Global League

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The Global League was a professional baseball league in 1969. The league featured six teams from five countries; the Dominican Republic, Japan, Puerto Rico, the United States, and Venezuela. The league folded after two months.

The league was the idea of the Louisville Colonels, Walter Dilbeck. The league would be a world-wide league, featuring teams from the United States, Japan, and the Caribbean. It was formerly announced in September 1968 with the following teams:

• Alabama Wildcats (Alabama)
• Dominican Sharks (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
• New Jersey Titans (New Jersey)
• Puerto Rico Sunfans (Puerto Rico)
• Tokyo Dragons (Tokyo, Japan)
• Venezuela Oilers (Caracas, Venezuela)

Toru Mori, formerly of the Chunichi Dragons, Taiyo Whales, and Tokyo Orions was the manager of the Tokyo club.