The baseball league in Canada is also known as the Canadian Baseball League. It is an autonomous league, minor in nature which began its operations in the year 2003. The only Commissioner of the League was the member of Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, Ferguson Jenkins. Former players, including Floyd Youmans, Francisco Cabrera, Steve Sinclair and Rich Butler were also featured in these games. The Canadian Baseball League was established in Vancouver in British Columbia. The Jenkins Cup was the championship trophy which was named after Ferguson Jenkins, the Commissioner of the Canadian Baseball League. The Rise of CBL:
Former scout of the major league, Tony Riviera inspired in the formation of the Canadian baseball League. Tony was also the face of the Baseball League. Former product developer, Mr. Charlton Lui initially backed the formation of CBL. Subsequently, the former president of Yahoo, Jeff Mallett also supported its formation. In addition, Jeff was also the San Francisco Giants’ part owner. Ferguson Jenkins was initiated to as the commissioner of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Riviera envisioned big goals for the Canadian Baseball League. It was followed by big promises from him. Subsequently, Riviera approached “Winnipeg Goldeyes” about the swapping of leagues. In addition, Riviera appointed Pete Rose for “Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. In the beginning, it was thought that it would be feasible for such big plans to be implemented into action. This was proved by the deal of the league with the sports channel, “The Score”. The inaugural game of the Canadian Baseball League was attended by as much as 5100 spectators. It was held in the town of London in Ontario province. Death of CBL:
Although the league had earlier made tall promises, it was high time that they implemented these promises into action. It was initially promised by the league that it would provide an average of at least two thousand spectators per game played. However, only two games had a mean of more than 1000 spectators. After the inability of the CBL to cover the cost production, the deal with the television got cancelled. It was clear that the league had faltered in its promises.
