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CBL down to four teams plus two travel teams

It’s been a long time since a league fielded two travel teams, but the reported decision by the owners of a Dallas franchise in the independent Continental Baseball League is forcing that circuit to a schedule featuring four teams and two travel squads.
It’s been a long time since a league fielded two travel teams, but the reported decision by the owners of a Dallas franchise in the independent Continental Baseball League is forcing that circuit to a schedule featuring four teams and two travel squads.

It’s been an up-and-down offseason for the CBL. An agreement to acquire six United League Baseball franchises fell through after the ULB founders bought the league out of bankruptcy court, and the decision by the Dallas owners to pull out of the league two weeks before play starts is causing league officials to come up with a new schedule.

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