“United Shore Professional Baseball League”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The United Shore Professional Baseball League (USPBL) is an independent baseball league in suburban Metro Detroit, Michigan, United States, started in May 2016.^[1] Each team in the USPBL plays a 50-game regular season schedule from May through September, with an all-star game and championship game at the conclusion of the regular season.^[2] The games are played at Jimmy John's Field in Utica.^[3] Most of the games are broadcast on the USPBL's YouTube channel, but starting with the 2018 season, select games air on ESPN3.

History

The United Shore Professional Baseball League was founded by Andy Appleby, a former senior vice president of the Detroit Pistons and Palace Sports and Entertainment.

The league has four teams based in Metro Detroit, with all games being played at Jimmy John's Field in Utica, Michigan.^[4] The $12 million ballpark has seating for 4,000, and was built on capped brownfield that previously served as an unlicensed dump for household waste.^[5]

The league is aimed at 18–25 year olds who either went undrafted out of college, or who have been released from prior minor league contracts. Their pay is expected to range from $600–$800 per month, with housing provided by host families.^[6] It is meant to give players recently graduated from college or with limited minor league experience a chance to stay in baseball shape, and give them an opportunity to be signed to contracts with MLB affiliated minor league teams. League revenue comes primarily from sponsorship partners and other advertisements, ticket sales and ballpark concessions.

The Utica Unicorns won the initial league championship 5–0 over the Birmingham-Bloomfield Beavers on September 11, 2016.^[7]

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References

1. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/neal-rubin/2016/04/18/andy-appleby-baseball-utica-jimmy-johns-field/83217700/ |title=Minor League Baseball Comes to Utica |date=18 April 2016 |newspaper = Detroit News |accessdate=28 May 2016}}
2. ^{{Cite web |url=https://indyballisland.com/2015/11/30/united-shore-professional-baseball-league-q-a/ |title=United Shore Professional Baseball League – Q & A |date=30 November 2015 |website=Indy Ball Island |accessdate=28 May 2016}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://uspbl.com/jimmy-johns-field/anatomy-of-jimmy-johns-field/|title=Anatomy Of Jimmy John's Field|last=|first=|date=|website=USPBL.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=27 May 2017}}
4. ^{{Cite web |url=http://ballparkdigest.com/2016/02/01/ballpark-preview-jimmy-johns-field/ |title=Ballpark Preview: Jimmy John’s Field |date=1 February 2016 |website=Ballpark Digest |accessdate=28 May 2016}}
5. ^{{Cite news |url=http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/macomb/2015/11/23/utica-baseball-team-names/76255308/ |title=Names, mascots unveiled for teams at new Utica stadium |date=24 November 2015 |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |accessdate=28 May 2016}}
6. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/single-site-indy-league-hopes-buck-trend/ |title=Single-Site Indy League Hopes To Buck Trend |date=2 February 2016 |website=Baseball America |accessdate=28 May 2016}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2016/09/11/uspbl-utica-unicorns/90248558/|title=Utica Unicorns power to USPBL title with home runs, pitching|first=Brandon|last=Folsom|work=Detroit Free Press|date=September 12, 2016|accessdate=September 12, 2016}}

History

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