The Heartland Capitalists, CBA's captains-of-industry team, compete in the Cosmic Middle League.The Capitalists were created on November 30, 1983 (CBA Executive Bulletin No. 67) and played in the old Cosmic Flat League. In thirteen seasons the team has won 1119 games and lost 961. The team has been to the Cosmic Universal Series twice. In 1984, their first cosmic season, they beat the Bhutan Vanguards and in 1994 they lost to the Alphatown Ionians.
The Capitalists always field a strong team. Since 1994 when Michael Jordan bought the team from Horatio Alger and brought in Karl Marx as the field manager there has been more of an emphasis on drafting economists and less on pure business folk. This year of the six rookies, three are economic theorists (Keynes, Malthus, and Ricardo).
Last season overall attendance was down and some observers have speculated the fans prefer big spending businessmen instead of egg-headed number crunchers. The bottom line is performance, as it should be. This year's Capitalists look as strong as ever.
Capitalists 1984-1996
YEAR Won Lost Pct 1984 95 67 .586 1985 91 71 .562 1986 78 84 .481 1987 77 75 .507 1988 81 81 .500 1989 84 78 .519 1990 79 83 .488 1991 88 74 .543 1992 96 66 .593 1993 78 84 .481 1994 109 53 .673 1995 85 69 .552 1996 78 76 .506 TOTAL 1119 961 .538
Warren Buffet
Pitcher
Warren Buffet Link
Andrew Carnegie
Pitcher
Andrew Carnegie Link
Michael Eisner
Infield
Michael Eisner Link
Steven Forbes
Outfield
Steve Forbes Biography
Henry Ford, II
Secondbase
Ford Company History
James Gamble
Firstbase
Proctor & Gamble History
Bill Gates
Rightfield
Bill Gates on the FutureBill Gates' mad lust for power
Gates Perceived As Richest Man in America
Howard Hughes
Infield
Howard Hughes LinkHoward Hughes: A man of dreams and action
H.L. Hunt
Outfield
The H.L. Hunt Room
N. B. Hunt
Infield
Nelson Bunker Hunt Link
Lee Iacocca
Centerfield
The Auto Channel--Industry History Chapter 1
Carl Icahn, Jr.
Outfield
Inside TWA
J.P. Kennedy
Pitcher
Joseph Kennedy
Philip H. Knight
Pitcher
Philip Hampson Knight- #5 on the Forbes ListPhilip Knight: The Filthy Rich
John Maynard Keynes
Thirdbase
John Maynard Keynes Link
Robert Malthus
Outfield
Robert Malthus Link
Andrew Mellon
Pitcher
Andrew Mellon- Hemp in the Commercial Arena
J.P. Morgan
Pitcher
J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc.
H. Ross Perot
Pitcher
H. Ross Perot - The Dark SidePerot & Constitutional Analysis of Electronic Town Hall
David Ricardo
Outfield
David Ricardo Link
John Rockefeller
Pitcher
Rockefeller Center Properties, Inc.
Donald Trump
Infield
Donald Trump
Ted Turner
Outfield
Ted TurnerNational Press Club Interview with Ted Turner
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Pitcher
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Karl Marx
Manager
Manifesto of the Communist Party
Alan Greenspan
Coach
Alan Greenspan SpeechAbout Ayn Rand, Alan Greenspan and Original Founders
Armand Hammer
Coach
Armand Hammer Article
Thorsten Veblen
Coach
Veblin Link
Adam Smith
General Manager
Adam Smith Link
Michael Jordan
Owner
Michael Jordan Products
Industrial Park
Home Field, Capacity: 55,666
1997 Heartland Capitalists Roster
URL http://www.cosmicbaseball.com/97hcr.html
Published: January 30, 1997
© 1997 by the Cosmic Baseball Association
Email: editor@cosmicbaseball.com397
