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All-Senria Baseball League

Current season, competition or edition: 2022 All-Senria Baseball League Season
Sport	Baseball
Founded	June 18, 1936 (1936-06-18)
Commissioner	tbd
No. of teams	24
Countries	Senria
Headquarters	tbd street Keisi, Senria
Most recent champion(s)	Ukyou Ravens (3rd title) (2021)
Most titles	Keisi Dragons (22 titles)
TV partner(s)	Senria Broadcast tbd Live streaming tbd International Live streaming tbd
Domestic cup(s)	All-Senria Championship Series
Related competitions	National League Central League Senrian Women's Baseball League
Official website	www.asbl.sn

The All-Senria Baseball League (Senrian: 선썬류우야뀨우런메, Zensenryuu Yakyuu Renmei), or ASBL, is the top-level professional baseball league in Senria. Originally formed in 1936, the league currently consists of twenty-four teams divided into two leagues and four divisions.

Baseball was established in Senria by 1900, with small collegiate leagues emerging in the 1910s and the first efforts to organize professional teams occurring in the 1920s; however, the Senrian Revolution and Great War disrupted the professionalization process, contributing to the ASBL's late founding when compared to the Rizealand Baseball League and Arucian Baseball League. The ASBL was established with eight teams in 1936, with the league's early years defined by barnstorming and a dead-ball tendency caused by rubber rationing. As its popularity grew, the ASBL was expanded from 8 teams to 12 in 1952 and to 16 teams in 1960; to accomodate the larger number of teams, it was subdivided into the Mountain League and Ocean League with its 1952 expansion and into four divisions, two in each league, with the 1960 expansion.

The league experienced its greatest troubles in the 1970s; cheating & match fixing scandals damaged baseball's reputation in Senria, and many teams were revealed to be plagued by financial problems. Stringent punishments for unsportsmanlike behavior and a revenue-sharing arrangement returned stability to the ASBL, which spent the early-to-mid 1980s recovering. Expansion of the league resumed in 1987, followed by a fourth wave in 2006, bringing the ASBL up to its current 24-team roster.

The standard season of an ASBL team consists of 168 games divided into 56 three-game series. The top two teams in each division then proceed to postseason play, with the winners of each league's pennant proceeding to the All-Senria Championship Series, or Senrian Series, a best-of-seven playoff whose winner is declared the league's champion. The Keisi Dragons hold the most ASBL championships with 20 wins across 30 appearances, and - as the Keisi Sparrows - won the first edition of the series in 1936. The reigning champions are the Ukyou Ravens, who won their third championship by defeating the Keisi White Lions. ASBL teams also engage in practice & exhibition games, as well as international play, during the off-season.

The ASBL is Senria's most popular professional sports league, with survey data typically listing it as the favorite sport of 45 to 50% of the country's population and the Senrian Series one of its most-watched sporting events. It is also one of the world's top leagues by average attendance, with an average match attendance of nearly 31,000, and one of the most lucrative professional sports leagues in the world by revenue. The most prominent of Kylaris's professional baseball leagues, the ASBL has adopted a posting system with the RBL and ABL to restrict the flow of their players to the ASBL.

The All-Senria Baseball League also oversees the operations of the leagues within the Senrian Minor League System and the Senrian Women's Baseball League.

Organizational structure

[dictated by the ASBL charter and the amendments thereto] [both sub-leagues are entirely within the legal entity of the ASBL and not separate legal entities in their own right] [chief executive is the ASBL commissioner, assisted by a first deputy commissioner]

[the commissioner and first deputy commissioner oversee the commission, consisting of: second deputy commissioner for the SWBL, the chief operations officer, chief strategy officer, chief communications officer, chief financial/revenue officer, chief marketing officer, chief communications officer (who handles public affairs and relations with international leagues), chief legal officer, chief scouting & development officer (who oversees the SMLBS and the ASBL's relations with senria's independent high school and college leagues), and a variable number of (but no more than three) general senior advisors appointed by the commissioner and approved by the commission] [under the commission are the various administrative structures that do things like hire umpires, negotiate contracts, do marketing & promotion, etc.]

