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Exiting the 2007 season a unexpected turn of events happened for the American Past-time known as baseball. Major League Baseball has folded and will no longer exist as the forefront for American baseball. Little is known about the reasons why the league, but many speculate it has to do with interactions between the MLBPA and Bud Selig within the restraints of drug testing for PED's; as well as Selig's allegations of defrauding teams of funding as well alleged rigging of MLB games by Selig and umpires at attempt of making extra money for them selves. As all of these issues have occurred during this off-season many players and enraged and worried about the future of baseball being a lucrative and successful sport in the United States. Many have already moved on to the Nippon Professional Baseball League for means of works while others are coming together to make a league that can replace the MLB as the most Influential and powerful league in baseball. Not much is known from this point as of what this new league will be comprised of, but there is my hype surrounding the possible creation of this new Replacement to the MLB. A Majority of the MLBPA Associates being the forefront in the creation of the new MLB league only have announced the name of the league and nothing else "North American Baseball League", All informations is "up and the air and completely at this point", says Donald Fehr "we hope to be ready to go as soon as 2008 but as of now nothing is promised along the lines of the teams,stadiums,funding with in the creation of the league."
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More to come....

USA TODAY (8/12/07)

Today the MLB Player's Association has officially announced the creation of the North American Baseball League. It will be comprised of 30 teams like the original MLB league was. The North American Baseball League (NABL) will be hosted in cities of mainly old MILB Triple AAA teams instead of being in most of the major cities that the MLB was. Even though that's a sign of a somewhat smaller market within the league there is no shortage of talent with in the league of self. Some Major Leaguers have decided to participate in the NABL,while others are helping through funding the league or doing behind the scenes work to help the league run smoothly. The executive board announced that the NABL inagural draft will be held this upcoming week (8/25/07) and teams will begin negotiating contracts until the start of the season (Which has been predicted to start in early march.)

Teams
Las Vegas Wolfpack
Nashville Sluggers
Honolulu Samurais
Denver Falcons
Portland Venom
Richmond Honeybees
Omaha Blazers
Pawtucket Red Claws
Vancouver Lions
Oklahoma City Fire
Minneapolis Knights
Montreal Explores
Syracuse Raptors
San Antonio Senators
Durham Cowboys
Toledo Cheetahs
Sacramento Dolphins
Colorado Springs Wildboys
Albuquerque Wildcats
Iowa City Dark Horses
Edmonton Canadians
Round Rock Eagles
Foxborough Stampede
Orlando Curve
Tacoma Reapers
Norfolk Hornets
Louisville Cobras
Guam Phoenix
Phoenix Titans
Utah Panthers

I'm interested to see how this goes.

ESPN.Com
Buster Onley
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NABL's inagural draft has commenced and teams are preparing to go into the 162 game season. There is some what of a toss up in some division of there possible post season outcomes, but the NABL seems to be a fairly even league because no team excells in all aspects of the game, making for some interesting games and season. We all will sit and watch nervously the development of this new league in hopes to bring baseball in a new light that the MLB couldn't.
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Standings

American League East
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Pawtuckett Red Claws
Montreal Explores
Nashville Sluggers
Minneapolis Knights
Richmond Honeybees

American League Central
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Iowa City Dark Horses
Oklahoma City Fire
Omaha Blazers
Norfolk Hornets

American League West
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Las Vegas Wolfpack
Portland Venom
Denver Falcons
Albuquerque Wildcats
Utah Panthers

National League East
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Orlando Curve
Foxborough Stampede
Toledo Cheetahs
Guam Phoenix
Durham Cowboys

National League Central
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Louisville Cobras
San Antonio Senators
Edmonton Canadians
Syracuse Raptors
Round Rock Eagles

National League West
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Tacoma Reapers
Honolulu Samurais
Sacramento Dolphins
Vancouver Lions
Colorado Springs Wildboys
Phoenix Titans

Guam in the East?

eh that was fault of mine trying to make the division geographically correct. I kept thinking Guam was a Caribbean island

Sporting News
North American Baseball League Recap

4/2 - 4/6....2008
It's seem to be a very interesting kick off to the first season of the NABL. many teams have started the season to a 4-0 record which something almost unnatural to see in most professional leagues, but one thing a vast group of the 4-0 teams have is a great pitching staff that have only allowed less then 2.50 Earned Runs on average. Being early as it is we do know this records wont stay but it is fascinating to see some of these teams create a amazing bullpen that can win games under many horrid conditions.


