[BirdWatcher]

Thanks Palaaemon, though I'm a bit surprised you didn't bite on my little tease of backstory in the Mike Robinette post. (One of the things that has been rolling around in my head lately concerning the WPK is starting to create a biographical history and encyclopedia of the league, including this beginning of what might be considered the sabermetrics movement in the league- starting with filling in the biographies of Murray Allen and Jeremiah Jefferson, who might be seen as the Bill James and Jay Jaffe of the WPK, though with some distinct differences as well- along with more fleshing out of the W.P. Kinsella Hall of Fame in Dubuque (for instance, who administrates it, what former players or managers are on the board, etc.), and backstory about the antecedent professional baseball leagues in the WPK history- the players in the inaugural draft came from somewhere obviously and it isn't likely that baseball just sprang up out of nowhere in 1965 (one obvious antecedent is the Iowa Baseball Confederacy.) Anyway, more about all of this later. And probably delivered in bits and pieces.)

So, like you I am a big fan of the more interesting and unusual names in the WPK. I must admit that I've been a bit lazy about one thing though and that is some of the unusual accent marks that should properly be used for these names. I know there are ways of capturing these here but I find it laborious to research this every time. So suffice it to say that in both Lazaro Lowndes and Lancarote Serr's first names there are accent marks that I am not capturing here (for Lancarote it is under the c, a mark apparently called a cedilla whereas for Lazaro it is an accent over the first a called an acute.)

As for your request regarding team histories I am happy to oblige. I will do so starting in the next post and in chunks of 5 teams per post. I'll start with the SJL and will go in order of overall winning percentage.

EDIT: I also feel I should say that Palaaemon and I have conversations off-line and he is aware that I sometimes become a bit discouraged by a lack of interaction with this thread so it is very much appreciated that he is trying to provide some of that and encourage a more interactive sense here. On that note, I'd like to encourage anyone who stops by occasionally to read about the WPK and the Denver Brewers to reach out here with any questions or comments as it really helps to keep things fresh for me and often stimulates me to think about or look at something in the WPK that I might not have thought of otherwise. No pressure and I appreciate you stopping by whether you respond or not but please know that I am always happy to answer any questions as well.