[the ASBL has a multimedia branch but not the unique control over media contracts held by the RBL; still, close ties between the keiretu and ASBL has guaranteed cushy deals]

[unlike the ABL, the player's union - formed in the 60s - is not formally integrated into the ASBL's structure; nonetheless as it contains most of the league's players, coaches, and training staff the ASBL does have to negotiate with it regularly]

History

Origins

[arrival of baseball in senria and its establishment as widespread and popular by 1900]

[collegiate leagues begin appearing in the 1910s, but then the senrian revolution disrupts things]

[efforts to establish professional teams and barnstorm in the asterias appear in the 1920s, but then the great war disrupts things]

Establishment and early years

[30s - initial eight are the reds/foxes, sparrows/dragons, white lions, falcons/giants, tigers, stars, steelworkers, whales, only the senrian series w/ top two teams for the post-season; gov't-supported as a sign of a "return to normalcy" after years of war, a lot of intranational barnstorming as bread-and-circuses for the weary senrian masses]

[40s - things settle down]

Initial expansion

['52 expansion - blues/bears, mariners, unions/eagles, oxen; ASBL divided into ocean & mountain, with implementation of interleague play to try and keep lucrative rivalry matchups intact even as rivals are put in different leagues, postseason changed to top teams from each league going to the series]

['60 expansion - pheasants, stags, clippers/seagulls, ravens; leagues divided into divisions, designated hitter rule implemented in the ocean league, postseason now sees series between top division teams to determine which team from each league heads to the series]

The "Troubled 1970s"

[1970s - a match-fixing scandal in '72 shakes fan faith; turns out a lot of teams are actually not doing great financially; and the mariners and whales fold, forcing the promotion of minor league teams koriyama and toyotori to keep the roster full; the tukayama oxen move to isikawa to invent a lucrative cross-town rivalry with the foxes, which kills the nisiyama giants financially, which forces the promotion of minor league team sekiguti; the stars abandon ubeyama in the hopes of capturing the abandoned nisiyama & tukayama markets]

[to stop any further bullshit in this regard, the league finally implements revenue sharing in 1979]

A map showing prefectures containing an ASBL team as of 2023.

Return to growth

[80s mostly recovering from the 70s, bar the designated hitter rule being implemented league-wide; expansion only resumed in '87 with the stallions, sea lions, timberwolves, and tanuki]

[90s are keeping it steady]

Recent history

[2006 expansion - phoenixes, warriors, otters, hares]

[2010s and 2020s - schedule tweaked, for the postseason the top two teams in each division now play each other to see who goes to the league championship]

Teams

All-Senria Baseball League
Division			Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Founded	Joined
Ocean League
West			Isikawa Foxes	Isikawa	Isikawa Municipal Stadium	30,100	1936	1936
			Keisi Dragons	Keisi	Kinkeidou Sankakusu Dome	36,600	1924	1936
			Nakamura Bears	Nakamura	New Nakamura Stadium	34,100	1940	1952
			Nisiyama Stars	Nisiyama	(car co) Field	31,000	1936	1936
			Tosei Eagles	Tosei	Kumanomiya Stadium	37,900	1946	1952
			Ubeyama Tanuki	Ubeyama	Keiou Miura Life Dome	40,100	1962	1987
East			Kasaoka Sea Lions	Kasaoka	Kasaoka Hikaron Field	34,100	1987	1987
			Keisi Timberwolves	Keisi	Zuunikyuu Stadium	46,200	1987	1987
			Koriyama Vipers	Koriyama	(phone service co) Koriyama Park	30,500	1962	1974
			Sakata Seagulls	Sakata	Iwataya Hosokawa Banking Stadium	30,200	1960	1960
			Ueda Steelworkers	Ueda	Itakura Steel Company Stadium	27,700	1936	1936
			Ukyou Ravens	Ukyou	Ukyou Nagoyaka Stadium	33,900	1960	1960
Mountain League
West			Hukuyama Pheasants	Hukuyama	(private rail co) Hukuyama Stadium	33,000	1960	1960
			Isikawa Oxen	Isikawa	Maeda Group Stadium	32,000	1952	1952
			Keisi White Lions	Keisi	Keisi Sisiya Dome	38,500	1925	1936
			Nobeoka Otters	Nobeoka	Toyohira Dome	32,400	1987	2006
			Tosei Tigers	Tosei	Startiger Kagurasaka Dome	45,600	1925	1936
			Toyotori Cranes	Toyotori	(department store) Park	31,100	1962	1974
East			Hisakawa Stallions	Hisakawa	(other phone service co) Stadium	28,700	1962	1987
			Itimura Phoenixes	Itimura	Everbright Dome	40,500	2006	2006
			Katuyama Stags	Katuyama	Edosima Field Katuyama	28,400	1960	1960
			Keisi Warriors	Keisi	Aikawa Ageo Stadium	35,000	2006	2006
			Sekiguti Robins	Sekiguti	Keicera Stadium	27,000	1962	1977
			Yokomatu Hares	Yokomatu	Yokomatu City Baseball Park	25,500	2006	2006

Defunct teams
		Team	City	Stadium	Founded	Joined	Ceased operations	Notes
		Nobeoka Mariners	Nobeoka	Yatigasira Park	1952	1952	1974	Folded due to financial insolvency. The ASBL regards the Nobeoka Otters as the de facto successors to the Mariners.
		Yosida Whales	Yosida	Kanagawa Stadium	1936	1936	1974	Folded due to financial insolvency. The ASBL regards the Kasaoka Sea Lions as the de facto successors to the Whales.
		Nisiyama Giants	Nisiyama	Kairakuen Stadium	1926	1936	1977	Folded due to financial insolvency. The ASBL regards the Nisiyama Stars as the de facto successors to the Giants.

