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The '''Continental Baseball Conference (CBC)''' is a professional baseball league in Levantia and in Orenstia, the highest level baseball league on the continent. A total of | The '''Continental Baseball Conference (CBC)''' is a professional baseball league in Levantia and in Orenstia, the highest level baseball league on the continent. A total of 34 teams play in the conference, divided geographically into two leagues of 16 each, with the Gothic League (GL) representing parts of the Deric States, northern Urcea, Kuhlfros, and Yonderre, and the Latinic League (LL) representing the remainder of the Deric States as well as Urcea and Burgundie. The Conference was established as a merger of five different baseball associations in 1904 in the period of peace which followed the Red Interregnum, coming to symbolize a renewed sense of union within the Holy Levantine Empire. | ||
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The Continental Baseball Conference is governed by the CBC-Code-1, adopted in 1981 replacing the earlier Continental Baseball Constitution and Metropolitan Rules and Regulations, the latter of which had been adopted in 1849 and heavily modified. The CBC-Code-1 provides for the administrative structure of the CBC, which provides for a single Commissioner of Baseball who serves as the chief executive officer of the CBC. The Commissioner is appointed by the owners of the teams within the CBC, who act as the Conference's board of supervisors. Under the direction of the Commissioner of Baseball, CBC hires and maintains the sport's umpiring crews, and negotiates marketing, labor, and television contracts. | The Continental Baseball Conference is governed by the CBC-Code-1, adopted in 1981 replacing the earlier Continental Baseball Constitution and Metropolitan Rules and Regulations, the latter of which had been adopted in 1849 and heavily modified. The CBC-Code-1 provides for the administrative structure of the CBC, which provides for a single Commissioner of Baseball who serves as the chief executive officer of the CBC. The Commissioner is appointed by the owners of the teams within the CBC, who act as the Conference's board of supervisors. Under the direction of the Commissioner of Baseball, CBC hires and maintains the sport's umpiring crews, and negotiates marketing, labor, and television contracts. | ||
In 1904, several smaller leagues throughout Levantia were confederated into the Continental Baseball Conference, with the twelve best teams of the myriad of leagues added; the rest of the teams were relegated to minor leagues. Each league has since been expanded a number of times to bring the number of teams to thirty-two overall with sixteen teams per league. Prior to 1961, each of the teams competed during the regular season to be crowned the champion of their respective league; the team with the two best records would play to determine an overall champion in the Crown Series. Two teams from Yonderre were added in 1913. Beginning in 1961, the league was formally divided into two leagues with two divisions each, adding six teams to the league, three to each league in order to bring the even number to 20. The 1961 expansion was also notable for having expanding the league to Orenstia, the only location outside the Levantine Union. Additional rounds of expansion occurred in 1968, 1978, and 1998, each adding four teams to bring the league to a total of | In 1904, several smaller leagues throughout Levantia were confederated into the Continental Baseball Conference, with the twelve best teams of the myriad of leagues added; the rest of the teams were relegated to minor leagues. Each league has since been expanded a number of times to bring the number of teams to thirty-two overall with sixteen teams per league. Prior to 1961, each of the teams competed during the regular season to be crowned the champion of their respective league; the team with the two best records would play to determine an overall champion in the Crown Series. Two teams from Yonderre were added in 1913. Beginning in 1961, the league was formally divided into two leagues with two divisions each, adding six teams to the league, three to each league in order to bring the even number to 20. The 1961 expansion was also notable for having expanding the league to Orenstia, the only location outside the Levantine Union. Additional rounds of expansion occurred in 1968, 1978, and 1998, each adding four teams to bring the league to a total of 34 teams. Following the 1998 expansion, the divisional system was modified again, adding a third division and a wild card system. The wild card would be awarded to the team in each league with the most wins that did not win a division. The wild card system was later expanded in 2013 to have two wild card teams per league; the two best teams that did not win a division would play a play-in game prior to the playoffs to determine who would hold the wild card spot. | ||
=== Minor leagues === | === Minor leagues === | ||
Each team in the Continental Baseball Conference has an associated ten team minor league, except for the Versand Antelopes, which have a twelve team minor league. The CBC is unique among major organized sports as its development minor league teams compete only against other affiliate teams of the CBC sponsor. Consequently, there are thirty two minor league associations, referred to typically as "national" or "regional" leagues, which typically are placed in the same region as the major league CBC team. There are | Each team in the Continental Baseball Conference has an associated ten team minor league, except for the Versand Antelopes, which have a twelve team minor league. The CBC is unique among major organized sports as its development minor league teams compete only against other affiliate teams of the CBC sponsor. Consequently, there are thirty two minor league associations, referred to typically as "national" or "regional" leagues, which typically are placed in the same region as the major league CBC team. There are 342 minor league teams. | ||
== Teams == | == Teams == | ||