The Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance

Here are your fan expectations for the 2026 season.

Shin Seiki - 158
Aurora - 149
Florida - 144
Bakersfield - 134
Crystal Lake - 128
Arlington - 116
Kentucky - 110
West Virginia - 110
Toyama - 106
Amsterdam - 103
Duluth - 102
London - 100
Havana - 95
Okinawa - 93
Yuma - 92
Reno - 91
Palm Springs - 91
Hartford - 90
Edinburgh - 81
Fargo - 80
Kalamazoo - 80
San Juan - 77
San Antonio - 70
New Orleans - 70
Neo-Tokyo - 66
Canton - 62

Hartford's owner may be robbing the team blind, but at least he keeps the expectations at a manageable level. We are a money making machine.

Canton. . . where hope goes to die. I think that's about right from an expectations perspective, actually. Our .500 record last season screams "FLUKE!!!" at the top of its lungs, and that's even before losing closer Julian Olivares for basically the entire season (he's currently expected back in September with a partially torn UCL. . . yeah, right) and Chris "Crushing Disappointment" Long for an as yet undetermined period of time.

I think the Bears are a prime candidate to not live up to those expectations, but we'll do our best.