American League East
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Nashville Sluggers 4-0
Minneapolis Knights 4-0
Pawtuckett Red Claws 2-2
Montreal Explores 2-2
Richmond Honeybees 0-0

American League Central
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Omaha Blazers 3-1
Oklahoma City Fire 2-2
Norfolk Hornets 1-3
Iowa City Dark Horses 1-3

American League West
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Las Vegas Wolfpack 3-1
Denver Falcons 3-1
Portland Venom 1-3
Albuquerque Wildcats 1-3
Utah Panthers 1-3

National League East
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Foxborough Stampede 4-0
Orlando Curve 2-2
Toledo Cheetahs 2-2
Guam Phoenix 1-3
Durham Cowboys 1-3

National League Central
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Edmonton Canadians 4-0
Syracuse Raptors 2-2
Round Rock Eagles 2-2
Louisville Cobras 1-3
San Antonio Senators 1-3

National League West
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Tacoma Reapers 4-0
Honolulu Samurais 3-1
Sacramento Dolphins 2-2
Phoenix Titans 2-2
Vancouver Lions 1-3
Colorado Springs Wildboys 0-4

Other News

Injuries
Toledo Cheetahs Pitcher Alex Sandberg is Injured for 3 Days with a bruised shoulder

Free Agency Pick-ups
Orlando Curve Pick up 2 pitchers Calvin Ruan and Mito Murayama
Round Rock Eagles Sign Zach Trzesniak and Travis Budzinski to add to the pitching depth

NABL.com

Weekly MVPs have been selected

American League
Scott Hatteberg 1B (Foxborough) .611 AVG 2 HR 4 RBI
Alex Cora SS (Minneapolis) .474 AVG 2 HR 8 RBI

National League
Manny Ramirez LF (Louisville) .625 AVG 4 HR 5 RBI
Chone Figgins 3B (Orlando) .500 AVG 1 HR 2 RBI

CBS Sports News

4/6 - 4/13 ..... 2008

as we jump into the second week of games we see only 6 teams stay above .600 winning percentage. The Tacoma Reapers and Minneapolis Knights are putting on early hot streak of wins both at 10-2. the knights who have consited of a starting rotation of Barry Zito, Dontrelle Willis, Jamie Medrano, Great Bennett and Ryan Stark have manage to keep a ERA under 3.00 as starters and Willis who has dominated his last 3 outings with a 1.98 ERA and 14 Strike outs, as well as the major production of starting short stop alex cora the past few weeks (.458 AVG 4 HR 14 RBI). The Knights have been on a roll, but not to forget the Reapers with a virutally similar star studded rotation (John Lackey, Greg Maddux,Scott Mathieson,Jeff Chaiffred,Tim Wakefield) with a team ERA of 1.83 it shows the dominance of this pitching staff. Much more to look out for the upcoming season but we expect big things in the weeks ahead.

Other Notable performances
Pat Hayden 1B (Nashville) .462 Avg (AL Leading) 3 HR 10 RBI
Garret Evrett (Richmond) .395 AVG 6 2bs (AL Leading) 5 RBI
Manny Ramirez (Louisville) .512 AVG (League Leading) 7 HR (League Leading) 15 RBI
Albert Pujols (Round Rock) .468 AVG 7 HR (League Leading) 19 RBI (League Leadging)
Taysuke Kuramochi (Las Vegas) .56 ERA 16.0 IP 2-0 W-L 12 Ks
Charlie Gordon (Nashville) 1.16 ERA 23.1 IP 1-0 W-L 32 Ks (League Leading)
Danny Rameriz (Honolulu) 1.59 ERA 5.2 IP 0-0 W-L 5 Sv (League Leading) 6 K
Jarrod Weaver (Phoenix) .56 ERA 15.0 IP 2-0 W-L 6 K


