[Winter baseball in Northern Europe?] Compact of the North [2068]

In 2061, Jón Ívarsson, who would become known as Jón Long-Beard, established the first Icelandic council clubs and compact. In the 2062 inaugural season, these three clubs, the Reykjavík Things, the Hafnarfjörður Oars, and the Kópavogur Pups, would play in the deep Icelandic winter to win the pennant and the Ring of Fjords. Upon hearing about the Icelandic Compact and its winter games, NAFB Commissioner Bruce Ferman reportedly said, "It would not last half a season." But the compact indeed did complete its inaugural season, won by the Pups, and the next, won by the Oars. By 2064, the Baseball Compact of Norway and the Swedish Winter Compact were founded. The Danish Compact and the Finnish National Compact followed in 2065. Separately, these compacts saw success, but when they merged in 2067 to form the Great Compact of Northern Europe, baseball became firmly established in the region. The High Committee of the newly merged compact commissioned this song, Compact of the North, to commemorate the occasion. Lyrics: IN THE NORTH, BASEBALL RISE WE ARE THE LEGACY OF THE ICE WE ARE THE CONQUERORS OF SNOW WE ARE WINTER, WE ARE WOE AND TO LOSE, THAT WON'T SUFFICE WE HAVE VICTORY IN OUR SIGHTS WE ARE THE COMPACT OF THE NORTH OUR BANNER'S HIGH, WE'VE MARKED THE COURSE WE'VE MARKED THE COURSE! BJØRN THE FEARLESS CHOPS WITH HIS BAT LIKE AN AXE HE FRUSTRATES THE INFIELD WHEN HE MAKES CONTACT NIKO THE SLY SLIDES FAR IN THE SLEET HE STEALS WITH EASE, HE'S QUICK ON HIS FEET TOBIAS THE ELDER APPROVES OF HIS SON GETTING HIS FIRST COMPACT HOMERUN JÓN LONG-BEARD INSPIRED THE GAME HE HOPES THE NEXT GENERATION WILL DO THE SAME WE ARE THE NORTH, HEAR OUR SONG WE PLAY TRUE, WE PLAY STRONG IN THE BLIZZARD WINDS SO WHIPPING WILD WE HIT BAT TO BALL AND FIND OUR MILE IN THE BLEAK BITTERNESS OF THE NIPPING COLD WITH FINGERS NUMB, WE PITCH SO BOLD ON THE FALLEN FROST DO WE STAND TALL AND REMAIN FIRM AGAINST THEM ALL IN THE NORTH, BASEBALL RISE WE ARE THE LEGACY OF THE ICE WE ARE THE CONQUERORS OF SNOW WE ARE WINTER, WE ARE WOE AND TO LOSE, THAT WON'T SUFFICE WE HAVE VICTORY IN OUR SIGHTS WE ARE THE COMPACT OF THE NORTH OUR BANNER'S HIGH, WE'VE MARKED THE COURSE WE ARE THE COMPACT OF THE NORTH OUR BANNER'S HIGH, WE'VE MARKED THE COURSE WE'VE MARKED THE COURSE! DISCLAIMER: This is a fictional alternate-history baseball music/archive project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, the Frontier League, the National Association of Professional Baseball, or any real-world league, club, or rights holder. AI was utilized in the making of this video.