Charter Owners

North Division. The name alone makes you think of smash-mouth, black and blue football; tight defensive, in your face basketball; and most importantly, no DH-having, brushback pitching baseball. This promises to be an intensely competitive division throughout the years, as already evidenced in the first half of season 1 by the NL North having more wins than any other.

So without further ado, here's a quick rundown of the original owners within the NL North for Branch Rickey's first season (listed in alphabetical order):

brickyard9 (Trenton Thunderbirds)- 23 total seasons, 2003-1723 (.538), 10 division titles, 13 playoffs, 1 WS title.

Brickyard9 has been a member of a number of great worlds, including Cooperstown, L.E.G., Negro Leagues, and the newly formed Braggin Rights- an "all-star world" of sorts.

His title came in Hall of Fame world, and he has dominated his division in Negro Leagues averaging 100+ wins since joining. Coming up on the All-Star break, his Thunderbirds boast a .573 win pct and have been leading the division for much of the first half. As long as they're led by brickyard, Trenton should be a division contender every season.


jaymd22 (Minnesota Screaming Eagles)- 8 total seasons, 612-684 (.472), 0 division titles, 1 playoffs, 0 WS titles.

While relatively new to HBD, jaymd has shown he "gets it". This is seen through his team in Public Works which has improved almost every season from 71 wins to being on pace for 99 wins in their current season.

His Screaming Eagles started off the season on a 13-3 tear, but have since cooled and sit above .500 in third place- not too bad for what's currently the best division record-wise in the world. Jaymd will have his work cut out for him in this division, but he seems more than up to the challenge.


shakazulu5 (Chicago Cubs)- 21 total seasons, 1962-1440 (.577), 14 division titles, 16 playoffs, 1 WS title.

Shaka has logged most of his seasons in Ruth and No Quitters!!!, and has owned his division in both worlds (12 division titles out of the 15 seasons between the two). But his WS title actually came in Major Leagues world, which supports the widely held theory that his teams choke in the playoffs (51-58 postseason record).

But consistency is his key as his worst season in HBD was 74-88, so at the very least his teams should still compete. The Cubs should be in good hands w/ shaka at the helm... well, at least for the regular season.


sharkeyke (New Britain Sun Kings)- 7 total seasons, 662-472 (.584), 4 division titles, 4 playoffs, 1 WS title.

Sharkeyke is very eager to prove himself in this division- during world creation he made it clear he wouldn't be taken for granted because of the two more experienced owners in the division. The bulk of his experience comes from Sharkey's World, where his team has averaged 102 wins over the last 6 seasons including 5 division titles, 2 WS appearances and one championship.

His Sun Kings have floated around .500 for most of the first half and currently stand 1-game under. He knows that won't get it done in this division, and you can fully expect sharkeyke to give his team the best chance to make a second-half run at the division.