CodeG Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Heeeeeello Humans, after reading thru Veras, FFwally, and Hawkfan's fictional,sports leagues I decided to create my own. I recently had downloaded Out Of The Park Baseball (OOTP) it's a baseball simulater. After 2 weeks of playing I realized I could create a fictional league. So I decided to make a fictional league with real teams (weird) thanks to Wikipedia I found some old defunct baseball teams from the 1880s and decided to make a story from thatThe year was 1888 With the growing popularity of baseball meant opportunity. Leagues such as the NL, AA, and UL were growing in national popularity. Many businessmen noticed the opportunity and took it. One of such businessmen was looking into starting a full Major League, that businessman was Derek Kuster owner of the Louisville Admirals baseball team. Kuster's Admirals had recently dominated the Kentucky Baseball League, winning the championship each of the last 5 years. Kuster, along with 7 other businessmen decided to create their own league, thus the American Baseball Association was born(Ps as of now I do not have the means of creating logos and jerseys for the teams so you are just going to use your imagination for now. Plus it makes it more realistic since teams didn't have any distinguishing marks back then, except for their socks)Current teamsLouisville Admirals Toledo Blue SoxColumbus BuckeyesBrooklyn Gladiators Indianapolis HoosiersCleveland SpidersKansas City CowboysRochester BroncosPhiladelphia Tigers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeG Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 THE TEAMSLouisville Admirals Starting Rotation1 Elroy Kuusisto2 Josh Atkinson3 John HoodRelieversStan PippinVince MooreLineup 1 Robert Henderson2 Chrish Smith3 Chad Draper4 Ken Norbury5 Max Hamilton6 Alejandro Alaniz7 Scotty Larson8 Scot BlanchardToledo Blue SoxStarting Rotation1 Errol James 2 Johnny Anderson3 David MatsonRelievers Leo DyeBrad RayLineup1 Daniel Nadr2 Ken Hathaway3 Frank Simon4 Dale Roy5 Brian Conder6 Alberto Martinez7 Robbie Reed8 Tony O'RorkeColumbus BuckeyesStarting rotation1 Norm Huggins2 Britt Moore3 Artie ChandlerRelieversRandall SanfordDan WalkerLineups1 Ron Pate2 Pat Wilson3 John Stinson4 Ryan McFadden5 Cain Pinney6 Rafael Costello7 Jay McCray8 Robert AllanIndianapolis Hoosiers Starting rotation1 Darren Meyers2 Jack Pitts3 Cory WheelerRelievers Justin HamiltonJesse ThompsonLineup1 Larry Harvey2 Dan O'Sullivan3 Juan Rivera4 Al Conner5 Peter Stone6 Burton Dundee7 PJ Johnstone8 Ben WalkerCleveland SpidersStarting rotation1 Nathan Davis2 Jerry Ellison3 Joe AshleyRelieversBrian PrattChris WatsonLineups 1 Larry Adair2 Carlos Gallegos3 David Palmer4 Mac Bucholson5 Bill Helms6 Thad Lucero7 Emilio Gonzáles8 Joel YoderKansas City CowboysStarting rotation1 Ken McCoy2 Terry Fleming3 Dan KelleyRelieversCollin AndersonNick RoweLineups1 Lawrence Stevens2 Wesly Bishop3 Nick Huffman4 Zack Cummings5 Jorge Chávez6 Terry Bailey7 Desi Kinney8 Alan JeffersonBrooklyn Gladiators Starting rotation1 Travis Foxworthy2 Pancho Ojeda3 Chris GibsonRelievers Colin WatsonGonzalo RamirezLineups1 Pat Wright2 Kelvin Green3 Dusty Kerwin4 Bobby Mitchell5 Chris Summers6 Steve Nichols7 Bob Dale8 Edmund LockeRochester BroncosStarting rotations1 Dusty Donnelly2 Roy O'Neil3 Steven ByersRelievers Chris BarksWilliam JohnstonLineups1 Brian Malone2 Waylon Smith3 William Atkins4 Juan Sousa5 Chris Johnson6 Greg George7 Carl Hall8 Alejandro RodriguezThe first season will be up later today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrcollis714 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Very nice idea, good work. Favorites: Dallas Cowboys, New York Yankees, New York Rangers, New York Knicks, Cam Newton ND Irish Least Favorites: New York Giants, New York Mets, Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Eagles, OBJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeG Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 1888 SEASONRight from the beginning everyone knew this was going to be a 3 team race between Cleveland, Brooklyn, and Toledo. Home runs were quiet common in the ABA unlike other leagues, two players hit for 21 homers; Louisville's Chad Draper, 27, and Cleveland's David Palmer, 28. One could say the ABA was the bizzaro baseball league as only 1 player hit over 330 and there were 17 players with 10 or more home runs. On the pitching side it was game of its own between Cleveland and Brooklyn, in the triple crown categories Clevelands Nathan Davis lead in ERA and Wins, but Brooklyns Foxworthy and Ojeda were always close behind. Strikeouts were the only main pitching category Cleveland didn't have a pitcher lead, Brooklyn's Foxworthy took the crown at 239 (in 410 innings) followed by teammate Ojeda, and then Clevelands Davis. By the end of the season it was a two team race between Cleveland and Brooklyn, Toledo had fallen to 6th. The season ended with Cleveland gaining the best league record by 1 gameStandings1 Cleveland Spiders 88-53 .6242 Brooklyn Gladiators 87-54 .6173 Columbus