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The Western Reserve Baseball Association (WRBA)
The WRBA is an old league of mine, created from cities/towns I've spent most of my life around. In my fictional league, I've elevated these locations to imagined larger urban areas but attempted to keep the "small town" feel of old-time baseball popularized by Robert Coover in his "Universal Baseball Association" novel.
The Lakeshore Baseball League started in 1901, and the Cuyahoga Valley Baseball League followed in 1911 - both leagues combining to form the Western Reserve Baseball Association, complete with a Championship Series for the Regional Trophy. I thought I would share the league's history until the stories meet up with my current season (1925) and then transition into weekly reporting of the ongoing season. Since I'm a storyteller at heart, I've incorporated my graphics capabilities and imagination into my reports. I hope you find them as interesting as I have playing out the WRBA.
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Lakeshore Baseball League (1900)
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04-12-2025, 06:59 PM
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1901 Lakeshore Baseball League
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04-13-2025, 10:39 AM
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1901 Hardware...
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General Curiosities...
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1902 Lakeshore Baseball League
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04-14-2025, 11:01 PM
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1902 Hardware...
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04-15-2025, 09:38 AM
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Article from the Lakeshore Ledger, Mid-Summer 1902
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1903 Lakeshore Baseball League
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1903 Lakeshore Baseball League Hardware...
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Lakeshore Ledger, November 1903
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Moving ahead,
1917 Induction of Chris Silva into the WRBA Hall of Fame;
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1919 Hall of Fame Inductee
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1920 Hall of Fame Inductee
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1921 Hall of Fame Inductee
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1922 Hall of Fame Inductee
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Before I move on with more Hall of Fame inductees, here's an archive of the first decade of the Lakeshore Baseball League. Since it's 6 pages long, it's spread over two posts (this is Part 1).
Note that in 1911, the LBL was challenged by a new organization, the Cuyahoga Valley Baseball League (CVBL) with 6 new teams. The two leagues then formed the Western Reserve Baseball Association (WRBA), complete with playoffs. Once I catch up on the HOF'ers, I'll move the 1910-1920 Archive for the entire organization.
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