Alternate History Sports / AltLB - 2023 Season

**Posted by DireBear** 5/08/2023 12:36 pm

A late surge by the Pros wasn't enough to take down the Thunderbirds, who came out on top in the battle of AL undefeated teams. Now only two teams remain undefeated in the AltLB, the T-Birds in the AL and the Las Vegas Atoms in the NL after a valiant comeback effort to take down the New York Blackbirds. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be. We hit the road next to take on the reigning AL and 2022 champions in the Oklahoma City Bison. It was a team effort in last week's win, with pitcher Zach Eflin striking out 10 over 7 innings for a win last week, while also forced to take off his wedding ring for some reason. We journey to Petrified National Forest for this week in a matchup that surely will not disappoint for either side, wearing our alternate blues once more. #Thunderstruck

We're now just 4 weeks away from the Sandlot Series, and the first thing to be unveiled for this series will be the logo! The event logo is based on the U.S. National Park Service's arrowhead logo, with rays in the sky from the flag of Arizona. The two primary typefaces are based on those found on signs welcoming visitors to National Parks like Tonto National Forest. The leftmost logo is the primary logo for the event, with the rightmost logo applied specifically for the throwback looks the teams will have. The center logo is for uniform applications. Stay tuned for future weeks, where the uniforms for both teams will be fully unveiled.

**Posted by QCS** 5/08/2023 1:50 pm

Big fan of the Sandlot Series logo! I'm looking forward to the full set release.

**Posted by Thehealthiestscratch** 5/08/2023 5:10 pm

The Oakland Squirrels originally invited Tampa Bay to participate in our special event this week, but Gritty has been a bit tied-up. If anyone has me on their schedule and would like to participate please let me know.

**Posted by ItDoesntMatter** 5/08/2023 5:45 pm

Alexa, play "deja vu" by Albuquerque Invaders Spiritual Advisor Olivia Rodrigo. For the second week in a row, the Atoms fell behind early and stayed behind for most of the week before storming back late and taking the W. In doing so, we've clinched the head-to-head tiebreaker against New York, which could be crucial down the stretch. Unfortunately, the road doesn't get any easier, as our next two games come against Chicago and Arizona, who would probably both be undefeated if they didn't play each other last week. We'll look to LF Masataka Yoshida to continue leading the way as he rides a 16-game winning streak into our 06th game of the season, because that makes sense. #BetOnIt #UpAndAtom #CHIvsLV

**Posted by Dan O'Mac** 5/15/2023 10:58 am

Full disclosure, I realized I was missing an entire component in my formula, so it wasn't factoring in the results independent performance as it was supposed to. I have fixed it now, and gone back and corrected each week so this is now fixed, but some people moved a bunch, and that's why.

**Posted by Dan O'Mac** 5/15/2023 11:00 am

Team of the week had no such issues! Three players repeated on the list, and Arizona has a second unique player with the same name as a previous player that made the Team of the Week (it's Will Smith, for those wondering, as the RP made the team this week, and the C made the team in week 1).

**Posted by Dan O'Mac** 5/15/2023 11:04 am

Coming off a big win over the last undefeated team in the AL when the Bison knocked off the Thunderbirds, we head down to Florida to take on the Turtles. We look forward to meeting up with Tampa Bay, and hope to keep the bats hotter than the Florida sun. Our pitching has been coming through big all season, and featured player, free agent pick up Justin Steele has been right there with Zac Gallen in anchoring the rotation. Ranger Suarez just came back, and we have a couple more pitchers about to be healthy. Things are already looking up, and we look to knock off the Turtles this week in the standard road grays. #WeAreOK

**Posted by DireBear** 5/15/2023 11:52 am

Well, we can't win them all. It was a closely fought game against the Bison, but the Thunderbirds came up short and were handed our first loss of the season. We can't dwell on that loss for long, as we return home to Gila River Park to take on the top team in the AL (and sole remaining undefeated team in the league) in the Las Vegas Atoms. This will be a series that will be incredible to watch: the top two scoring teams in the league fighting to remain on top in their respective leagues. We will be wearing our standard home uniforms for this heavyweight matchup. Featured this week is second-year ace George Kirby, who struck out 9 in seven innings pitched for a win in his lone start last week, and will also be the starting pitcher for this series. We also travel northeast of Flagstaff to Grand Falls, a beautiful falls location notoriously difficult to get to due to lack of transportation options.

And now with the Sandlot Series a little under a month away, the first teaser for the Series has been unveiled by the Thunderbirds. The T-Birds teased their uniforms on their social media platforms, which seem to be throwing back to their inaugural year in 1989.

**Posted by ItDoesntMatter** 5/15/2023 6:06 pm

Alexa, play "deja vu" by Albuquerque Invaders Spiritual Advisor Olivia Rodrigo. For the second week in a row, the Atoms' scheduled opponent lost the week before we played them, once again depriving us of a battle of undefeated teams. On the bright side, that means the Atoms are the only undefeated team remaining! At 06-00, we've opened up a 02-game lead over the second place team in the National League (which, despite conflicting reports, is in fact the league the Atoms are in), and we have a chance to take a 02-game lead over every other team in the league if we can beat Phoenix - er, sorry, Arizona - this week. Leading the way last week was closer Felix Bautista, who struck out the side in two consecutive innings while only allowing one hit. #BetOnIt #UpAndAtom #LVvsAZ

**Posted by Dan O'Mac** 5/22/2023 9:01 am

A very strong week by the Blackbirds puts them back in the top half of the rankings, but, obviously, we're all still chasing down the undefeated Atoms.