Buckeyes 77-63 .550 4 Louisville Admirals 72-68 .5145 Indianapolis Hoosiers 65-75 .4646 Toledo Blue Sox 59-81 .4217 Rochester Broncos 57-83 .4078 Kansas City Cowboys 56-84 .400The owners decided upon a 1 game championship at the end of the season with the two best teams, those teams will be The Cleveland Spiders vs the Brooklyn GladiatorsI will have coverage of the championship game later in the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_prankster Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Very nice start so far.Will Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Boston, St Louis or the Twin Cities have teams in this league? Or do those cities already have teams in other leagues? The Fictional Story of Austus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeG Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 Very nice idea, good work.Thanks, I thought it was about time someone did a baseball oneVery nice start so far.Will Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Boston, St Louis or the Twin Cities have teams in this league? Or do those cities already have teams in other leagues?While I don't want to spoil anything I do have Baltimore, Chicago, Philly, and the Twin Cities planned to come into the league within the next couple of seasons. Cinci will likely not get a team due to the close proximity to Louisville, and the league does not want to have teams in cities that have a lot of established teams, such as Boston's case also. Pittsburgh will eventually get a team I'm not sure when tho. And Detroit, Boston and St Louis I'm not sure about. I have only the first couple decades planned and only the first season simulated so I'm not sure about all of the future teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeG Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 The moment you've all been waiting for. Here is the game log of the 1888 championship game-CLEVELAND, OH October 17th, 1888Brooklyn Gladiators vs Cleveland SpidersThe American Baseball Association Championship GamePitchers Travis Foxworthy, BRO, vs Nathan Davis, CLE.Underdog, BrooklynThe game went scoreless through the first three innings, until Brooklyn's Steve Nichols hit a sacrifice fly to right field scoring Bobby MitchellBrooklyn wasn't done, in the 6th they scored 3 runs behind 2 costly errors by Cleveland. BROOKLYN 4 CLEVELAND 0Cleveland wasn't done scoring 3 runs in the next two innings. BROOKLYN 4 CLEVELAND 3Cleveland's starter Davis continued to stand on the mound onto the 9th inning, where he gave up a run but then struck out 2 consecutive batters to strand three runners on base. BROOKLYN 5 CLEVELAND 3Last chance for Cleveland. With the bases loaded 2 outs, a run already scored in the inning, Thad Lucero steps up to the plate, he struck out on 6 pitchesFinal score BROOKLYN 5 CLEVELAND 4Player of the Game Travis Foxworthy, Brooklyn, pitcher. 9 innings 11 hits 4 runs (3earned) 0 walks 4 strikeouts 139 pitches and 94 pitch strikesTotal attendance 1,9821888 season champions, Brooklyn Gladiators- Charlie Christiansson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeG Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 So since I can nit create logos I thought I would at least say the color of their sox (that was how people knew what team was what until the 30s)Louisville Admirals; navy blueToledo Blue Sox; light blueColumbus Buckeyes; whiteCleveland Spiders; blackIndianapolis Hoosiers; yellowBrooklyn Gladiators; purpleRochester Broncos; redKansas Coty Cowboys; brownAgain sorry I can't create logos right now hopefully before Christmas I can create logos and jerseys for all the teams. As for now, you can use your imaginations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECUFan25 Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I really don't thing you will need logos and unis until like early 19something. I like how you really break down the championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeG Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 I really don't thing you will need logos and unis until like early 19something. I like how you really break down the championship.I have thought about that with the logos thing, I thought I would write the championships in news article form for funin other news The Philadelphia Tigers baseball club, previously of the UL, has decided to join the ABA. Despite all 8 current team owners all voting against Philly's merge, the Tigers owner supposedly bribed 6 of the 8 owners to allow their merger. Or so the conspiracists sayIn case your wondering the Tigers sox color is orange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeG Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 1888 awards 1888 ABA Pitcher of the Year Award goes to Nathan Davis, Cleveland, 32-12 414.2 innings 203 K's 1.65 ERA2nd place Jerry Ellison, Cleveland3rd place Travis Foxworthy, Brooklyn1888 ABA Slugger of the Year Award goes to Kelvin Green, Brooklyn, .312 avg 182 hits 141 games 18 HR 92 RBIs 104 Runs2nd place Larry Adair, Cleveland3rd place Dusty Kerwin, Brooklyn1889 