1940
Our ambassador to Mongolia reports that Genghis Khan is preparing to actually attack someone with the fleet he's been hiding in our waters. Hopefully it's not us, I'd really hate to be forced to burn his cities to the ground.
Constantinople is nearing completion of their stadium. Barring any unforeseen complications they are expected to be ready for league play in 1942.
The big name on everyone's mind this offseason is Best Pitcher Award winner Chris Morgan. A 36-year old veteran who's never missed a game due to injury, Morgan seems to get better as he gets older. With his choice of teams, Morgan signed a 2-year contract with a vesting option with the New York Admirals. It's a big loss for Buffalo.
A trio of legends were added to the Hall of Fame in January. Terry Callaway is recognized as one of the best players ever to play third base, and his one-time teammate - 1923's Best Pitcher Award winner Vladmiri Goldobin - played 20 excellent seasons for the New York Admirals. But even they acknowledged that it was an honor just to join SP Abdu Pili. Pili holds the lifetime record for pitchers in ten categories, including wins (488), strikeouts (3114), and complete game shutouts (72). There will never be another player like Pili. At age 40 he won his only Best Pitcher Award, carrying the Houston Citadel to a CBL championship.
Masters Division: The New York Admirals started 12-2 out of the gate and had a 40-19 record by draft day, but they led the Portland Stags by only 1½ games. Chris Morgan pitched even better than the season before for the Admirals, but the rest of the team began to drag its feet and the Stags surged into the lead in August. At the end of the season the Stags were on top of the division, with the Admirals falling behind the Houston Citadel into 3rd place. In the division series the Citadel traded games with the Stags until the 7th game, but ran out of steam at the end. Stags' SP Bryan Barclift held the Citadel to one run over 8 innings and four home runs provided the offense for a lopsided victory.
Legends Division: At midseason the Miami Haberdashers had a one game lead, with five teams separated by only 3½ games. From there the defending champions broke away from the pack and expanded their lead to 10 games at the trade deadline. As the season ended the drama was high, even though Miami had wrapped up the division weeks prior, three teems entered the final day tied; Almaty, Los Angeles,and Washington. The Elephants won the final tiebreaker with a walk-off home run by Hedeon Alalykin. The Haberdashers continued their divisional dominance in the firs round of the playoffs, dispatching the elephants 4 games to 1.
CBL Championship: Portland opened the series with a 7-0 gem by SP Kaseeb "Fungo" bin Aban, but Miami fought back to win the next two games. Miami managed to score against bin Aban in game four, but the Stags went ahead on a 2-run double by Josh "Martini" Irby in the 12th inning. Portland won the final game in Miami 3-1 to send the series back to Portland, and on their home turf SP Bryan Barclift lifted his team to victory with a 7-2 win for their first CBL Championship.
CBL Championship MVP RF Khaldun Yazid was named the season MVP, and last season's Championship MVP SP Ben Sietsma was given the Best Pitcher Award.