National Baseball League Explained

National Baseball League
Current Season:2024 British baseball season
Last Season:2023
Upcoming Season:2024
Sport:Baseball
Teams:6
Country:United Kingdom
Champion:London Mets
Champ Season:2023
Most Successful Club:London Mets

The National Baseball League (NBL) is an amateur baseball league organised by the British Baseball Federation (BBF). The league is the top level of baseball in the United Kingdom, with the league champions also being named the overall National Champion in the United Kingdom.[1] There is no official system of Promotion-and-Relegation; however several teams have moved up and down the structure freely.

Teams

The NBL has fluctuated in size, with multiple teams joining and subsequently leaving. The BBF also allows multiple teams to come from the same club, as evident with the London Mets and Capitals both drawing from the same pool of players (although there are restrictions on players from a club playing with multiple teams in the same season).

2024 teams[2] !Teams!Location
Bournemouth BearsFerndown, Dorset
Essex ArrowsWaltham Abbey, Essex
London CapitalsHaringey, London
London MetsHaringey, London
Sheffield BruinsSheffield, South Yorkshire
BC VetraSaltford, Somerset

Notes and References

  1. Web site: London Mets are the 2023 National Baseball League Champions . 2023-10-15 . British Baseball Federation . en-GB.
  2. Web site: National Baseball League Preview . 2024-03-14 . British Baseball Federation . en.