Answered, and priced
Who can play: anyone with a love for baseball, from a range of backgrounds, provided he turns 25 in the calendar year. Where: Churchill, Churchill JV, Sheldon and Creswell high schools, with availability varying through the season. When: early June to early September, Sundays, first-half doubleheaders around 10:00 AM. What it costs: $220–$250 depending on final season structure. How to join: the online registration form.
Answering all five on one page puts this league ahead of most of the directory, and the honest range on the fee rather than a fixed number is a league telling the truth about its own budget. What a claimed league gets on High Cheese is the same answers attached to live standings, a published schedule and a roster per club, so nobody has to read an FAQ to find out who is playing where on Sunday.
Eugene MSBL in detail
- Formed 1994, eight teams, wood bats and real uniforms, Sundays in the Willamette Valley.
- Sundays, June to early September, filterable by team and field — and unreadable without a browser.
- Games, wins, losses, ties, points, for and against — headers only.
- A results page with every filter and no results.
- Cardinals, Cubs, Dux, Giants, Heavyweights, Phillies, Red Sox, Rough Riders and Western Bacon Burgers.
- No player figures are published.
- (541) 753-1639, an email link, and league operations run in-house.
- A prospective player form, $220–$250, and a league that starts new teams when enough people ask.
- Seven diamonds with street addresses, from Bailey Hill Road to Cottage Grove.
- Wood bats only, 25 and over, seven-inning doubleheaders then nine-inning singles.
- No news or announcements are published.
- No album or gallery.
- Sponsors are wanted; none are named.
- Full playoffs featuring all eight teams, with paid umpires.
- Thirty-two seasons, formed in 1994, six years after the national body.
- An administration is referred to; nobody is named.
- No forms, waiver or rulebook are published.
- Early June to early September, Sundays, first pitch around 10:00 AM.
- Nothing is for sale.
- Paid umpires for division series and playoff games, and dues that cover the cost.
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