2500: The Solar Six Teams
 
When the Solar League was established in 2500, they started out with six teams – each team located on four planets, a moon, and a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt. They are known as The Solar Six.
 
These six teams were the Mercury Mets, Venus Sparrows, Earth Astronauts, Luna Apollos, Mars Warriors, and the Ceres Belters, all of which are still active franchises in the Solar League in the "present day."
 
 
Mercury Mets
 



Origins – The closest team to the star of the solar system, the Sun, the Mercury Mets were inspired after the Turn Ahead the Clock promotion that Major League Baseball had centuries ago in 1998. The New York Mets renamed themselves as the Mercury Mets, and the Mercury team decided to roll with that name.
 
Colors – Their logo was based after the planet’s symbol, and their colors were dark ash gray (for the color of the planet’s surface prior to terraforming) with sun gold (for the color of the Sun).
 
Stadium – Their stadium is on the surface of Mercury inside a domed city, with marvelous views of the Mercury landscape and the Sun itself, within safety parameters, of course.
 
 
Venus Sparrows
 

 
Origins – On the second planet of the Solar System, the Venus Sparrows took the name from the Greek Goddess of Love, Aphrodite (Roman goddess Venus’ Greek equivalent). With love, beauty, pleasure, and passion all part of the mythology, the sparrow was a recurring symbol associated with Venus. Plus, with multiple floating cloud cities in the Venusian skies, a bird-theme name seemed appropriate.
 
Colors – The team went with lighter colors to represent soft touch that the Goddess of Love provides, with light blue for love and the orange for the bright orange skies.
 
Stadium – Despite multiple cloud cities on Venus, the Sparrows played in an open-air stadium on the terraformed surface of Venus.
 
 
Earth Astronauts
 
 
Origins – The team went through many, many different possible names to find the perfect moniker to represent the planet of Earth, the original home of humanity. They finally settled on the Astronauts to honor the heroes from the mid 20th century.
 
Colors – With the team based in the old United States in North America, the team went with blue and red to honor the country’s colors and as well NASA.
 
Stadium – The team called Astrodome V their home in Houston, Texas, nearby the new Space Mission Control Center.
 
 
Luna Apollos
 

 
Origins – With Solar League Baseball’s headquarters being based in Lake Armstrong, Luna, the largest city in outer space, the Luna Apollos were the first ever SLB team to be revealed. Named after the Apollo program that succeeded in landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972, the Luna Apollos were the most popular choice for the team name.
 
Colors – To represent the darkness of space itself and the brightness of the Moon as seen from Earth, the team went with black and white to keep it simple for their colors.
 
Stadium – One of the oldest “outer space” stadiums, the Apollodome is a multi-purpose sports stadium in its own self-contained dome just off the city skirts of Lake Armstrong.
 
 
Mars Warriors
 

 
Origins – In ancient Roman mythology, Mars was the god of war. So this was arguably the easiest decision when league officials helped form teams for the SLB, who named the team from the Red Planet the Mars Warriors.
 
Colors – Naturally, the team went with red as their primary color, to represent the red planet and the warriors of the past.
 
Stadium – With Mars as one of the most terraformed planets in the solar system, the Mars Warriors played in an open-air stadium in the heart of downtown Ares City, the capital city of Mars. 
 
 
Ceres Belters
 

 
Origins – At this point, the Ceres Belters were the furthest team from the sun in the Solar League, as they were located on Ceres in the Asteroid Belt. Ceres is the largest celestial object, officially classified as a dwarf planet. Nicknamed “Gateway to the Outer System,” Ceres is a major port between the inner and outer planets. The team is named after the residents of the Asteroid Belt, the Belters.
 
Colors – The team went with a mining theme for their logo sets, to represent the miners of the Belters on all of the different smaller asteroids in the belt.
 
Stadium – Their stadium was deep underground within the dwarf planet. Inside a massive “room,” a full-sized baseball field and stands were able to fit in it, with special walls on the roof and around that can project various elements (weather, urban life, etc).

What’s next?

• The Solar Six era recap

Go Mercury Mets!

I remember this project vaguely, will be nice to get a refresher course on it!  For now, I like the Luna Apollos the most, but they're all really good!

All the teams look fantastic!
Mars is probably my favourite, especially the logo!
I really can't say much else other than great job!!

Can't wait to follow the revival of the SLB! Followed it back on the CCSLC, and never really rooted for a specific team. Hopefully that'll change soon when I find a team I really like, but for now I guess I'll root for the Apollos. (which iirc were/are still based on the White Sox, so it'll take my Cubbie Blue mind some time to get used to them lol)