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*[[Nua Taois]] Queens ([[Imagua]], 1946-1952)
*[[Nua Taois]] Queens ([[Imagua]], 1946-1952)
*Decouverte (1955-1966)
*Decouverte Lionesses ([[Sainte-Chloé]], 1955-1966)
*BV team #2 (1977-1983)
*Appanno Explorers ([[Bonaventura]], 1977-1983)
*Escalade (1985-1989)
*Escalade Express ([[Sainte-Chloé]], 1985-1989)
*[[San Pietro, Imagua and the Assimas|San Pietro]] Mondine ([[Imagua]], 1992-2006)
*[[San Pietro, Imagua and the Assimas|San Pietro]] Mondine ([[Imagua]], 1992-2006)
*Trinite (1997-2007)
*Trinite Bastions ([[Sainte-Chloé]], 1997-2007)


==Season Structure==
==Season Structure==
 
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-left:1em; float:right"
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|style="background:silver;" colspan="5"|'''Arucian Championship Records'''
|-
!Team
!Number<br />won
!Last<br />won
!Number<br />played
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Sainte-Geneviève Virgins]]
|12
|2017
|19
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Sainte-Chloé Lady Imperials]]
|11
|2018
|20
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Sermoni Victory]]
|11
|2016
|20
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Jameston Pelicans]]
|11
|2015
|20
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Tranquille Lambs]]
|6
|2001
|15
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Canicule Contraltos]]
|6
|2021
|11
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Éclair Heroines]]
|4
|1965
|10
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Hammarvik Surf]]
|4
|2019
|7
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Grönsund Battery]]†
|3
|2020
|8
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Port-au-Grégoire Angels]]
|3
|2014
|5
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Arac Cats]]
|2
|2011
|5
|-
|style="background:lightgrey;"|[[Nua Taois Queens]]‡
|1
|1949
|2
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|[[Orlavo Saints]]
|1
|2022
|1
|-
|style="background:lightgrey;"|[[Decouverte Lionesses]]‡
|0
|
|2
|-
|style="background:lightgrey;"|[[Appanno Explorers]]‡
|0
|
|1
|-
|style="background:lightgrey;"|[[Escalade Express]]‡
|0
|
|1
|-
|-
|colspan="4"| † Totals include a team's record in a previous city or under another name.
|-
|colspan="4"| ‡ Team is no longer currently active.
|-
|}
The Season goes from early May, beginning on the first monday of the month (though never before {{wp|Second Sunday of Easter|Low Sunday}}) and continues through late August. The season usually is 75 games, with significantly more breaks than the ABL. Playoffs occur in the month of September. Each team plays a total of 51 games (17 games each) against members of their division, and 24 games (3 games each) against members of other divisions, thus playing each team in the league at least once.
The Season goes from early May, beginning on the first monday of the month (though never before {{wp|Second Sunday of Easter|Low Sunday}}) and continues through late August. The season usually is 75 games, with significantly more breaks than the ABL. Playoffs occur in the month of September. Each team plays a total of 51 games (17 games each) against members of their division, and 24 games (3 games each) against members of other divisions, thus playing each team in the league at least once.


Revision as of 02:57, 1 July 2023

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Arucian Softball League
Most recent season or competition:
2023 Arucian Softball League Season
ArucianSoftballlogo.png
SportSoftball
FoundedApril 1, 1946; 78 years ago (1946-04-01)
CommissionerPierre Leclerq
No. of teams12
CountriesBonaventure
Carucere
Eldmark
Île d'Émeraude
Sainte-Chloé
Satucin
Most recent
champion(s)		Orlavo Saints
(2022)
Most titlesSainte-Geneviève Virgins (12)

The Arucian Softball League (Gaullican: Ligue de Softball Arucien), known as the LSA or ASL, is a professional softball organisation based in Sainte-Chloé. Founded in 1946, the League was envisioned to be the women's counterpart of the Arucian Baseball League. Despite early financial troubles, funding issues and the closing of franchises in other former areas of the United Provinces, the League became popular on the island of Sainte-Chloé as a popular baseball off-season sport. To this day, it remains a popular secondary sport in Sainte-Chloé, following Baseball and Arucian football.

Due to rainy conditions, the league is notable for playing both outdoor and indoor games, although outdoor is the ideal condition.

