In this historic league, I am going to replay the entire history of Major League Baseball beginning in 1903.
I am really excited to see how history changes.
Here are just some of the questions I hope to find out:
*How will Black players entering the Majors earlier affect history? What will Jackie Robison’s career look like, Satchell Paige, Josh Gibson?
*What team will draft Babe Ruth? Will his career be different if he plays outside of New York?
*What will Koufax’s career look like if he plays to 40, if Williams is not drafted in the wars, if Shoeless Joe is not kicked out?
*How will playing in different parks with different teammates affect players careers?
*Will some of those sacred numbers be repeated? DiMaggio’s hit streak, will Ripken take a day off, will Marris hit 61, will Aaron be the home run champ?
The League will begin with 16 clubs playing in two leagues called the Cartwright League and Wheaton league after two old Knickerbocker organizers.
The Cartwright League will feature the teams of the East: Boston Bayonets, Cambridge Schooners, Brooklyn Eagles, Manhattan Skyliners, New Jersey Elysians, Philadelphia Founders, Washington Monuments and Worcester Hearts.
The Wheaton league will have the teams a bit to the West: Two Chicago teams, the Chicago Firemen St. Louis Explorers, Louisville Sluggers, Detroit Pinstripes, New Orleans Jazzcats, Cleveland Catamounts and Pittsburgh Golden Triangles.
Here are the club logos:
I will update from time to time on the league’s progress.