Policed, and published nowhere
A registered club must carry at least twelve players. Additions and deletions go through the membership coordinator and may happen all season; a man properly paid up who comes off one roster may be placed on another at the president's discretion. Only players on the final roster play in the postseason, and only with eight regular season games behind them. An opposing manager may demand any player's membership number and ID at any time, and a protest goes in within 24 hours by email, phone or text. The rules also require every roster, first and last names, to be posted on the league's internet statistics page.
That page does not render, and neither does the site's own Roster tab. Rosters on High Cheese update as men sign and follow a player between clubs, divisions and seasons, so the published roster the rulebook already requires exists — and an ID challenge is answered by looking rather than arguing.
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.
- 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.
- A president, an executive board, a disciplinary committee and a membership coordinator — none named.
- 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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