The North American League (officially known as the North American Baseball League ) was an independent baseball league that began play in the 2011 season. The league consisted of a merger of three independent leagues, the Northern League of Illinois , United League Baseball of Texas , and the Golden Baseball League based in the Western United States and Western Canada and was a last-ditch effort to save the teams in said league. The league's chairman of the board was Dave Kaval , former CEO of Diamond Sports and Entertainment (owners of the now-defunct GBL), league president was Brian MacInnes and main board member was James C. Peters.
5-611: North American League may refer to: North American League (baseball) , an independent professional baseball league based in San Ramon, California North American Soccer League (2011–2017) , a D2 professional soccer league from 2011 to 2017 North American Soccer League (1968–1984) , a D1 professional soccer league from 1968 to 1984 See also [ edit ] North American League of Legends Challenger Series North American League of Legends Championship Series Topics referred to by
10-472: A North American Championship Series. As of the 2012 season there was no inter division play. The North and United played all games within their own division. The only play outside the division was supposed to be a 3 out of 5 games for the North American Baseball League championship. The United Division refused to play a championship series. The 2012 United Division championship series saw
15-586: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages North American League (baseball) After playing two seasons, the North American League folded. To keep travel costs from being a financial issue for the teams, in 2011 the league played in a division structure where teams played 75% of their 96-game schedule within their division and made just one lengthy roadtrip of 12 games outside their division. The season concluded with divisional playoffs followed by
20-665: The Edinburg Roadrunners defeating the Fort Worth Cats, three games to none. In the North Division championship series, the San Rafael Pacifics topped Na Koa Ikaika Maui, two games to one. The roster rules allowed all teams to keep their existing players from 2010. The three predecessor leagues had contracts of 35 players purchased by Major League organizations in 2010. In addition, these three leagues placed half of
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