preview1888 was dominated by Brooklyn and Cleveland. With the joining of Philly it already looks like it's going to be a 3 team race between them. Louisville, Columbus and Indianapolis will try to improve on decent showing last year. While Toledo, Rochester, and Kansas City will try to not suck as much, if that's possible. My season predictions1 Cleveland Spiders2 Philadelphia Tigers3 Brooklyn Gladiators4 Louisville Admirals5 Toledo Blue Sox6 Columbus Buckeyes7 Kansas City Cowboys8 Rochester Broncos9 Indianapolis Hoosiers(I will have the real season standings up today or tomorrow, along with Philly's starting roster)I will get more and more in depth as the seasons progress RUMORS Rumor has it that Chicago Whäles owner Johnny Higgons is trying to force his way into the ABA, as it stands now all current 9 owners are agansts their joiner. More news as it progresses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 IIRC, "Sox" didn't really become the thing until around 1903...wouldn't they be the Toledo Blue Stockings until then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeG Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 IIRC, "Sox" didn't really become the thing until around 1903...wouldn't they be the Toledo Blue Stockings until then?Didn't know that, I just thought Sox sounds better than Stockings. And maybe they invented Sox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WissX Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Can I join the league? I am the guy who loves Wisconsin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mvdbutler Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 this is gonna be great for history of baseball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeG Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 Sorry for the delay, my computer wasn't working yesterday.Here is the starting roster for PhillyStarters1 Mike O'Reilly2 Jasson Patton3 Leo AustinRelieversKen WilsonTruman BillingsLineup1 Stu Pittman2 Charlie Suddaby3 Gregg Calhoun4 Juan Cruz5 Mike Lewis6 Kade Stanton7 Pablo Mejia8 Ryan PeiperI should have the 1889 season up later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeG Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 1889 seasonRight off the bat everyone knew this was going to be a tightly contested year.After a month of playing Louisville seemed to have it all figured out leading the pack by 4 games. While Rochester was just pure agony to watch, with only 4 wins after a monthBy mid season it looked clear that Louisville and Cleveland would be in the championship. But nobody ruled out Philly or Brooklyn. Final regular season standing1 Louisville Admirals 85-39 .6852 Cleveland Spiders 84-40 .6773 Philadelphia Tigers 69-55 .5564 Brooklyn Gladiators 68-56 .5485 Toledo Blue Sox 68-56 .5486 Columbus Buckeyes 55-73 .4307 Kansas City Cowboys 48-76 .3878 Indianapolis Hoosiers 47-77 .3799 Rochester Broncos 36-88 .290Most surprising team= Rochester, I thought for sure they would not get 10 winsChampionship will be Cleveland @ Louisville I should have the championship up later today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeG Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 Who's ready for the 1889 ABA championship game???-LOUISVILLE, KYSeptember 20th, 1889Cleveland Spiders vs Louisville Admirals The American Baseball Association Championship Game IIPitchers Jerry Ellison, CLE, vs Elroy Kuusisto, LOU,Underdog, ClevelandScoreless through four frames, up till the 5th inning where Cleveland scored twice, thanks to Larry Adair's stellar base running. CLEVELAND 2 LOUISVILLE 0The Admirals came back with a run in each of the next two innings. CLEVELAND 2 LOUISVILLE 2In the seventh inning, Cleveland's Larry Adair scored on an error by Desi Kinney, that was his fourth error that game. CLEVELAND 3 LOUISVILLE 2Louisville got 3 runs in the eighth inning thanks to five straight singles. CLEVELAND 3 LOUISVILLE 5Last chance for Cleveland in the ninth. First pitch to Larry Adair.... HE HITS A SHOT OUT TO LEFT FIELD, IT CLEARED THE ENTIRE STADIUM. CLEVELAND 4 LOUISVILLE 5Despite the home run Cleveland could not come back and loses the gameFinal score CLEVELAND 4 LOUISVILLE 5 Player of the game. Larry Adair, CLE, 4 AB 3 runs 3 hits 1 RBI 1 HR 1 walk 1 kTotal attendance 1,995 Time of game 2 hours 43 minutesABA champions Louisville Admirals- Charlie Christiansson (News of possible ABA joining with the Chicago club will be up after the awards are posted some time tomorrow) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeG Posted November 1, 2015 Author Share Posted November 1, 2015 BREAKING NEWSAn owner vote will begin tonight. The vote will be for the Chicago Whales to see if they can join Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeG Posted November 1, 2015 Author Share Posted November 1, 2015 The final owner vote had 7/2 in favor of the joining of the Chicago Whales franchise. The team will begin in the 1890 season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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