I thought Vince McMahon was going to try another sports league.

Can I still have the Boulder Mountains of Change?

Hi guys, John here. I serve as the Commissioner of the PEBA. Those of you who have been around these parts for awhile may remember that the league got its start right here on LGT. We’re currently a 24-team league and a good number of our owners are LGT readers. Some of the more prominent ones include our friend Voltaire (thanks for the shout-out, Tyler!) and fwembt. PEBA alumni hailing from LGT include NickFantana and nickjs21 (I still rue that the Boulder Mountains of Change aren’t a part of the league, Nick!).

As Tyler mentioned, we’ve experienced a great deal of success since our 2007 inception. Now we’re looking to conduct our first expansion. There’s a second league in our baseball universe, the League of the Rising Sun. It’s a 12-team league that’s the PEBA’s equivalent of Nippon Professional Baseball. Right now the teams are managed by the game’s AI. We’d like to put 12 new owners at the helms of those teams, and what better place to find great new owners than where we got our start?

The PEBA is very different from typical fantasy baseball leagues. We have no connection with MLB whatsoever. Our teams and players are all fictional; we bring them to life ourselves. Statistics are generated by Out of the Park Baseball, the software we use to run the league. You get to control every aspect of your franchise. Set ticket prices, negotiate contracts and extensions, participate in the Rule 5 draft, manage your minor league affiliates… the depth is unprecedented.

We’ve already heard from one LGT member this afternoon and we’d love to get in touch with more of you. This site is populated with some outstanding baseball minds and a ton of creativity, which is exactly what we’re looking to recruit. There’s so much more I could say, but it’s probably best if I let the league do the talking for me:

• The PEBA league report
• The Constitution of the PEBA
• The PEBA forums
• Join the league today!

One of you guys should try to acquire Tom Mastny.

I have little more to add to what John and Tyler have written: just that PEBA is totally awesome and that John is one of the greatest people to ever walk the face of the earth, and a mighty fine commissioner to boot. And I’m not just saying that because he bought my book. You should check us out.

I’m really thrilled with the response we’ve gotten so far. A couple new LGTers have officially been brought on board already: the Vail brothers, Dan (posting here as danvail) and Kevin (KevinV). We’ll be especially glad to have their impressive Photoshop skills on our team.

A couple others have gotten in touch and are in the process of being interviewed. There remain openings, though, and we’d still love to add as many Tribe fans as we can to counteract the alarming rise of Rangers, White Sox and A’s fans we’ve experienced over the last year. Please do get in touch with me if you’re even somewhat curious about our league. I’ll promptly supply you with all the info you’ll need. If nothing else, you’ll walk away with a greater appreciation of just how dorky passionate baseball fans can get.

Just to illustrate that point, let me leave off by highlighting this article written by our San Antonio Calzones of Laredo owner. It’s a minor league system analysis of 6 of the PEBA’s 24 teams. No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you: it’s 6,548 words long. And this is just Part 1 of a 4-part series (the other three parts have been posted to our forum). I’m not kidding when I say PEBA owners are passionate!