Batter Up! Baseball League

The Batter Up! Baseball League is an organization that has sought to expand into various nations.

In Zwangzug

In Zwangzug, the offer was accepted. There were high hopes for Opening Day, April 4th, with Composite Minister Ember Nickel in attendance to throw out the ceremonial first pitch, but they did not materialize. The first game was to be between the Merano Mustangs and the Bangkok team, but the entirety of the latter was suspended due to various violations of league policies. The season could not begin until April 5th, with the Noh Weir Red-Tails hosting the Constantinople Cubs.

Teams

Merano Mustangs

With a record of 1-0 going into the "first of breaks for players who are mostly sub-all-star, maybe "some-star" level, but we're going to throw together a national team anyhow...actually, they're not the ones getting the breaks. Scratch that, make this the first break for everybody except the ones who are all-stars, which are all of them, wait..." (Nickel's official designation), the Mustangs are living up to their expectation as the best team in the league. Their players on the national team are Alexis Paige (utility infielder, #9), Rob Staun (outfielder/DH (when needed: Zwangzug's branch of the BUBL bans it on principle) #12), Nathan Ellis (starting right fielder, #18), Scott Macdougal (starting pitcher, #19), Stan Donatelli (reliever, #24), Caleb Runnon (starting pitcher, #27), Jamie Cooper (closer, #30), Dwight Eastman (starting at second base, #37), Will Bartnett (starting pitcher, #44), Richie Stagg (starting at first base, #55), Jeff Keer (reliever, #63) and Jack Percival (reliever, #98).

Like all the (competing) teams in the league, the Mustangs have four starting pitchers and a long reliever who pitches the middle innings of most of the games. Their rotation begins with Runnon, Macdougal, and Bartnett (who is fourth in the national rotation).

Noh Weir Red-Tails

1-1 going into the FOBFPWAMSMSLBWGTTTANTAATNTOGTBSTMTTFBFEETOWAAWAAOTW. Their national team players are Lou Stirk (utility infielder, #10), Terry Quave (starting center fielder, #16), Karen Lee (starting left fielder, #11), Thomas Grush (starting catcher, #20), Julian Williams (outfielder, #28), Trevor Root (reliever, #45), Matthew Leon (reliever, #47), and Nicholas Soyne (starting pitcher, #81).

Constantinople Cubs

0-1 at the break. Their national team players are Ben Ridge (starting at third base, #13) and John Meyers (long reliever, #32).

Bangkok team

Lacking a nickname and banned from participation, they nevertheless have at least a starting eight. With uniform numbers equal to scorekeeping positions, they are 1: Today, 2: Tomorrow, 3: Who, 4: What, 5: I Don't Know, 6: I Don't Care, 7: Why, 8: Because. Tomorrow, I Don't Care, and Because are on the national team, I Don't Care as a starter.