Teams

The Bats, Crush 'M, Bad News Bears. Whatever you want to call them, they've taken control over the league. The Bats have appeared in 5 championship games(winning three of them) and three Bats players have been named MVP. 

When Elijah Curtis took over as the field manager for the 2017 and 2018 seasons, the Bats went 10-4 while appearing in both championships, and also having a Male MVP in 2017 and a Female MVP in 2018.

In 2019, Rachael Penn got her third championship as a manager behind a stellar rookie season by Raygan Bradley, and plenty of help from Matthew Mora. 

The Bats went by "Crush 'M" in 2011 & 2012, then by "The Bad News Bears" in 2013, before finally settling with "Bats" in 2014 when they finally won their first championship behind Caleb Curtis' first MVP performance. 

Rachael Penn was the first manager to have team uniforms.

Mike Mullin has put together a very solid Black Mambas franchise over 13 years. The team has appeared in 6 championships, which is the most of any team, and boasted 7 League MVP's, which is the most in the league.

The Mambas became the first team to sweep the MVP awards in 2021 while appearing in their second straight championship game. The only three rookie MVP's in league history have all played with the Mambas, Andrea Humphries won in 2014, while Ethan Berkshire won it in 2020, and Cloee Helm won it in 2023.

The Black Mambas went by "S.W.A.T." in 2013 due to an identity crisis. 

The Cardinals were the first dynasty in league history. Two championships in the first three seasons, along with manager Matt Mullin winning the first two MVP's (and almost snagging the third one) made the Cardinals a powerhouse name in the league.

The team has since fallen off, as they have yet to return to the championship since 2013. The Cards have also only finished in the top-half of the league twice since their 2013 title run, but the team has only finished last in one of those seven years(2014). 

The Cardinals did not field a team in 2019 due to workplace priorities with manager Matt Mullin. 

The Cardinals did not field a team from 2021-2023 due to a slew of unfortunate circumstances.

The Cardinals went by the "Chiefs" in 2013 due to a uniform malfunction.

The Timberwolves were a team that was so close but yet so far. The Wolves didn't win a game for their entire first season, and then almost went winless in their second year, until they traded for Elijah Curtis from the Cardinals.

A year after trading for Elijah Curtis from the Cardinals, the Wolves made a championship appearance in 2013. Elijah earned his first MVP that season. David Roark led the team to their second championship appearance in 2016 when he won his only MMVP, only to be outdone by FMVP Morgan Mullin in the championship game. 

The team was owned and managed by Janie Daugherty from 2011-2019, when she then sold the team to Elijah Curtis for three Yankee Candles, naming rights, and ownership of the first championship trophy. It took Elijah just two seasons to accomplish the feat of winning a championship, following a thrilling 7-inning title game against Janie and the Black Mambas in 2021. The Wolves returned to the title game in 2022 and 2023 behind Elijah's record-shattering seasons, but fell just short in both attempts to the Base Bandits. 

The Base Bandits have easily found the most success of the expansion teams in the League. They capped off their inaugural season with a lopsided victory over the Wolf Pack in the Championship game. That was followed up with a runner-up finish in year two, as well. 2018-2020 was a bit of a lull, as the team never finished higher than fourth in that span. Things picked back up in 2021 when they finished 3rd, before they boasted the League's first back-to-back Championship reign from 2022-2023. Manager Morgan Mullin has a record 5 championships, having won in 2012 and 2015 just as a player before branching out and creating the Base Bandits. 

The Gorillas couldn't find solid success after their first three years in the league. The team finished dead-last in 2016, climbed the ladder and claimed 3rd place in 2017, and fell back down to 5th place in 2018. In 2019, a walk-off classic against the Bats kept them from playing in the title game, while they still claimed third place. The Gorillas finally got their first title in 2020 after coming in as the three seed, Carly Mullin's campaign for her first Female MVP was vital to the team's success. The Gorillas did not field a team in 2021 or 2022 due to work priorities, COVID-19, and it's whatever, I'm totally over it. 

The team traditionally wears the name "Harambe" on their right sleeve in remembrance of the fallen gorilla from the Cincinnati Zoo.

The team formerly known as the Havildars typically find great tournament success. In the team's inaugural season, they entered the tourney as the five seed and left with a third place finish. In 2019, the team managed to go winless in pool-play, then almost pull off the Cinderella run while falling to the Bats in the championship game. Ben Cramer had his best statistical season in 2021 while having an incredibly inconsistent roster. They entered the 2022 tournament as the 2 seed, but fell in back-to-back games to finish third. Shae Barton did however bring home the first MVP in franchise history. 2023 was the first time the Legends have struggled in Sunday games, as they went 2-and-out to finish last. The Legends did not field a team in 2020 due to Covid-19 complications. 

The Master Blasters were the first expansion team in Tournament history to claim a championship when they edged the Black Mambas in the 2015 championship.

The team was discontinued and recplaced by two more expansion teams, the Base Bandits and the Gorillas.

The short-lived Master Blaster era was a solid one, as they made two championship appearances in their three seasons and had Morgan Mullin win the first of her three straight Female MVPs in 2015. 

The team went by the name "Newbees" in their first season in 2014 due to being the first expansion team in league history.