BREAKING NEWS
No Joke. Baseball-playing robots have arrived on Earth! CLICK HERE to read about what the Galactic League peeps have known all along: our metallic pals got game. Basebots are here to stay.
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Over the years, lots of wild ideas have come up for background data in Alien All Stars- ancient teams, concession stand treats, galactic fast food franchises… all kinds of random things. Most of these will probably never see the light of day. But one of my favorites of these has to do with alien robots, and how the Alien Leagues and the Robotic Leagues combined together to form the Galactic Leagues.
Compelling drama! Here’s a brief summary. The baseball community was divided. The aliens wanted to combine forces. The robots were opposed. It was a tense time in galactic baseball, but there was also lots of hope…
Subtly, respectfully, and with a good dose of fun, this story is my own small tribute to the Negro Leagues of baseball’s past.
I love the depth of content available for the topic of alien baseball. There is so much you can do with it, and not just the feel good stuff, but the ugly stuff as well. And about that ugly stuff- another issue that I’m looking forward to addressing is banned substances. Heck yeah it’s an issue! Â MLB has a problem with steroids, and the Galactic Leagues has a problem with gravity pills and anti-gravity pills. (I think it would be hillarious to call them uppers and downers, but that might be pushing it a bit…)Â
I’m not interested in having widespread use of banned substances in the league or anything. But I do think an occasional player should generate some whispering speculation, stir the pot a bit, and maybe even crash and burn. They don’t all get to be heroes. To quote  Syndrome from the movie The Incredibles, “If everyone is super, then no one will be. Muhahaha.” (That’s Syndrome’s laugh, not mine!)
