Alternate History Sports » Silverian Baseball League

jxhnhvhn · 6/12/2019 4:51 am

This is my second try ever at showcasing a project like this. I've been trying to get the images on this post, but if they end up just being the links I'm sorry in advance. This project is going to be centered around the Silverian Baseball League. Silveria is a fictional country of I've developed more and more for about 8 or so years with on and off interest. It's located in the South Pacific, halfway between New Zealand and Chile, and is part of the Manatakwan Island which hosts 4 other nations. Silveria itself is home to 5.4 million people on land similar in size to the Dominican Republic. To the north, Avon, to the south, Manatakwa, to the east Asentapacifico, and to the far northeast sharing no border with Silveria is Niveau. Silveria has 7 provinces, in order of highest to lowest population they are Silver Peninsula, Green Coast, Riverlands, Stratford F.D., Traders Bay, Rivers End, and Highlands. The 5 biggest cities in Silveria are Stratford, the capitol, Silver Point (SP), St. Patrick (GC), Hamstead (RE), and Bangor (RL). Silveria features the temperate hills and rain in the West, the colder Matula Ben Highlands in the middle, which stretch the entirety of Central Avon and Silveria, as well as Plains, Desert, and the Manatakwan River to the east. It's population is mainly of European descent, with Irish and English being the largest ethnicity. East Asians, Native Manatakwans, South Asians, and Southeast Asians make up significant minorities. Christianity, particularly Catholicism, is the most popular religion. However, Atheists, Buddhists, Muslims, and Hindus are also prevalent. Silveria is a Unitary Parliamentary Republic with each member of Parliament representing 5,000 citizens. The most popular sports in Silveria include Association Football, Baseball, Rugby, Basketball, and Hockey.

Silverian interest in Baseball came as a direct result of WW2. American soldiers popularized the sport in western military bases near Stratford, Silver Point, and St. Patrick. By the late 1950’s leagues had not only popped up in the West, but also the eastern third of the country. This led to a convention in Silveria’s baseball hotbed Trent, located halfway between Stratford and Silver Point. At that first meeting owners of the Silver Peninsula Baseball League’s Stratford Condors and Silver Point Voyagers met with Riverlands powerhouse Bangor Kings and Rivers End representative Hamstead Ranchers. Together they created the Silverian Baseball League. However, due to travel costs, they agreed to add two more teams to the league in order to create West and East divisions. They chose the growing market of St. Patrick, and their most successful team, the Gaels, as well as the metropolitan area of Traders Bay, choosing Sherborne’s Tigers. The SBL is set to kick off the new decade and begin play in November of 1959.

The SBL released its logo on March 6th, 1959. March 6th 1960 would mark the beginning of the first Silverian Series. Teams are set to release new logos and uniforms throughout the winter months.

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jxhnhvhn · 6/12/2019 5:01 am

Obviously I don't know how to post an image. But any help with that or C&C is highly encouraged. Here's the Hamstead Ranchers logo entering the 1959-1960 season. Hamstead is the 3rd largest city as of now, holding 2/3 of Rivers End booming population of 525,000.

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jxhnhvhn · 6/12/2019 5:15 am

The SBL features a roundel with an ascending sash meant to invoke the Silverian flag.

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jxhnhvhn · 6/12/2019 5:16 am

Hamstead Ranchers logo. Named the Ranchers due to prevalance of cattle herding around the Hamstead River, an offshoot of the Manatakwa River and bloodline of Rivers End. Inspired by Old English style logos and Hamstead flag which features white diamonds on a maroon field.

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jxhnhvhn · 6/12/2019 5:29 am

Stratford Condors inspired by, in this world, the old White Sox logo, but instead of the O and X, flying condors. Named Condors due to their being one of the most common birds in Silveria.

