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[edit] Other notable leagues

There are several other notable summer leagues around the world. Should these be added to the template, and if so, how?

Rolando 23:31, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Added now. FJM 13:56, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Let's not forget Cuban National Series. Probably more important than the other 5.--DaveOinSF 14:03, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Added to Winter Leagues section (though it's "amateur", strictly speaking). Rolando (talk) 19:23, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
The league is amateur.. it therefore should not be listed under "professional baseball"Spanneraol (talk) 19:34, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] What constitutes a "notable" defunct league?

I recently added all defunct major leagues to this list -- National Associaton (1871-75), Union Association (1884), and Players League (1890) -- to the two that were already on the list (American Association and Federal League). Since then, two defunct minor leagues have been added to the list.

The question I have is this: are the two defunct minor leagues (the Eastern Carolina League and the Virginia League) considered "Notable" for the purposes of this template, or should we expand the categories?

There could be "Defunct Major Leagues", "Defunct Minor Leagues", "Defunct leagues -- Other", or some other scheme.

The Negro Leagues are in reality several (at least six) distinct leagues, all of them (obviously) defunct, and might belong in their own category with each individual league listed; foreign (non-American) baseball leagues could have their own category, minor leagues another, etc.

Should this template be expanded? Should we restrict what goes into "Notable defunct leagues"? Should we leave well enough alone? --- Couillaud 18:26, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

There are dozens of defunct minor leagues. If all were added to the template, it would become unmanageably large. My opinion is that defunct minor leagues should not be regarded as sufficiently "notable" to be included on the template, and that the link to Negro Leagues should remain as a single link. BRMo 03:02, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This is bigger than Wrigley Field

Any chance this should be cut down? --Howard the Duck 12:03, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding size

Please direct discussion here.--Borgardetalk 10:40, 15 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Claxton Shield

Where does the Claxton Shield fit into this template? It's obviously not a major league but I can't decide whether to put it in the 'minor leagues' or with 'other leagues'. Any thoughts? Bongomanrae 13:56, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

  • From reading the article on it, the Claxton Shield seems to be some sort of tournament rather than a fullfledged league. Probably shouldn't be included. Spanneraol 14:28, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Winter leagues - affiliated or independent?

Currently the template shows the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League as affiliated, but the Dominican Winter Baseball League and the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico are shown as independent. My understanding had been that all three leagues were affiliated with Major League Baseball. Although I haven't found a source that clearly says they're affiliated, strong circumstantial evidence is the fact that all three leagues (along with the Arizona Fall League and Hawaii Winter Baseball) are featured on the MLB Website [1] and that MLB and affiliated minor league players play in all three leagues. Is there any contrary evidence suggesting that they are actually independent? BRMo (talk) 00:02, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Major"

What exactly defines an international league as major? Why is Taiwan considered Major, but not China? Is there some relationship between MLB and these international leagues? -- χγʒ͡ʒγʋᾳ (talk) 19:36, 15 April 2008 (UTC)