Talk:Atlantic League of Professional Baseball

standing agreement with MLB and NAPBL?
Visiting the article in order to fix a link (not NAPPBP but NAPBL), I revised the reference from "has a standing agreement with" to "acknowledges". It seems to me that the cited "Relationship with Organized Baseball" (an official statement by the subject of the article), essentially amounts to this line
 * "The AL provides options that will allow Organized Baseball maximum flexibility"

which is a disclaimer of serious rivalry. No more, it seems to me. (Note that AL is the "outlaw" from OB perspective.)

At first draft revision, I tagged this "disputed" but reconsidered in favor of revising the text to fit my interpretation and tagging "citation needed". --P64 04:33, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

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Atlantic League map
The Atlantic League map should be updated to include the Blue Crabs, to play in Waldorf, Maryland. EvWill (talk) 22:14, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Removed: foolish exaggeration of league quality
I removed this statement from the first paragraph:

The level of play has been rated between Triple-A and the Major Leagues.

The given reference, which seems to be based on non-objective statements from the Atlantic League itself, does not say that at all; it makes a vague reference to a potential plan and uses the imaginary term "AAAA" league. That is not remotely the same thing as a serious evaluation of the talent level. Of course, the removed statement is beyond all credibility for any US independent league; if the source did say so, it would only be discrediting itself. If it were true, you would see players move from the Atlantic League straight to the majors, very frequently, and more frequently than from AAA. In fact, it never happens--for any independent league.

I don't know if this was boosterism. It's no insult to the Atlantic League, that it's not at or above Triple-A quality. To make implausible claims would, rather, tarnish its reputation. Whether it was boosterism, or I know not what, please don't make such specious claims on Wikipedia. Thanks! Ale And Quail (talk) 03:18, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Bridgeport Bluefish = High Point Rockers
The High Point Rockers are not a "new expansion" team for 2019. They are the same Bridgeport Bluefish team, just relocated and renamed. Dsides12 (talk) 04:54, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Riversharks, Bees, Bluefish, Rockers- all are separate franchises
In an email from Atlantic League President Rick White, the Riversharks, Bees, Bluefish and Rockers are all separate franchises:

Granthew (talk) 00:52, 5 March 2019 (UTC)


 * An email from the league president is a primary source. We avoid using primary sources.  The rest is irrelevant. -- Pemilligan (talk) 02:24, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
 * It's the league president for crying out loud. Your basically saying the president is wrong. This doesn't require secondary sources because the source is the league president. A secondary source which is primarily an article online can be wrong.Granthew (talk) 04:08, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm not saying the league president is wrong. I'm saying we follow Wikipedia policies. -- Pemilligan (talk) 13:27, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

MLB players section
I added a section for players that played in the league at least one year before, during or after their MLB career. There have been some cases, and it's interesting to see who of note actually played in this league. I doubt that 40 percent of the league players have played in MLB as the league website claims, but there have been some if you check Baseball Reference and other sources. Feel free to add to the list. Bgbg4444 (talk) 04:31, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

Teams map
An IP user "corrected" the teams map on 31 March 2022. Does anyone know how to return it to its previous useful format? -- Pemilligan (talk) 01:49, 21 July 2023 (UTC)