Chicago Metropolitan Baseball Association

CMBA History and Awards

Awards archived in two blocks, 1994 to 2007 and 2013 to 2024, with a gap between them.

Chicago Metropolitan Baseball Association

The gap is the story

The league keeps its awards in two archives: 1994 to 2007, and 2013 to 2024. Between them sits a five-year hole, 2008 to 2012, with nothing recorded.

It also keeps a History section and a Previous Championships page.

Nobody publishes a gap like that on purpose. Either the league went quiet for five years and came back, or the records from those seasons were lost with whoever kept them. In a league whose stated purpose is preserving amateur baseball in Chicago, a missing half-decade is the argument for its own existence.

Every season played on High Cheese is kept as standings, box scores and rosters together, which is how a gap stops being possible.

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Chicago Metropolitan Baseball Association in detail

  • About the Chicago Metropolitan Baseball Association
    Five clubs, one park, and a stated purpose: preserving amateur baseball in the City of Chicago.
  • CMBA Schedule
    Weekday evenings at six, weekend mornings from half past nine, nearly all at one park.
  • CMBA Standings
    Points, points percentage, runs for and against, and a column counting forfeits.
  • CMBA Scores
    Real results with times and parks: 19-6, 10-1, 8-6, and a 7-0 at Piotrowski.
  • CMBA Teams
    Electrons, Hounds, Blazers, White Sox, Hawks, and an Instagram account per club.
  • CMBA Statistics
    Runs for and against by club, and nothing about any player.
  • CMBA Contacts
    A Join Us page and a Staff page; no address renders.
  • Joining the CMBA
    A Join Us page, in a five-club league playing on city park permits.
  • CMBA Fields
    Winnemac Park, Piotrowski Park, and a separate schedule for Amundsen High School.
  • CMBA Bylaws, Policy and Playing Rules
    Three documents under one heading, and a points system that rewards showing up.
  • CMBA News
    A News section, kept as the first item in the navigation.
  • CMBA Photos
    No league gallery, and a club Instagram embedded on the front page.
  • CMBA Sponsors
    Nobody is thanked in public.
  • CMBA Playoffs
    A Playoffs section beside the schedule, and a previous championships archive.
  • CMBA Staff
    The league keeps a Staff section rather than a board.
  • CMBA Questions
    The league keeps its own FAQ, and a Join Us page beside it.
  • CMBA Documents
    Bylaws, policy and playing rules, plus two award archives.
  • CMBA Calendar
    A season into mid-August, with fixtures listed to the 16th.
  • CMBA Team Gear
    Nothing is for sale.
  • CMBA Umpires
    No crew or assignor is named.

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