Institutions without people
The league refers to its office, which answers questions and announces award results in the off season, and to an awards committee that selects post-season honorees by closed ballot. Neither is staffed by anybody named. Its own news story refers to the Goliaths' upper management.
A closed-ballot awards committee is a real governing structure and it is completely anonymous. High Cheese lets a league name its officers and hand them real permissions, so an office that decides awards is a set of accounts rather than a phrase in an FAQ.
Federal League (South Florida) in detail
- Founded 1993, wood bat, drafted out of an open tryout, and it runs its own wire service.
- Tuesdays and Thursdays at six, Saturdays at 9:30, two games at once on PMS A and PMS B.
- Hollywood Stars 27-7, and everybody else nine games back or worse.
- Sunsets 23 Goliaths 14, a 5-5 tie, and a 21-1 the week after.
- Stars, Sunsets, Tritons, Goliaths — plus the Cubs and the Atlantics on the older pages.
- Batting leaders, pitching leaders and team statistics — all of it from 2023.
- 954-427-8680 and [email protected], with an office that answers.
- Open tryouts at 9:30 on February 20, $25, and 20% off if you register online first.
- PMS A and PMS B, and a tryout at 1700 NE 8th Street, Pompano Beach.
- All wood, and only bats approved for play in Minor League Baseball.
- The Federal League Wire Service, filing on managerial changes with quotes from both men.
- A Pro Prospects page and a fans site; no gallery of the games.
- JS Woods Bat Company at $54 a maple bat, and Solar Media Team out of Deerfield Beach.
- The Championship Final Series — the Stars took the 2024 crown from the Cubs in Game 4.
- Original Division 1993, Expansion Division 2000, and two names kept out of respect.
- Seven questions answered properly, including the one about the divisions nobody else would ask.
- Draft listings, draft grades, a season preview and an awards roll, all from 2023.
- A summer season from June 6, tryouts in February, and a Sunday league running March to October.
- A merchandise link, and nothing behind it.
- No crew or assignor is named.
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