Pilgrim Baseball

By Spalding Cooper Hoboken, NJ - On the heels of the announcement of a great leap forward in time travel technology, a group of executives and investors plans to leverage the scientific breakthrough to launch and parlay it into a new baseball league. Called the Billy Pilgrim League (BPL), league officials expect to field 18-60 teams consisting of some of the most famous ballplayers in history. The announcement took place a few thousand feet away from Elysian Fields, which many historians believe was the site of the first officially recorded baseball game. “It’s an exciting time for all of us involved. Our lead scouts are already evaluating talent and our front office is energized.” Lou Michaels, League spokesman stated. “We fully expect to get the top players in the game. Not just the players of today. The all-time greats. Players from 1901 to present, chosen from all the major and Negro leagues.” Michaels acknowledges that obstacles exist, but says the league will find a way ...

Pilgrim Baseball League (PBL) is a project to assemble great, near great, and not so great baseball players from 1901- present and play out at least one spectacular season. It is what might be called replay historical fiction with the intent to capture the flavor of games in different eras as well as celebrate the players and ballparks that made and continue to make the game great. As in many pieces of historical fiction, real life figures interact with fictional characters. Real events are mixed with imagined situations. The League’s story and season results will be told through many perspectives. You will see articles by jaded columnists, quotes from players, scouts, and owners. Salty sports-talk radio hosts and the voice of the man on the street will be mixed in.