PASTORIUM

The PASTORIUM (Participatory Athletic Sporting Tournaments and Outstanding Recreation for Intra-Unoian Minors) is a rec league consisting of sports teams in the Unoian Valley area. It consists of small municipalities like Mattress Village, Xenuville, dozens of unnotable towns, Yoenah), and the city of Snellville in a schedule of exhibitionary games of baseball.

Or, in other words, the PASTORIUM is a small-time Unoian baseball league.

Affectionally called the "Micro League" or the "Micros"- a pun on notable baseball leagues being called the "Majors" and "Minors" -the PASTORIUM is a very popular pasttime in the rural areas of Eastshield, where creatures of all species and age band together to see who can beat who in baseball.

Unlike modern baseball, the PASTORIUM still uses the Knickerbocker Ruleset (the original RL rules of baseball), which confuses foreign spectators coming to play and Unoians visiting baseball stadiums.

Background
The PASTORIUM was founded by The Reverend Isee Ur Knickers, a Governance priest in what was to become Mattress Village, in 1950. Baseball had been around for decades prior, but Rev. Knickers edited the game to make it last longer and removed concepts like "home runs" and foul balls counting as strikes.

It was an immediate success. The Unoians were simple folk with too much freetime when there were not any crops to grow, so this extra-long version of baseball was used to take up as much time as they could.

Today, the PASTORIUM league retains the "Knicker Rules", as opposed to the rest of the continent's baseball games, which are played as one would expect.

Ruleset
If the rule is not listed, the two are identical. These differences are real.

Teams
Currently, the following teams are registered on the PASTORIUM circuit.

Note that all uniforms have numbers on them, regardless of what they are. Teams are required to "dress uniquely" and "recognizably" on the field.

Trivia

 * This is just a baseball league inspired by Ness' (Earthbound) use of a baseball bat, Ralphie's (Magic School Bus) love of baseball, and RL TurtleShroom's father's and paternal grandfather's playing and coaching of the game in college, as well as TS' RL family's general athleticism.


 * In reality, the Knickerbocker Ruleset was the original governing system of baseball. It was edited throughout the mid-1800s to get what we know today as baseball.


 * All of the cities and locations here, spare a few obvious ones, are Earthbound parodies and are situated in the Uno Valley area.


 * Doubletown in particular is a parody of Earthbound's Twoson. The illegals are a comedic joke referencing Tucson, Arizona. Singin' Singin' Prison is a reference to one of America's worst prisons (in the old days), Sing Sing Prison of New York State.


 * A pastorium is a house- funded by the church -where a preacher lives on the church grounds. Pastoriums could be used in lieu of a priestly salary to compensate for a preacher's work.


 * TurtleShroom has played in the PASTORIUM before. He's actually not that bad, but that's only when he's batting. He can't catch.


 * Russel and Ned are both extremely gifted baseball players and have participated in the PASTORIUM.


 * Tourists and conspiracy theory tourists often stop by to watch a PASTORIUM game, just to see a weird varient of baseball be performed.