I'll release 1982 in a few days.
Here are the leagues added since the last version, in 1970:
- Korea Professional Baseball (ML)
- India Rookie League (IPL-R)
- Australian Baseball Federation
- French Division 2 (Pyramid 2nd Level, aka P2)
- Spanish Pyramid (added 2nd and 3rd Division levels of the pyramid)
- Czechoslovak Baseball Federation
- Suisse Baseball Pyramid (Nationalliga A and B)
- British Double-A (P3)
- Egyptian Minor Leagues (Reserve-A- and Rookie League)
- Finnish Baseball
- Palau Major League
- Danish Championship League
- Yugoslavia Baseball Organization
- Italia Serie C (4D)
- Cape Cod League (Summer Collegiate League - DL)
The list of international tournaments added since 1970
- World Junior Baseball Championship (Under-19, begins annually; later becomes the U-18 Baseball World Cup)
- Intercontinental Cup (x2)
- Summer Olympics (x4)
- African Cup (x4 - African countries playing for best in Africa)
- Oceanic Championship (x4 - Oceanic countries playing for best in Oceania)
- Central American Games (x4)
- European Junior Championship (x2, Later becomes U-18 European Championship)
- European Youth Championship (x2, Later becomes U-15 European Championship)
- Pacific Islands Challenge (x4, Palau, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Northern Marianas battle for Pacific Island supremacy)
I plan on most likely disabling the Champions and Nations Leagues come 1996, since you have to manually make the changes.
Two somewhat radical changes made to two major leagues by 1982:
The
Continental League decides instead of an East-West split, that with the expanded playoffs coming for the 1982 season, they have adopted the moniker of the American and National Leagues, with the AL carrying the DH and the NL choosing not to do so. This calls for radical realignment. In the historical markers, the American League is the de facto Eastern Conference from 1961-1981, with the National League the de facto Western Conference during that same timeframe.
The other change is in the
Spanish Baseball League. With a promotion/relegation pyramid in place, the East and West Divisions have been changed to Classment A and Classment B, breaking away from regional divisions and grouping classments by making sure other teams within the same region are not there, unless more than two exist at the top level.
The multiple teams in regions plays into effect in lower divisions of the
European Pyramid. At the top level, the leagues prefer clubs from the same city (Liverpool, Paris, Madrid as examples) or regional area to be placed in different sub-leagues or divisions, where possible. In the levels below the first division (MAJOR LEAGUE or MAJOR INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE), these clubs tend to share the same group, region, or division to offset travel costs. Therefore, it is possible that at the Italia Serie B level that three teams from Milan share the same group, whereas two teams from Torino (Turin) are in opposite sub-leagues.