Timeline

Season structure

Senrian Series records
Team	Number of Series won	Last Series won	Series played	Last Series played
Keisi Dragons (OL) †	20	2017	30	2017
Keisi White Lions (ML)	15	2009	26	2021
Tosei Tigers (ML)	12	2008	24	2022
Isikawa Foxes (OL) †	7	2020	17	2020
Tosei Eagles (OL)	5	2013	8	2013
‡ Nisiyama Giants (ML) †	3	1969	5	1969
Ukyou Ravens (OL)	3	2021	5	2021
Koriyama Vipers (OL) †	3	2006	4	2006
Nakamura Bears (ML to OL, 1979) †	2	1964	8	2016
Isikawa Oxen (ML) †	2	1980	5	2019
Ubeyama Tanuki (OL)	2	2014	3	2014
Nobeoka Otters (ML) *	2	2015	3	2015
Nisiyama Stars (OL to ML, 1979; ML to OL, 1987) †*	1	1956	5	1990
‡ Yosida Whales (OL)	1	1945	4	1970
Katuyama Stags (ML)	1	2004	3	2017
Toyotori Cranes (ML)	1	2010	3	2010
Ueda Steelworkers (OL)	1	1978	3	1997
Hisakawa Stallions (ML) †	1	2001	2	2006
Kasaoka Sea Lions (ML to OL, 2006) *	1	2022	2	2022
Keisi Timberwolves (ML to OL, 2006)	1	2005	2	2012
‡ Nobeoka Mariners (ML)	1	1963	2	1970
Sakata Seagulls (OL)	1	1998	2	2008
Sekiguti Robins (ML)	1	2016	1	2016
Hukuyama Pheasants (ML)	0		1	2013
Itimura Phoenixes (ML)	0		1	2020
Yokomatu Hares (ML)	0		1	2018
Keisi Warriors (ML)	0		0
OL=Ocean League ML=Mountain League
† Totals include a team's record in a previous city or under another name (see team article for details).
* Totals do not include the record of a defunct team regarded as a team's de facto predecessor by the ASBL (see team article for details).
‡ Team is now defunct.

Regular season

[team schedules organized into smaller 3-game series, generally grouped into homestands (2 or 3 series where the team plays at home) and awaystands (2 or 3 series where the team plays away); each team plays 15 games total - or 5 series - against every other team in its division, 9 games - or 3 series - against every other team in the same league but not the same division, 3 games - or 1 series - against every other team in the other league, and an additional 3 games - or 1 series - against each team's "natural rival" in the other league, for a 168 game standard season; probably implemented in the 2010s as a refinement of a system implemented with the 2006 expansion which itself is based ultimately on the systems implemented in the 50s and 60s expansions]

[the season typically begins in late september or early october (as senria is southern hemisphere) and ends in late march or early april, with doubleheaders used - if sparingly compared to the arucian and rizealander leagues - to account for holidays and the possibility of rainouts; most weeks a senrian team will play every day but monday]

Postseason

[post-season held in late april or early may; the two best teams from each division play each other in a five-game series to determine who wins each division, then the winners from each division play each other in another five-game series to see who wins the league pennant]

[then the winning teams from each league play each other in the seven-game all-senria championship series to determine who is champion; some prattling on about the series here since the "championship" section is just the table of champions, things like which teams and leagues are the winningest (37 ocean, 34 mountain) and how they try to handle home field advantage]

Off-season

[off-season stuff - resting, touring, training - specifics tbd later]

