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Atlanta Dragons Team Reveal

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 The Atlanta Dragons are the 5th of 8 teams to play in the inaugural LFMLB season. The Dragons will play with the Pittsburgh Phantoms and 2 others in the ABL. Above is the team's official logo, and slogan, "Flight Through Fire" The Dragons are tied for the 2nd-largest budget at $190M.  On their roster, they currently have star players like CL Pat Newton, SP Tony Gomez, RP Bret Hecker, and RP Dave Sarver.

Boston Hawks Team Reveal

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 The Boston Hawks are the 4th of 8 teams to play in the inaugural LFMLB season. The Hawks will play in the NBL with the Los Angeles Bombers, Cincinnati Royals, and one other team. Above is the team's official logo, and slogan, "Take Flight" The Hawks have the 6th largest budget at $160M. On their roster, they currently have a long list of star players including SP Mike Munson, RF Adrian Aguilera, CL Josh Gallo, RP Brian Phillips, RP Robert Powell, and RP Vincente Sanchez

Cincinnati Royals Team Reveal

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 The Cincinnati Royals are the 3rd of 8 teams to play in the inaugural LFMLB season. The Royals will play alongside the Los Angeles Bombers and 2 others in the NBL. Above is the team's official logo, and slogan, "Diamond Kings" The Royals have the 5th largest budget at $170M.  On their roster, they currently have star players like SP Matu Arinya, and CL Dave Rogers.

Los Angeles Bombers Team Reveal

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 The Los Angeles Bombers are the 2nd of 8 teams to play in the inaugural LFMLB season. The Bombers will play in the NBL alongside 3 other teams. Above is the team's official logo, and slogan, "Blue Reign" The Bombers have the largest budget in the league at $200M.  On their roster, they currently have star players like 3B Ernesto Luna, SP Yu-xing Da, CL Jason McMillan, and RP Arturo Robledo.

Pittsburgh Phantoms Team Reveal

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  The Pittsburgh Phantoms are the 1st of 8 teams to play in the inaugural LFMLB season. The Phantoms will play in the ABL alongside 3 other teams. Above is the team's official logo, and slogan, "Lights out." The Phantoms have the smallest budget of the 8 teams, at $95M.  On their roster, they currently have star players like 24-year-old closing pitcher Brad Ellis, 25-year-old relief pitcher Matt Avera, and 27-year-old starting pitcher Dave Gonzalez.

Lightning Fictional Major League Baseball

  Lightning Fictional Major League Baseball is an Out of the Park Baseball fictional simulation league that is beginning in 2021 as a direct competitor with Major League Baseball, however with many differences in the rules and structure of the league.  League Structure The league is beginning with 2 conferences being the American Baseball League (ABL) and the National Baseball League (NBL). Each conference will have 4 teams, however the official reveals for them will be coming soon. Major Rule Differences LFMLB will still feature a 162-game season, but the playoffs will instead feature the top 2 teams in each conference playing a 7-game series for the conference title, followed by a 7-game series for the winners of each conference to determine a league champion. Roster construction is much different from Major League Baseball due to the lack of farm system. Instead, teams can carry a 50-man active roster, with no injured lists. While injuries will still occur, the injured play...