Season of 1956 • Compiled for the Continental Sports Association
AlanOhio’s Note; The UBAR is structured to use Dice. Virtual dice to be sure, but dice none-the-less. I wanted the game to flow from dice and charts, just like J. Henry Waugh’s game, so I worked with A.I. to build the templates necessary to provide that atmosphere.
The Universal Baseball Association Reimagined (UBAR) is a literary reconstruction of Robert Coover’s concept from The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.
This re-creation preserves the ritual precision and metaphysical tone of Waugh’s universe while expanding it into a self-sustaining league system that can be simulated, chronicled, and archived season by season.
The Association regards baseball as both order and fate—a balance of statistics, ritual, and chance. Each dice roll is treated as an act of creation; each recorded result, a line of scripture.
Primary voice of record-keeping: J. Henry Waugh
Secondary voices: none at present; later seasons may introduce alternate correspondents.
Season Year: 1956 (commencement season)
League Size: 8 teams (single table)
Schedule: 84 games per team (12 × 7 opponents)
Format: 6 home / 6 away vs each opponent
Championship: Top two clubs meet in Best-of-Five Series
Calendar Cycle: Twelve weeks × seven games per week = 84 games
(One game per day pace—mirrors mid-century rhythm and aligns with NCGA symmetry.)
Simulation Flow: Day-by-day games → weekly ledger → season ledger