Four offices, no people
The rulebook gives the league a real constitution. The president grants age waivers, chooses the official baseball each season, assigns free agents to short rosters and hears protests. The Executive Officers set the schedule. A written report goes to the Executive Board within 48 hours of any conduct incident. A Disciplinary Committee reviews ejections and can add fines or suspensions, and special cases are decided by a committee of no fewer than three. A membership coordinator handles roster moves.
Not one of them is named anywhere on the site, so a man with a protest to file has 24 hours and nobody to send it to. High Cheese lets a league name its officers and hand out real permissions, so the president who can move a player from the pool is an account that can move a player from the pool.
Ft. Worth MSBL in detail
- Two divisions, 25+ and 35+, run to a rulebook that has thought of everything.
- Filters for both divisions and every team, and not one game listed.
- A standings link, two divisions, and no table behind it.
- Official at four and a half innings, 12-6 on a forfeit, and a tie is a tie.
- Twelve minimum, eight games to be eligible for the playoffs, and an ID challenge any time.
- The rules name an online statistics page. Nothing renders on it.
- A contact form, a rain-out line, and a protest window of 24 hours.
- A free agent form, a signed waiver, and a president who can assign you to a short club.
- A table headed Name, Address and Map, with nothing in it.
- Two and a half hours, nothing new after ten, and a forfeit scored 12-6 on purpose.
- An Announcements heading and a This Week's Events block, both empty.
- No album or gallery.
- Doc's Gloveworks and D-BAT Benbrook.
- Played to a winner, no matter how many nights it takes.
- No founding year or past champions are published.
- Who can play is answered exhaustively. Where and when are not answered at all.
- A liability waiver carrying an emergency contact, and a rulebook of eighteen headings.
- Weeknights ending at 10:30, rainouts pushed to the end of the season.
- Uniforms are required to a professional standard; nothing is sold.
- Paid per game, refunded on a suspension, and the plate umpire holds the clock.
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