American League East
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Minneapolis Knights 10-2
Nashville Sluggers 7-5
Montreal Explores 7-5
Pawtuckett Red Claws 6-6
Richmond Honeybees 4-6

American League Central
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Omaha Blazers 9-3
Oklahoma City Fire 6-6
Iowa City Dark Horses 5-7
Norfolk Hornets 3-9

American League West
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Las Vegas Wolfpack 8-4
Portland Venom 7-5
Utah Panthers 6-6
Denver Falcons 5-7
Albuquerque Wildcats 1-11


National League East
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Durham Cowboys 7-5
Orlando Curve 7-5
Foxborough Stampede 6-6
Toledo Cheetahs 4-8
Guam Phoenix 4-8


National League Central
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Edmonton Canadians 8-4
San Antonio Senators 6-6
Round Rock Eagles 8-4
Louisville Cobras 5-7
Syracuse Raptors 5-7

National League West
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Tacoma Reapers 10-2
Honolulu Samurais 7-5
Phoenix Titans 7-5
Sacramento Dolphins 5-7
Vancouver Lions 4-8
Colorado Springs Wildboys 3-9

Players of the Week
Albert Pujols(Round Rock) .500 AVG 5 HR 13 RBI
Brian Donovan(Orlando) 3-0 W-L 1.42 ERA 16 K
Dave Roberts (OKC) .500 AVG 2 HR 6 RBI
Eric Trammell (Norfolk) .520 AVG 4 HR 7 RBI

NABL.com

4/14-4/20 (oh the unintentional weed puns begin)

As we end the third week of regular season play we look towards to standings to notice Omaha Blazers have taken the number spot in the American League; at 13-6 going on a 7 game winning streak to secure the AL Central for now.The Blazers pitching staff isn't phenomnal by far with Boof Bonser and Harold Mallette Being the only starters to maintain a under 4.00 ERA. The sticks on this team are fairly solid which has been the main reason the team has stayed in games, with the ability to constantly go for extra base hits and scoring of line shots to the outfield the blazers have managed to be team with some momentum going towards the end of the week. Even though Omaha has become the new arrival to the number spot in the AL, the NL has been on lock-down by the Tacoma Reapers, a team with a spectacular 3.23 Team ERA and the Lowest amount of runs allowed in the National League (61) from start to finish the Reapers prove to be a problem for oncoming hitters to the first and last innings of every game, one of the reason why they are 14 and 4 at the moment

Players of the Week
Adrian Matteo(Las Vegas) .565 AVG 3 HR 17 RBI
Howie Kendrick(Minneapolis) .519 AVG 4 HR 14 RBI
Albert Pujols 1B (Round Rock) .583 AVG 3 HR 5 RBI
Great Young 3B (Tacoma) .522 AVG 1 HR 14 RBI

Other Noteable Performances
Taysuke Kuramochi(Las Vegas) .36 ERA 25 IP 3-0 W-L 25 Ks
Ramon Hernandez(OKC) 0.00 ERA 7.1 IP 0-0 W-L 7 SV 7 Ks
Jered Weaver (Phoenix) 0.38 ERA 24.0 IP 2-0 W-L 12 Ks
Placido Polanco (Honolulu) .406 AVG 1 HR 16 RBI
Carlos Ruiz (Durham) .392 AVG 1 HR 7 RBI 18 Runs


American League East
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Minneapolis Knights 12-6
Montreal Explores 11-7
Pawtuckett Red Claws 10-8
Nashville Sluggers 9-9
Richmond Honeybees 7-11

American League Central
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Omaha Blazers 13-5
Oklahoma City Fire 9-9
Iowa City Dark Horses 7-11
Norfolk Hornets 6-12

