Maryland Fall Baseball was a professional baseball league located in

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

and

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

that was affiliated with

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. The league lasted one season, playing in September and October, 1998.

History

Maryland Fall Baseball was the second in a series of attempts by

to establish a second winter league to supplement the

Arizona Fall League The Arizona Fall League (AFL) is an off-season baseball league owned and operated by Major League Baseball (MLB) which operates during autumn in Arizona, United States, at six different baseball complexes. Arizona Fall League rosters are filled ...

. In this Maryland Fall Baseball was preceded by

Hawaii Winter Baseball Hawaii Winter Baseball (HWB), based in Honolulu, Hawaii, was a professional baseball league in the Hawaiian islands. It was loosely affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB). History The HWB league first began play in 1993. Funded by Major Lea ...

(1994-1997), and succeeded by the California Fall League (1999) and Hawaii Winter Baseball (2006-2008). Maryland Fall Baseball did not receive subsidies from Major League Baseball. Major League teams paid their own players, but did not cover front office staff, travel and equipment, leaving the Maryland league to rely almost exclusively on sponsorships and ticket sales, with a percentage of ticket revenue also allotted to Major League Baseball. After the season, having averaged about 900 fans a game, Maryland Fall Baseball was reported to have requested a subsidy of "somewhere between $1,500 and $2,500 per player" to continue the league, which Major League Baseball declined.

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