wolves over Brooklyn Bums, 4-2
1944: Brooklyn Bums over Detroit Wolves, 4-2
1945: New York Imperials over Brooklyn Bums, 4-3
1946: New York Imperials over St. Louis Pioneers, 4-2
1947: Philadelphia Patriots over New York Imperials, 4-1
1948: Brooklyn Bums over New York Imperials, 4-1
1949: Buffalo Upstatesmen over New York Imperials, 4-2
1950: New York Imperials over Pittsburgh Bridgemen, 4-1 (NYI had beat INDY 3-1 in Conference Championship Series, PITT had beat BUF 3-2 in CCS)
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Old 09-11-2012, 12:52 PM   #64
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Many, before 1951, would have guessed that the New York Imperials would once again make it to the Big Series. After all, they were the New York Imperials, who were to be regarded as the favorite at all times until proven otherwise.

Far fewer, however, would have predicted the Hollywood Celebrities, only in their second year of existence and not even playing in a baseball-built stadium, instead using the football/midget-auto-racing facility at Gilmore Stadium. Oh, in 1950, their inaugural year, they'd done surprisingly well, going 85-77 and finishing third in the OC West, but they still were 17 back of that division's eventual winner, the Pittsburgh Bridgemen. The Celebrities had gotten lucky, though, snatching up some of the post-war Japanese talent that had either no interest or was being ignored by the JPB. While plenty of teams had done similar things, the Celebrities seemed to have gotten the cream of that crop, and had ten Japanese players on their roster, equalling the number of Americans they had. This, of course, was quite controversial, so soon after the war. But as the team kept winning in 1951, the story began to focus not on old grudges, but newfound appreciation for the players and their talents. Soon, Gilmore Stadium was hopping, as fans both old and new, famous and ordinary, packed the stadium. Motoyuki Shiroi, who had swiftly become the best hitter in the league after finally being able to take up his bat at the age of 33 after being forced to be a soldier for years, was joined by pitching ace Mitsuhide Watanabe, like Shiroi a veteran Japanese player who never had had a chance to play professional baseball until 1950. In the '51 regular season, he'd gone 20-15 with a 2.82 ERA.


Winning the West division with a 87-75 record, they upset the heavily favored Boston Beantowners 3-1 in the Original Conference Championship Series. Now, they headed against the New York Imperials, once again in the Big Series after having swept away the Kansas City Westerns.


What everybody in baseball knew, however, was that the Celebrities window was short. The Japanese players they had gotten in the post-war frenzy were all older, and in general the entire roster was on the older side, with the youngest players 26. The Imperials, while also on the older side, at least had their endless tradition and New York City money to replenish themselves for perpetuity.


So, it was time: the 1951 Big Series, the first on the West Coast, with the traditional power facing the expansion upstart.
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Old 09-11-2012, 02:29 PM   #65
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Game 1 was an instant classic, as the two teams traded runs back and fourth until a 3-run rally in the bottom of the 8th seemed to put New York ahead for good, most notably Ed Fox's 2-run bomb off Hollywood starter Frank Gibbon, who had controversially been picked to start the game despite not being the team's best pitcher, or even it's second best.

So, going into the ninth with the score 6-5, the Imperials sent in lefty Luis Pina, hardly a closer but certainly a workhorse, a former starter who had once been an All-Star but now was a reliever. The bullpen had long been an issue for the Imperials that season, with no true closer. So it was Pina who came in to protect the one-run lead.

Up first for the Celebs was Keitaro Yamamato, the youngest of the Japanese imports and also the most raw, likely because, at 26, he's spent most of his teen years and adult life living during wartime, only able to fully pick up baseball after the end of the war. He had flashes of epic power- he had hit 3-HR in one game in his rookie season of 1950, but 1951 had been a disappointment, him only hitting .182 in 78 games.

But this time, he hit like it was 1950, working a count to 3-1 and then streaking a line-shot double to left. Norm Warner's groundout moved him to third, and after a walk of Gonzalez, Beltran was able to get Yamamato home with a flyout to center.

And then, the wheels really fell off Pina. A single by Chris Johnson and a single by Juan Castellanos, and the bases were loaded. Not only had the Celebs tied it up, now they seemed on the precipice of taking the lead. And to the plate came Eric Lane.

Lane, a right-handed 2B from Spokane, had been selected by the Celebs in the Expansion Draft after the Boston Beantowners left him unprotected. He'd had a good season, going .281 in 580 ABs, a 2nd position batter who now had to try and hit like a cleanup hitter. Bases loaded.

