Required by rule, missing in fact
The rulebook carries a heading for online statistics and requires that every roster, with each player's first and last name, be posted on the internet statistics page used by the league. No such page reaches a plain reader, and no batting or pitching figure is published anywhere on the site.
A rule that mandates publication and a site that publishes nothing is the clearest possible statement of the gap. Statistics on High Cheese come out of the box scores as they are entered and follow a player between clubs, divisions and seasons in plain text, so the page the rules already assume is simply there.
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.
- 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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