Written by Brendan H. Located in Jackson Park on the south side of Chicago, at the site of 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, stands a neoclassical ballfield with a white façade and an elaborate presentation. Home of the Chicago Doves, World Fair Field, with its Beaux-Arts design, stands as a gleaming pearl of American Exceptionalism and…
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Team Introduction: The Baltimore Clippers
On a low foundation of a long-collapsed paint factory, Carroway Field lies along the Patapsco River’s inner harbor near downtown Baltimore. Named for its founding owner, painting supply magnate Edward Carroway, the elegant ballpark sports grandiose and iconic “witch’s hat” grandstands overlooking the Inner Harbor. Like the high-sailed and fast-paced ships for which they are…
Team Introduction: The Richmond Rifles
The LBL’s only current “southern” ballclub, the Richmond Rifles represent a remnant of the once-prestigious “Cotton Belt” clubs, long-since scattered into disarray following the collapse of the National League. A visionary project of the prominent Virginia tobacco magnate Michael J. Monroe, the Rifles of Richmond are a proud and aging ballclub of former greats among…
Team Introduction: The Brooklyn Whales
Written by Brendan H. Woefully disorganized, the LBL’s Brooklyn squad was hastily chartered just prior to the formation of the league. With the local talent mostly claimed by their peers in Manhattan, Brooklyn was forced to build a team mostly from whatever players were left over. Upon first seeing the team—an amalgamation of spare parts,…
Legacy Times 1.1: April 25th, 1895
Sporting Times: Rumor of a New League Sparks Hope
Thursday, November 11, 1894 Manhattan, New York Since the collapse of the National League in 1891, the future of organized baseball in America lies cowled in most agitating uncertainty. Several herculean obstacles lay before the feet of many organizations vying for control of a “national” baseball organization—the greatest of which is organizing the funds and…
Announcement: LBL Prologue to Begin 25 April, 2021
At long last, the official simulations for the LBL are about to begin. Brendan and I will be simulating the 1895 to 1899 season between 25 April and 3 July. While the league file has already undergone extensive scrutiny and testing, Five seasons over two months will allow the Board time to develop and solidify…