The first pitch was a ball.
The second pitch, a called strike.
The third pitch was a swing and a miss.
Then a ball.
And then, on the fifth pitch, Lane swung.

The ball went high into the Imperial Stadium air, and for a brief second, everyone thought that maybe it was gone. Then everybody realized that the ball was basically going straight up in an arc, and wasn't going to be going into the fences, but rather into the waiting glove of the center fielder.

End of the top of the ninth, tie ballgame. 6-6.

Bottom of the Ninth: 1-2-3.

Top of the 10th: Out-Out-Single-Walk-Out.

Bottom of the 10th: 1-2-3.

Top of the 11th:

Pina was still in, and Jose Beltran led off with a single, at which point the SS was replaced by Ron Carver, a LF who had stolen 20 bags during the season. When Morgan, the pinch-hitter, hit a hard single, however, it was over too quickly for Carver could go past second.

Up to bat came Castellanos. He showed bunt, but everyone else expected it, and it went too high in the air, and catcher Eric Miles caught it on the fly. One out.

Miles, however, would soon see his fortunes go down. As Lane came to the plate, the signals were sent. Carver nodded. The pitch was a ball, and everyone was going. Miles had to rush the throw to try and get Carver, and sent it into the outfield. Carver scored easily, Morgan went to third. 7-6 in favor of Hollywood.

Pina was ordered to intentionally walk Miles to set up a force, but the next batter, Hiro Kouki, hit a long flyout that got another run in. 8-6.

Greg O'Donnell came in and finished the inning without further damage, despite the fact he loaded the bases.

Even the one run would have been enough, though, as the Imperials went down 1-2-3 to end the game.

Hollywood had a 1-0 advantage.
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After a slugfest 12-10 game that saw New York even up the series at one, the two teams flew to the West Coast in preparation for game 3 at Gilmore Stadium. Gilmore Stadium, not to be mistaken for the later Gilmore Field, was hardly a place for baseball, only slightly more suited than the Coliseum that the Detectives were using. The right-field line was only 259 feet away, the result of planting a diamond in a football stadium as the Gilmore Field was being renovated (a process taking awhile due to certain political in-fighting). These would be the last games in Gilmore Stadium, the only question was whether the last games in Gilmore would see one of the teams celebrating on the field.

8-time All-Star and Veteran righty Rod Atkinson took the mound for NY, while Japanese import Kokei Shimizu, a lefty, took it for Hollywood in Game 3. Hollywood rolled in that game, 11-5.

In game 4, the game was close, 8-7 going into the bottom of the ninth. A lucky baserunner on a error was quickly erased, however, when Norm Warner grounded into a double play.

All tied up at 2.
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Hollywood took Game 5 10-2, and so, as the game headed back to New York, the Celebrities seemed destined to win it all.

Game 6 once again was Atkinson-Shimizu. Before the game, however, Imperials manager Mike Watkins announced it would be all hands on deck. Rod Atkinson's leash would be extremely short.

He needn't have worried. Going into the sixth inning, the Imperials held a 1-0 lead in a pitching duel that had seen only seven hits combined so far. But when Hiro Kouki reached on an error by 3B Mario Meza to lead off, Watkins ordered that left-hander Armando Espinoza begin warming up, just in case. Espinoza had started just two days before, but wasn't in line to start again, so was obviously the best choice to be considered as an emergency man out of the bullpen. When 2B Eric Crow messed up an attempt for a double play, leaving men on 2nd and first with no out, it was looking like maybe Espinoza would have to come in sooner. However, the next batter, Kuni Shimizu (no relation), grounded into a twin killing. There was now a man at third, but two outs. Watkins left Atkinson in. Jose Martinez flew out to end the inning. No damage.

And so it remained until the top of the ninth. Watkins, apparently, had gotten too filed with hope for Atkinson to finish the game to notice that runners were in scoring position until it was too late. Before he knew it, a sac fly was bringing in the tying run. Going to the bottom of the ninth, it was 1-1.

After Sam Gardner went down quietly in the bottom of the ninth, however, the Imperials bats showed spark. Fox and Crow had back-to-back singles, then a double steal as Vautier was at the plate put both of them in scoring position. A win and the forcing of Game Seven was a long flyball away. Vautier was walked to create a force situation.

