B.C. Premier Baseball League
- B.C. Premier Baseball League
The British Columbia Premier Baseball League, commonly referred to as the BCPBL or the PBL, is a competitive youth baseball league consisting of 11 teams located throughout British Columbia, Canada. Over the years, the BCPBL has served as a talent pipeline for Major League Baseball as numerous BCPBL players have been selected in the Major League Baseball entry draft. Multiple well known ballplayers have played in the league, including Adam Loewen, Jeff Francis, Aaron Myette, Vince Perkins and Scott Mathieson (for a full list of BCPBL alum who were drafted by a Major League team, see here [http://www.bcpbl.com/draft/index.php] ).
League History
Known as the Island Premier Baseball League when it was originally founded in 1995, the league initially included only five teams, all from Vancouver Island: Victoria Investors, Victoria Selects, Mid-Island Canadians, Nanaimo Pirates and the Parksville Royals [http://www.bcpbl.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52] . Although these five teams had been playing exhibition games against teams from the lower mainland, only in 1999 did the league officially expand to include six new teams: North Shore Twins, Vancouver Mounties, Coquitlam Reds, North Delta Blue Jays, White Rock Tritons, and Abbotsford Cardinals.
In 2000, the league expanded once again by adding two more teams: the Whalley Chiefs and Penticton. Later that year, the league name was changed to the British Columbia Premier Baseball league reflect its new membership.
Teams
Past Champions
Links
* [http://www.bcpbl.com/ B.C. Premier League]
References
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