There’s a new baseball league coming in 2007 and it’ll only cost you $100,000 for your own franchise. Imagine being the George Steinbrenner of… Lawrence, KS.
Former major leaguer Jay Johnstone is the face for the new Continental Baseball League, which will launch a 6-15 team league next year. (The CBL should not be confused with the Continental League, the proposed third major league in 1959.) The CBL will have a salary cap of $120,000, or about what A-Rod makes in 3 at-bats. Players would make between $4,000 and $10,000 a year, or about what A-Rod makes while applying mascara before the game.
The mission of the CBL is to bring affordable baseball to small communities. Ticket prices will be between $5 and $12 and all concessions will be kept under $3.50… except beer. Dang. Why can’t we have $3.50 beer?
The league is going to have one gimmick though. (No, not He Hate Me.) In the seventh inning, all home runs by the trailing team will count double. So a grand slam could be worth 8 runs. Seems kinda hokey, like the 10 point basket on MTV. Just give us $3.50 beer and we’ll do without the gimmicky homers, thanks.
Links:
[SignOnSanDiego.com]: This wacked-out idea is a 7th-inning stretch
[LJ World]: Lawrence on list for startup baseball league
