MGLB 2024 Playoffs NL 1st Rd Game 7 – Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies (Series tied 3-3)
Series Results
9/25 Game 1 at Philadelphia – Pirates 12 Phillies 3
9/26 Game 2 at Philadelphia – Phillies 4 Pirates 2
9/28 Game 3 at Pittsburgh – Phillies 7 Pirates 0
9/29 Game 4 at Pittsburgh – Phillies 9 Pirates 2
9/30 Game 5 at Pittsburgh – Pirates 3 Phillies 1
10/2 Game 6 at Philadelphia – Pirates 14 Phillies 8
10/3 Game 7 at Philadelphia
What is Mega League Baseball (besides the obvious)?
The origin of this concept alt-universe baseball league comes from an article written by Mike Petriello on MLB.com in late 2020
https://www.mlb.com/news/featured/the…
While Pearl Harbor and WWI scuttled the move of the St. Louis Browns to LA, what would have happened if the move did happen just after WWII?
Using Petriello’s article as a starting point, here’s an alternate timeline for MLB expansion and team moves:
MLB Alternative Timeline
1947 – St. Louis Browns move to Los Angeles
1949 – Philadelphia Athletics move to San Francisco
1953 – Boston Braves move to Milwaukee
1956 – New York Giants move to Minnesota
1958 – Brooklyn Dodgers move to Dallas
1961 – Baltimore Orioles and Houston Colt 45’s join AL.
1962 – New York Mets and Los Angeles Angels join NL
1966 – Washington Senators move to Atlanta
1968 – Kansas City Royals and Seattle Pilots join AL
1969 – San Diego Padres and Montreal Expos join NL
1971 – Seattle Pilots move to Washington (Nationals)
1974 – San Diego moves to Oakland (Padres)
1976 – Milwaukee Braves rebrand as Milwaukee Brewers
1977 – Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners join AL.
1979 – Cleveland Indians rebrand back to the Cleveland Spiders
1993 – Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies join NL
1998 – Arizona Diamondbacks join NL and Tampa Bay Devil Rays join AL
2004 – Oakland returns to San Diego (Padres).
Current Mega League Baseball – Clubs and Real-Life Counterpart
American League
East:
Baltimore Orioles (same)
Boston Red Sox (same)
New York Yankees (same)
Tampa Bay Rays (same)
Washington Nationals (same)
Central:
Atlanta Senators (Braves)
Chicago White Sox (same – sorry)
Cleveland Spiders (Guardians)
Detroit Tigers (same)
Toronto Blue Jays (same)
West:
Bay Area Athletics (SF Giants)
Houston Astros (same)
Kansas City Royals (same)
Los Angeles Browns (LA Dodgers)
Seattle Mariners (same)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East:
Miami Marlins (same)
Montreal Expos (Oakland A’s)
New York Mets (same)
Philadelphia Phillies (same)
Pittsburgh Pirates (same)
Central
Chicago Cubs (same)
Cincinnati Reds (same)
Milwaukee Brewers (same)
Minnesota Giants (Twins)
St. Louis Cardinals (same)
West
Arizona Diamondbacks (same)
Colorado Rockies (same)
Dallas Dodgers (TX Rangers)
Los Angeles Angels (same)
San Diego Padres (same)
Player Ratings for the teams in Mega League Baseball came over from the early July 40-man rosters for all 30 teams in MLB The Show 24. I did have to make some tweaks to transfer player ratings info from The Show to Super Mega Baseball 4.
Finally, I did my best to try to get the players in Mega League Baseball to look somewhat like their real-life counterparts, but didn’t go crazy because I wanted to get this league off the ground (finally).