RF Kevin Fletcher was coming to the plate. Fletcher, one of the great hitters in history, one of the best Imperials to ever don the pinstripes. 5-time Outstanding Batter of the Year, 8-time All-Star, a future Hall of Famer for sure, born and bred in New York City itself and a graduate of St. John's. In 1942, he'd hit .410. He was a career .358 hitter at this point. He'd already won three Big Series, and, leading into this at-bat, he was a .312 hitter in the postseason.

It was unlikely that anybody that the Imperial Fans would rather have up. And he didn't disappoint them, sending a ball deep to left that allowed Ed Fox to score.

It was headed for Game 7.
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Old 09-11-2012, 03:36 PM   #68
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Game 7, in contrast, was a downer, a 5-0 easy victory for the Imperials that got them yet another TBL pennant.

However, even this had some interesting occurances, most notably in that not one but two Imperials pitchers left due to injury, and yet still held the Celebrities to a mere 5 hits. Bob Walker, who'd started, left after an inning with a herniated disk. Later in the game, Tommy Nielsen, one of the three relievers that took over, left with a hamstring.

And yet, the Imperials had won, for the 15th time.
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1954: The Richmond Virginians have moved to Havana, Cuba, becoming the Havana Cubans, the first TBL team outside of the United States. To ensure that there will be local players on the team, it's been decreed that in the case of international franchises the 18-Foreigner limit will be applied based on the nation that the TEAM is playing in, not where the the LEAGUE is.

Interestingly, according to legend, the Richmond Virginians at one point gave a tryout to Fidel Castro, who led a failed armed assault on the Cuban Government's Moncada Barracks last year and who is currently in prison for the act.
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1955-56: After the founding of the Liga Invernal de Mexico (Mexican Winter League), Liga Dominicana and Liga Venezuela, the three leagues, in addition to the pre-existing Cuban Professional League and Puerto Rico Winter Baseball League, have begun playing as a "Winter League Association". In the first "Winter League Series", the Mayaguez Aguas of Puerto Rico defeated the Havana Halcones of Cuba 4-3 to win the title.

The 1956-57 season saw the Santa Clara Parques of the Cuban Professional League sweep the Mexicali Matadors.
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Old 09-12-2012, 10:19 PM   #71
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On Opening Day, 1958, Chuck Sprawlings Sr. was found dead in his Honolulu home. He was nearly 85. He had, however, kept writing until the very end, for his own amusement. On the table of his study was the following:


"I saw today that the Brooklyn Bums are indeed moving to the 'Brooklyn Dome', an abomination that will encapsulate the playing surface away from the out-of-doors. The wimps, clearly, are trying to avoid God's own sunlight, and have further decided to insult the maker by replacing the grass with an unholy 'artificial turf'. Such a horrible thing, it makes me angry, it makes my blood boil, and.... OH GOD, IF YOU ARE READING THIS IT MEANS I HAVE DIED OF THE HEART ATTACK THAT WRITING THIS HAS BROUGHT, I ASK THAT ALL OF MY POSITIONS BE GIVEN TO MY SON, EXCEPT FOR THAT SIGNED CARLOS BERNAL BAT, I WANT THAT IN A MUSEUM! AND"

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1960: The Cuban government, now run by Fidel Castro, has kicked the Havana Cubans out of the country! They have moved to Ponce De Leon Park in Atlanta, becoming the Atlanta Georgians.

In addition, Castro has dissolved the professional league in Cuba, replacing it with a Communist league with no free agency, foreigners or salaries. From now on, only Cubans who have defected, or who have already left the country, will be able to participate overseas in leagues.

On a brighter note, leagues have been formed in Colombia, Panama and Nicaragua. It is thought that the eight "winter leagues" now existing (the 7 professional leagues and this new Nationalized Cuban Baseball System) will revive the Winter League Association in a few years.

Also in a few years, another round of expansion is planned for 1965 in TBL. Houston, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Honolulu (who's campaign had been invigorated by the late Chuck Sprawlings Sr.) are the leading candidates, although should the New Jersey Sportsmen move to one of them it's likely that Dallas, another possible expansion target, will be inserted. With the addition of these four teams, each conference will begin a 3-division format.
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Old 09-14-2012, 11:36 AM   #73
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The Gyre continues turning. The New Jersey Sportsmen move to Dallas. In 1965, four new teams enter the league as expansion franchises. The Honolulu Pineapples and Houston Oilmen enter the OC West (the leagues now in three divisions), while the Minneapolis Bears and Milwaukee Huskies enter the NC Central. In addition, the two conferences once again have balanced schedules, partially because everybody in the OC wanted to make sure they'd have a chance to visit Hawaii for roughly the same amount of time as the other teams.