American League West
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Las Vegas Wolfpack 12-6
Portland Venom 11-7
Utah Panthers 8-10
Denver Falcons 7-11
Albuquerque Wildcats 4-14


National League East
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Durham Cowboys 11-7
Orlando Curve 10-8
Foxborough Stampede 9-9
Guam Phoenix 7-11
Toledo Cheetahs 5-13



National League Central
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Round Rock Eagles 13-5
Edmonton Canadians 11-7
San Antonio Senators 10-8
Syracuse Raptors 8-10
Louisville Cobras 6-12

National League West
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Tacoma Reapers 14-4
Phoenix Titans 10-8
Honolulu Samurais 9-9
Sacramento Dolphins 9-9
Vancouver Lions 7-11
Colorado Springs Wildboys 5-13

Open Discussion Question
Who is your favorite team/player/etc at the moment, Why? Also what things could be improved upon with in the season log?

Favorite teams: Curve/Raptors

NABL.COM

4/21-4/27

Week 4 has passed and we have some amazing developments over 7 days. The Pawtucket Red Claws are now a game behiend the Minneapolis Knights at 16-9, the team long ball style of play has started working for them. David Ortiz,Jim Edmonds,Dan Uggla,Adrian Gonzalez have stepped up to in massive strides improving the team batting average from a .252 to a .269. Relying on Home runs has put a starin on this team but the lack luster Pitching Rotation has picked up a bit. Now having the lowest team ERA in the American League East, Patrick DeVore has helped out at the starting rotation pitching 26.2 Innings and holding a 3.71 ERA and 28 Strike outs; albiet he holds a 0-2 record (lack of hitting being the reason) he been a major factor along with relief pitchers like Frank Lynn and Ramon Esquivel to put the Red Claws in 2nd Place.

Players of the Week
Ryan Branes (Las Vegas) 0.00 ERA 1-0 11 K
Barry Zito (Minneapolis) 0.00 ERA 1-0 9 K
Derek Ormond (Vancouver) 0.63 ERA 2-0 11 K
Randy Winn (Round Rock) .429 AVG 2 HR 4 RBI

Other Notable Players
Chris Warner (Las Vegas) 1.99 ERA 31.2 IP 2-2 W-L 34 K
Corey Patterson (Phoenix) .402 AVG 0 HR 22 RBI
Gary Matthews Jr (Sacramento) .394 AVG 5 HR 17 RBI
Cole Bumstead (Montreal) .56 ERA 32 IP 1-0 W-L 23 K
Tyson Howard (Orlando) 1.82 ERA 29.2 IP 2-0 W-L 39 K

American League East
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Minneapolis Knights 17-8
Pawtuckett Red Claws 16-9
Montreal Explores 14-11
Nashville Sluggers 12-13
Richmond Honeybees 8-17

American League Central
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Omaha Blazers 18-7
Oklahoma City Fire 15-10
Iowa City Dark Horses 12-13
Norfolk Hornets 9-16

American League West
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Las Vegas Wolfpack 15-10
Portland Venom 14-11
Denver Falcons 10-15
Utah Panthers 8-17
Albuquerque Wildcats 7-18

National League East
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Durham Cowboys 14-11
Orlando Curve 13-12
Foxborough Stampede 12-13
Toledo Cheetahs 11-14
Guam Phoenix 8-17

National League Central
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Round Rock Eagles 16-9
Edmonton Canadians 15-10
San Antonio Senators 13-12
Syracuse Raptors 12-13
Louisville Cobras 8-17

National League West
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Tacoma Reapers 18-7
Honolulu Samurais 15-10
Sacramento Dolphins 14-11
Vancouver Lions 11-14
Phoenix Titans 10-15
Colorado Springs Wildboys 10-15

Hmm...this makes me wonder...which team are you controlling for this specific log (I'm assuming you aren't playing any games as this team)? I'm not asking for you to control just one team and lose the whole purpose of the log, I'm just a bit curious at this detail.

I have control of the Las Vegas Wolf pack, but yea the only things I do are assign players to practice and do trades and drop and pick up players.