Announcer:  It’s time for the Classic Baseball Union opening draft preview on Fox Sports brought to you by Amp Energy.  Amp up your team with Amp Energy Drink now in delicious raspberry lime flavor.  Now, live from the O’Reilly Auto Parts Studios are your hosts Brett Smith and Bob Bobberts.
Brett Smith:  Welcome to the CBU Draft Preview.  I’m Brett Smith along with Bob Bobberts.
Bob: Hi.
Brett:  It’s exciting to be here for the birth of a new baseball league.  I can’t wait to see the excitement in the eyes of the …

Owner Warren Fischer was a little disappointed to learn that his baseball franchise. the New Orleans Voodoo, will not be able to play in the Superdome. “The size was about right, but major renovation work would have been required to set it up for baseball,” he commented after the latest rejection of his most recent proposal. “They did some renovations a few years ago and just aren’t willing to go through it again.”
Many argue that this was a non-starter from the begining. “Sometimes, if a person …

BURLINGTON, VT — It didn’t take long to figure out who the owners were behind the new CBU franchise in town.
Given the city’s relatively small size, observers were wondering who would be nuts enough, and rich enough, to build a professional baseball franchise here, above the level of longtime tenants, the Single A Vermont Lake Monsters (formerly Expos, formerly Reds).
That speculation intensified when the team revealed its name was the Phishheads, but band members insist that while they gave their blessing to the name, they aren’t the owners.
But upon unveiling …

ORLANDO SENTINEL
Orlando, FL (AP): The Classic Baseball Union (CBU) has formed and Orlando has been awarded a Franchise. They will go by the name of Orcas. The Orcas have the naming rights for their new stadium up for sale at $2 million. The inaugural draft is forthcoming and there are no players currently on their roster. With Major League Baseball Franchises in Tampa Bay and Miami; it’s about time that Orlando gets a professional baseball team. Orlando is the 3rd largest city in Florida and so many teams have their …

Follwing the euphoria of Friday when officials of the Classic Baseball Union confirmed rumors that Whitehorse was in line for a CBU franchise, things took a darker turn when word spread that Don Bemont aka “Beorn” aka “The Most Boring Man on Earth” had been selected to head the franchise.
Things turned ugly Saturday afternoon, when Bemont revealed plans for a new stadium to be called Blue Dog Domain. Yukon News reporter Jerod Wake asked several pointed questions about Bemont’s penchant for pitching and defense, asking if anyone on earth …

For years New Orleans baseball fans have had to put on their road uniforms to catch a Major League baseball game. That may be about to change. City officials have been talking with multimillionaire Warren Fischer about the possibility of bringing a team right here to New Orleans.
Formed in reaction to the endless scandals and drug test failures in Major League Baseball, the Classic Baseball Union (CBU) is currently trying to create a legitimate alternative. While some argue that “if everyone is doing it, it can’t be …

The league office of the Classic Baseball Union has officially approved a franchise for Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Team owner, Norman Viger, in his press release, thanked all those that helped to make this happen.  He was quick to note though, that the real work has yet to start.
Some initial news has been issued:
The team name will be the Generals. This comes from the GM plant that is located in Oshawa. It is hoped that this will encourage the General Motors to not close the factory and keep a lot of people working. After …

The city of Nashville, Tennessee was abuzz this morning as Mayor Karl Dean announced the city has secured a team for the debut of the CBU.   The Nashville Apostles will be taking the field this spring at SunTrust Field located downtown near the Tennessee Titans’ LP Field.
“The addition of top flight baseball is going to really help our rapidly growing city,” Dean told reporters.  “While minor league baseball has succeeded very well we know that major baseball is going to thrive even greater.  We showed with the Titans that we’re …

Sioux Falls – The first team of the Classic Baseball Union has thrown its hat into the ring and has unveiled today its new logo. This logo features the primary colors of the Sioux Falls colors along with concept drawings for the yet to be named mascot.
Fans will be able to vote on the mascot’s name, among many other details during visits to the new but still under construction ballpark that will finish before the season start.
Fan reviews are mixed as some remain loyal to the former minor league independent …

Its February 2009 and Alex Rodriguez was just caught with taking steroids in baseball. The steroid trail went farther than that and eventually there became a sudden cry for a baseball league that was clean from steroids, performance enhancing drugs, lack of moral character in the players in general.
With that in mind a group of unnamed investors gave a large sum of money to the appointed commissioner Jordan “JWay” Gillis to create a Union of franchises to compete with Major League Baseball. The business plan included a salary cap, strict …