“Baseball players of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your guaranteed salaries!”
— Carl Marks, original owner, Moose Jaw Breakers
The Latest Propaganda
"Wild Card" Dreads Lock Up 2006 Title
Jamaica was only seeded 5th in the playoffs, but they battled through two tough series to reach the People's Series. Soon, rum was flowing in the locker room after a 5-2 victory over the Louisville Sluggers in the Series. See the final standings
Cabanas Repeat Without Beloved Player/Manager
The Havana Cabanas won for the second year in a row, their 7th title total, by beating the Moose Jaw Breakers in the People's Series. See the final standings
Cabanas Win 2004 Series; Fidel Retires!
The People's Series was played in dramatic fashion in 2004 as the Havana Cabanas, valiantly led by relief pitcher/manager Fidel Castro, won their 6th title by beating the Milwaukee Pilots 12-4. For Havana and for the baseball world it is a bittersweet victory as longtime manager Castro has announced his retirement. See the final standings
Winners Are Losers as Monuments Capture 2003 People's Trophy
The Washington Monuments topped the Walla Walla Winners 8-4 in game seven to capture the league title. See the final standings
Banditos Don't Need Not Stinkin' Badges, Rob Sluggers of PL Title
It was a People's Series to remember: In 2002, the Louisville Sluggers battled the Mexico City Banditos in six games, but the Banditos came out on top. See the final standings
Cabanas Win Series; Fidel Named MVP/M
The Havana Cabanas bested the Washington Monuments in the 2001 People's Series five games to three, the team's second title in five years. Cabanas owner-manager-closer Fidel Castro was named series most valuable player/manager. 2000 People's Champion Cleveland was shut out of the playoffs. See the final standings
Our Glorious History
In 1906, four Major League Baseball owners met in Montreal, Quebec, and found they all were dissatisfied with the league's progress. Forging out on their own, the owners joined their franchises into a new league for the proletariat—the People's League!
Devising revenue-sharing and "freedom is slavery" agency for player distribution, the new league quickly rose to prominence as the greatest players of the Major Leagues defected to this new system. Eventually, it overtook the overly commercialized MLB and became the true league of the people. Now boasting a dozen teams in the Americas, and more touring around the world, the People's League is the premiere venue for the the highest levels of baseball playing in the world.
Currently, the league is led by Co-Commissioners Steven Lincoln O. Mohundro and Thomas Anton Schwarz, who also serve as general managers of four teams each.
The People's League was founded by Steve and Tom in college in the early 1990s. Every year except in 2000 and 2003, each PL team drafted two MLB teams; by combining the teams' win-loss records and diving by 2, standings were derived.
In 2000, a reform involved player roster drafts with two extra general managers, Michael Erdahl and Jonathon Wolf. Even with help of a free fantasy baseball stat Web site, this proved to be too much work so the PL returned to the two-GM, team-draft format. In 2003, Wolf returned as GM, as the Yahoo! Fantasy Sports collective volunteered to compile statistics. In 2004, the numbers were reduced to two GMs, eight teams, and – as always – two commissioners.