Champions

Main article: All-Senria Championship Series

Year	Winning team	Series	Losing team
1936	Keisi Sparrows	X-X	Tosei Tigers
1937	Tosei Tigers	X-X	Keisi Sparrows
1938	Keisi White Lions	X-X	Isikawa Reds
1939	Keisi White Lions	X-X	Keisi Sparrows
1940	Keisi Dragons	X-X	Nisiyama Falcons
1941	Keisi Dragons	X-X	Tosei Tigers
1942	Nisiyama Falcons	X-X	Ubeyama Stars
1943	Keisi White Lions	X-X	Tosei Tigers
1944	Tosei Tigers	X-X	Nisiyama Falcons
1945	Yosida Whales	X-X	Keisi White Lions
1946	Isikawa Red Foxes	X-X	Keisi Dragons
1947	Keisi Dragons	X-X	Tosei Tigers
1948	Tosei Tigers	X-X	Keisi White Lions
1949	Keisi Dragons	X-X	Keisi White Lions
1950	Keisi Dragons	X-X	Ubeyama Stars
1951	Tosei Tigers	X-X	Nisiyama Giants
1952	Keisi White Lions	X-X	Keisi Dragons
1953	Keisi Dragons	X-X	Keisi White Lions
1954	Isikawa Red Foxes	X-X	Tosei Tigers
1955	Tosei Tigers	X-X	Yosida Whales
1956	Ubeyama Stars	X-X	Keisi White Lions
1957	Nakamura Blues	X-X	Keisi Dragons
1958	Keisi Dragons	X-X	Nakamura Blues
1959	Keisi Dragons	X-X	Tosei Tigers
1960	Tosei Tigers	X-X	Isikawa Red Foxes
1961	Keisi White Lions	X-X	Yosida Whales
1962	Nisiyama Giants	X-X	Keisi Dragons
1963	Nobeoka Mariners	X-X	Tosei Eagles
1964	Nakamura Blues	X-X	Tosei Eagles
1965	Tosei Eagles	X-X	Tosei Tigers
1966	Keisi Dragons	X-X	Tosei Tigers
1967	Tukayama Oxen	X-X	Isikawa Foxes
1968	Keisi Dragons	X-X	Nisiyama Giants
1969	Nisiyama Giants	X-X	Ukyou Ravens
1970	Keisi Dragons	X-X	Nobeoka Mariners
1971	Keisi Dragons	X-X	Yosida Whales
1972	Tosei Eagles	X-X	Tukayama Oxen
1973	Keisi Dragons	X-X	Tosei Tigers
1974	Keisi Dragons	X-X	Nakamura Bears
1975	Keisi Dragons	X-X	Keisi White Lions
1976	Tosei Tigers	X-X	Isikawa Foxes
1977	Keisi Dragons	X-X	Tosei Tigers
1978	Ueda Steelworkers	X-X	Keisi White Lions
1979	Isikawa Foxes	X-X	Nisiyama Stars
1980	Isikawa Oxen	X-X	Isikawa Foxes
1981	Keisi Dragons	X-X	Nisiyama Stars
1982	Koriyama Sentinels	X-X	Katuyama Stags
1983	Tosei Tigers	X-X	Ukyou Ravens
1984	Ukyou Ravens	X-X	Toyotori Cranes
1985	Ukyou Ravens	X-X	Isikawa Oxen
1986	Keisi White Lions	X-X	Keisi Dragons
1987	Keisi White Lions	X-X	Nakamura Bears
1988	Keisi White Lions	X-X	Nakamura Bears
1989	Keisi White Lions	X-X	Ueda Steelworkers
1990	Keisi White Lions	X-X	Nisiyama Stars
1991	Isikawa Foxes	X-X	Keisi White Lions
1992	Keisi White Lions	X-X	Tosei Eagles
1993	Keisi White Lions	X-X	Tosei Eagles
1994	Keisi White Lions	X-X	Isikawa Foxes
1995	Tosei Eagles	X-X	Toyotori Cranes
1996	Keisi White Lions	X-X	Ubeyama Tanuki
1997	Tosei Tigers	X-X	Ueda Steelworkers
1998	Sakata Seagulls	X-X	Keisi White Lions
1999	Tosei Tigers	X-X	Koriyama Vipers
2000	Tosei Tigers	X-X	Keisi Dragons
2001	Hisakawa Wild Stallions	X-X	Nakamura Bears
2002	Keisi Dragons	X-X	Kasaoka Sea Lions
2003	Koriyama Vipers	X-X	Tosei Tigers
2004	Katuyama Stags	X-X	Tosei Eagles
2005	Keisi Timberwolves	X-X	Keisi Dragons
2006	Koriyama Vipers	X-X	Hisakawa Wild Stallions
2007	Nobeoka Otters	X-X	Keisi Dragons
2008	Tosei Tigers	X-X	Sakata Seagulls
2009	Keisi White Lions	X-X	Isikawa Foxes
2010	Toyotori Cranes	X-X	Isikawa Foxes
2011	Ubeyama Tanuki	X-X	Keisi White Lions
2012	Tosei Eagles	X-X	Keisi Timberwolves
2013	Tosei Eagles	X-X	Hukuyama Pheasants
2014	Ubeyama Tanuki	X-X	Nobeoka Otters
2015	Nobeoka Otters	X-X	Keisi Dragons
2016	Sekiguti Robins	X-X	Nakamura Bears
2017	Keisi Dragons	X-X	Katuyama Stags
2018	Isikawa Foxes	X-X	Yokomatu Hares
2019	Isikawa Foxes	X-X	Isikawa Oxen
2020	Isikawa Foxes	X-X	Itimura Phoenixes
2021	Ukyou Ravens	X-X	Keisi White Lions
2022	Kasaoka Sea Lions	X-X	Tosei Tigers

Awards and records

Main article: List of All-Senria Baseball League career records