Arucian Softball League

Arucian Softball League

Most recent season or competition: 2023 Arucian Softball League Season
Sport	Softball
Founded	April 0, 1946 (1946-04-00)
Commissioner	Pierre Leclerq
No. of teams	8-12
Countries	Bonaventure? Carucere? Eldmark? Gaullica? Imagua? Île d'Émeraude? Sainte-Chloé Satucin?
Most recent champion(s)	XXXX (2022)
Most titles	XXXX (XX)

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.

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.
			Canicule Contraltos	Canicule	Sainte-Chloé		1977
			Éclair Heroines	Éclair	Sainte-Chloé		1946		Named after Saint Chloé, who was titled the "Heroine of Sotirianity".
	File:XXXXX		XXXX	Hammarvik	Eldmark		1992
Central			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.
			Sainte-Geneviève Virgins	Sainte-Geneviève	Sainte-Chloé		1942	1946	Named after their patroness, St. Genevieve, in honour of her consecrated virginity.
	File:XXXXX		XXXX	Grönsund	Eldmark		2006
	File:XXXXX		XXXX	Kingston	Carucere		1946
East	File:XXXXX		XXXX	Sermoni	Bonaventure		1946
	File:XXXXX		XXXX	Port-au-Grégoire	Île d'Émeraude		2001
	File:XXXXX		XXXX	Arac	Satucin		2001
	File:XXXXX		XXXX		Vinalia		2009

Defunct Teams

• Imagua team #1 (1946-1952)
• Decouverte (1955-1966)
• BV team #2 (1977-1983)
• Escalade (1985-1989)
• Imagua team #2 (1992-2006)
• Trinite (1997-2007)

Season Structure

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.