Name

The name of the league was inspired by the Arucian Baseball League, as part of the goal behind the league was to create a counterpart of the ABL. The name gave legitimacy to the new organisation, and also allowed it to be international in nature, not just limited to the island of Sainte-Chloé. Although for the ABL, the name "Arucian" came from a name of the old colonial Viceroyalty of the New Aurean due to its position in the Arucian Sea, the word "Arucian" had been used for the Arucian Federation and was a common adjective used for the islands of the United Provinces. Although mostly focused in the Western Arucian

History

  • Softball invented in Rizealand
  • Becomes a pastime in S-C besides baseball, more casual version of already popular baseball
  • Women teams start emerging in the post-war island, becomes an "acceptable" women's sport
  • During the general sports expansion during the UP gets a creation of a league
  • League has some initial success and decline, but keeps a series of teams which are able to survive and thrive
  • Expansion in 1990s and 2000s.

Organisation

League size over time:

League size:

  • 1946-1955: 6 teams
  • 1955-1966: 7 teams
  • 1977-1983: 8 teams
  • 1983-1985: 7 teams
  • 1985-1989: 8 teams
  • 1989-1992: 7 teams
  • 1992-1997: 9 teams
  • 1997-2001: 10 teams
  • 2001-2007: 12 teams
  • 2007-2009: 11 teams
  • 2009-present:12 teams

Teams

Division Logo Team City Country Stadium Founded Joined Notes
West File:Sport Club Internacional 2008 Crest.svg     Sainte-Chloé Lady Imperials Port de la Sainte Sainte-Chloé 1939 1946 Known in Gaullican as the Impériales, they share a common ownership with their ABL counterpart, the Imperials.
Cleveland Indians primary logo.svg     Canicule Contraltos Canicule Sainte-Chloé 1977
EvansvilleTripletsCaoLogo.PNG     Éclair Heroines Éclair Sainte-Chloé 1946 Named after Saint Chloé, who was titled the "Heroine of Sotirianity".
File:Hvksurf.png     Hammarvik Surf Hammarvik File:Eldmark.png Eldmark 1992
Central Altoona Curve cap logo.png     Tranquille Lambs Tranquille Sainte-Chloé 1952 Team initial is "A" for agneaux. Joined the league after the collapse of Imagua's team to restore the league to six teams.
Villanova Wildcats logo.svg     Sainte-Geneviève Virgins Sainte-Geneviève Sainte-Chloé 1942 1946 Named after their patroness, St. Genevieve, in honour of her consecrated virginity.
File:Gronsundbatteri.png     Grönsund Battery Grönsund File:Eldmark.png Eldmark 1992 2006 Formerly the San Pietro Mondine before moving to Eldmark in 2006.
Philadelphia Phillies Insignia.svg     Jameston Pelicans Jameston Carucere 1946
East MVSU VS simple monogram.svg     Sermoni Victory Sermoni Bonaventure 1946
Philadelphia Athletics logo 1928 to 1929.png     Port-au-Grégoire Angels Port-au-Grégoire Île d'Émeraude 2001 In reference to their LBA counterparts, the Robins, being renamed after Robin Gautier in 1985, the Angels were named after Robin's wife Peggy Morel-Gautier, who was nicknamed "Angel"
Logoacerero.png     Arac Cats Arac Satucin Satucin 2001
Oregon State text logo.svg     Orlavo Saints Orlavo Vinalia 2009 The team's mascot is the Quetzal, an important bird for Vinalia.

Defunct Teams

Season Structure

Arucian Championship Records
Team Number
won 		Last
won 		Number
played
Sainte-Geneviève Virgins 12 2017 19
Sainte-Chloé Lady Imperials 11 2018 20
Sermoni Victory 11 2016 20
Jameston Pelicans 11 2015 20
Tranquille Lambs 6 2001 15
Canicule Contraltos 6 2021 11
Éclair Heroines 4 1965 10
Hammarvik Surf 4 2019 7
Grönsund Battery† 3 2020 8
Port-au-Grégoire Angels 3 2014 5
Arac Cats 2 2011 5
Nua Taois Queens‡ 1 1949 2
Orlavo Saints 1 2022 1
Decouverte Lionesses‡ 0 2
Appanno Explorers‡ 0 1
Escalade Express‡ 0 1
† Totals include a team's record in a previous city or under another name.
‡ Team is no longer currently active.

The Season goes from early May, beginning on the first monday of the month (though never before Low Sunday) and continues through late August. The season usually is 75 games, with significantly more breaks than the ABL. Playoffs occur in the month of September. Each team plays a total of 51 games (17 games each) against members of their division, and 24 games (3 games each) against members of other divisions, thus playing each team in the league at least once.

Playoffs

Each division winner proceeds to the playoffs, together with the team with the best record (the "wild card"), forming a four-team playoffs. The number one seed plays the wild card in a best of seven series, while the number 2 and 3 seeds play each other with the same number of games. The winners proceed to go on to the Arucian Championship, a title used to avoid conflict with the Arucian Series or the Arucian Cup. The Championship is the best out of seven as well.

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