(In actuality, it's because the schedule wouldn't generate an unbalanced schedule with the set-up as it is right now)
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Nearing 1970, where the Montreal Internationales and New Orleans Coastals will be added in the OC. People are getting up on their French, and Toronto is complaining that Montreal is getting it before them.
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1975: A second minor league, the Development League, was added earlier in the decade. In addition, there is talk about implementing a "designated hitter" in the New Conference, likely starting in 1976. As an experiment of this, the NC's minor leagues will begin using these this year.
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Currently in the 80s: Korea now has a league, and, in addition, TBL has funded a small group of elite High-Schoolesque Academies in the Dominican Republic to allow for easier scouting of young Dominican free agents.
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1988: The United Taiwan League is formed... and we are getting ever closer to starting to get more in detail again. Oh, it's coming...
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Get to know some of the teams

As we near the point where our story itself will begin, perhaps it's time to look over some of the teams in The Baseball League. All of these are as of after the 2000 season.

The Detroit Wolves:

(This is their old logo, I have not yet changed the logo in-game to

Reds1's rather awesome 2.0 version)

The Detroit Wolves, one of the original franchises in The Baseball League, are also one of it's most successful. They have had 23 playoff appearances, and have won The Big Series 6 times, although they have not done so since 1964 and haven't even made the Series since 1968. They play in Comerica Park and finished the 2000 season winning the New Conference Central Division, although they fell to the Baltimore Birds (the eventual champions) in the Division Series in five games. Wolves fans often howl during games to urge the team on. Notable players in the past for the Wolves include Stephen Cain, Cal Alexander, Ignacio "Stitch" Gomez and Robby Anderson.

The Reserve League team for the Wolves is the Toledo Medics. The Development League team is the Kalamazoo Kazoos.

The San Francisco Unions:

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San Francisco originally began in Manhattan, as the Manhattan Unions. Their Golden Age was in the early parts of the 20th century, when they won the 1906 and 1907 Big Series and appeared in the 1909 and 1910 Series. Although they also won the 1926 Big Series, after that they became an afterthought in New York City compared to the New York Imperials and Brooklyn Bums. So in 1950, they moved to San Francisco. While a title has remained elusive (losing the Big Series in 1970, 1979 and 1999), they have a devoted following. The Unions play in Pac Bell Park. Noted Unions Hall of Famers include Jose Ramos, Jesus Diaz, Pedro Soto and Ron Kinney.
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More Teams:

Houston Oilmen:

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The Houston Oilmen, founded in 1965, are in the Original Conference Central, where they are the defending champions (although they fell in the first round to Hollywood). They are currently in something of a highpoint, having won the 1997 Big Series and making it to the 1998 Series. Four of the team's five playoff appearances have been in the past 10 years. The Oilmen play in Minute Maid Field. Their minor league teams are in Oklahoma City and Corpus Christi.

New Orleans Coastals:

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Founded in 1970 and playing in the New Conference Eastern Division, the Coastals have had a long history of mediocrity with the occasional astounding championship year, such as their Big Series wins in 1980, 1994 and 1996. J.J. Austin, 1995 Hall of Famer, somewhat controversially went in as a Coastal (as his two best seasons came during his short stint as a Buffalo Upstatesmen). The Coastals play in the Louisiana Superdome and have minor league affiliates in Baton Rouge and Little Rock.
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Even more Teams

Denver Dinosaurs:

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The Denver Dinosaurs are one of the newer teams in The Baseball League, playing in the New Conference West since they were founded in 1995. They have yet to make a playoff appearance. They play in Coors Field, and have Minor League Affiliates in Colorado Springs and Grand Junction.

Los Angeles Detectives

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Originally the perpetual doormat that was the Newark Bricklayers, they became the Los Angeles Detectives when they moved west in 1950, getting their name because their owner had watched a film noir movie recently and liked the LA-based detective character in it. The first playoff appearance- and first title- in the franchise's history came in 1959. They've also made the Big Series in 1977, 1991 (when they won), 1992 and 1997, and have made the playoffs 9 other times, most recently in 2000, when a 107-55 team was upset in the Conference Series by the Baltimore Birds. The Detectives play in Chavez Ravine and have minor league teams in Albuquerque and Rancho Cucamonga. A tradition, dating back to the team's late-70s and Early-80s run of five straight playoff appearances, is the playing of Elvis Costello's "Watching the Detectives" after every Detectives' victory.
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