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jxhnhvhn · 6/12/2019 7:52 pm

Short brief on uniforms. All uniforms will have mix-matched jersey and pants colors. This style didn't catch on in the US, but is a staple of Silverian baseball. Also, there aren't just two buttons. They go down the whole length of the jersey, but are hidden. Dark gray will be used in the collar because I think it looks better than white. A darker dark gray will also be used for teams in the place of black, unless I forget.

Shortly after the release of its new logo, Hamstead Ranchers revealed its uniforms for the SBL's inaugural season.

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jxhnhvhn · 6/12/2019 8:31 pm

As for the Condors they will be taking the field in the Black and Silver of the Silverian flag.

Silver Point Voyagers became the third team to release both logo and uniform on July 1st, 1959. The new logo featured a design reminiscent of the relatively new Pontiac logo and it was no coincidence that Owner Jack Lund grew up in Detroit. The Voyagers also feature the only hat without a logo in the SBL, opting for a V-stripe instead. Named the Voyagers because of Silver Point's nautical history.

Bangor Kings chose to pay homage to its history of steamboats and to another Queen City across the pond. For its new logo the team took the Green and Yellow of Bangor and added in the Red of the Cincinnati Reds, a tribute fitting of the oldest professional team west of the Matula Ben. The Kings logo was also inspired by the Cincinnati Royals.

On to the two teams added after the original formation of the SBL, but before its inaugural season, the St. Patrick Gaels and Traders Bay Tigers. The Gaels take the field in Blue and Orange, a rather odd color combination for an Irish themed team. But, Blue was adopted from the city's best football team, the Harps, while Orange was taken from the prominence of Red hair in Ireland and Green Coast.

The Tigers opted for a mustard gold and black look being named not after what we call Tigers, but in reality striped Cougars.

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jxhnhvhn · 6/14/2019 2:41 am

The season began with the Stratford Condors favored to win the inaugural Silverian Series. Each team would play 70 regular season games, 20 against each other division member, and 10 against each team from the opposing division. Bangor Kings was perceived to be the Condors main opponent, but every team except Traders Bay was considered a contender. The 1959-1960 season began without much promise, Stratford and Hamstead sprung out to early leads in their respective division, but attendance was low and the sport had yet to reach a popularity level close to that of Football. Stratford OF Daisuke Hayashi and Hamstead P Jerald Thorne led the way for MVP discussion. The SBL decided it would play no all-star game as November came to a close, but reserved the right to create one later on. The league forgoed Christmas and focused on New Year’s Eve as it’s main attraction. All games started at 9 p.m. PST. The night featured matchups of Stratford vs. Bangor, Hamstead v. Silver Point, and St. Patrick v. Traders Bay. It marked a turning point in league history as Stratford v. Bangor became the most watched sporting event in Silveria to date. Not only that, but it marked the Kings’ coming out party, as they smashed the ball in a 9-6 win against the Condors. The second half of the year propelled the Kings into home field advantage as they only lost 7 of 35 games. Hamstead came fledgling to the finish line as Jerald Thorne was injured and the Infield created problems even Traders Bay couldn’t understand. The Tigers ended with a measly 19 wins on the year, an embarrassment to the community and the league. In the West, Stratford finished on top with 42 wins, they started out hot, but faltered in January, thankfully for the SBL they managed to still win the division by 8 games. Silver Point and St. Patrick went back and forth all year, but in the end it was Voyagers’ Manager Ken O’Shea that made the difference. Most Valuable Hitter went to Stratford’s Hayashi, while Most Valuable Pitcher went to Bangor’s Ace Lenny Royston. Most Valuable Fielder was awarded to St. Patrick OF Syd Braxton. The championship pits the Condors, a team void of any aces, but loaded with bats, against Royston and Bangor’s pitching excellence. Both teams come into the Siverian Series on a wave of momentum. However, the Condors lack of “the guy” will come back to haunt them. Kings in 7.

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Section30 · 6/14/2019 1:06 pm

You misspelled Voyageurs in your graphic

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