Another article with not a lot of substance, but with a great excuse for me to photoshop ridiculous stuff.
Let’s figure out which AWL teams are which X-Men, and which NWL teams are Spiderman characters. The NL portion of this article is being done by Jon, so expect to see it completed in two to three years. Or never. More likely never.
AWL West:
Cosmos – Storm
Like Storm, Matt Schatz is a strong, beautiful African woman with the power of weather manipulation and flight. Also, both are tough to get a hold of because they’re up in the clouds (Jon’s joke, not mine)
Ham Sandwiches – Professor Charles Xavier
Professor X was the founder of the X-Men, and I (kinda) created Wombat baseball. Like Professor X, it wasn’t long before I lost respect of those around me, before eventually ceding power to others. In the comics Xavier is hated by most at this point, not too different from myself. Pretty sure he’s also dead now, so I’ll be on the lookout.
Kev Bombs: Iceman
The young one, and for years was slept on as a power house. In more recent years Bobby Drake has established himself as a true omega level mutant, something we could compare a true dynasty to, should Kev get the title this year.
Kingslayers – Cyclops
In Jon’s own words: “Cyclops cause I have tunnel vision on my boys and I think I'm the leader and the best but no one else really respects me. Damn, that hits close to home lol”.
AWL East:
Baseball Furies – Nightcrawler
BAMF. Suddenly the Furies have traded a keeper. BAMF. Wait, another trade. BAMF. They’re on a winning streak. BAMF. A losing streak.
Cold Notes – Jean Gray
A potential power house if they can get their shit together. Each has had their moments of great success (Championship rings, and leading the X-Men), and failures (worst place records multiple years, multiple deaths). All are just waiting for the Phoenix force to emerge, and the Cold Notes to become the new powerhouse.
Megalomaniacs – Wolverine
Neither can be killed, both go into berserker mode (Wolverine when someone messes with the innocent, Dean when he starts Trevor Bauer), and while Dean isn’t as short as Logan, he’s probably the shortest of everyone in the league.
Pez Sox – Cable
Both have seen some shit, and lived to tell about it. Cable, the apocalyptic future, Nick, Granderson’s home run and beat downs from the Megas. Neither is to be taken lightly though, as Cable will break out the big guns (literally), while Pez will break out the big guns (figuratively, in the form of Cano and Gallo)
Dead characters / franchises:
Sittin Ducks – Cypher
True story: There is a dead x-man named Cypher. For real.
Iraqi Killas – Thunderbird
Thunderbird was a (Native) American warrior, who didn’t last long with the X-Men. The Killas were (not Native) American warriors, who didn’t last (too) long in the WLB. I don’t know, this is the worst one I have, whatever.