The entry requirement nobody can see
Field access matters enough here to be written into the constitution: a club applying for membership must present information on park availability alongside its roster and its record, and a club's obligations include completing as much of the schedule as weather and park permit.
Not a single ballpark is named anywhere on the site, across seven clubs from Ajax to Northumberland — the calendar gives the opponent and the time and leaves the address to local knowledge. High Cheese ties the ballpark, the address and the map to the fixture, so a 7:30 in Kendal is findable by a man driving out from Leaside.
Greater Toronto Baseball League in detail
- Senior AAA baseball across seven Ontario clubs, aiming at the National Championships every year.
- A month calendar per club, 7:30 first pitch, each game marked As Scheduled.
- East York 11-3-3 on 25 points, and a table with last ten and run differential in it.
- East York 9 Thornhill 8, Newmarket 11 Kendal 3, and a Latest Scores block on the front page.
- Bulldogs, Eagles, Leafs, Jacks, Hawks, Spartans and Reds — each with roster, stats and schedule.
- Individual batting and pitching by club, with seasons selectable back to 2004.
- Five named officers with addresses, and new players sent to the team coaches.
- Clubs apply in person at the AGM; players sign an OBA card and go through their coach.
- A disciplinary code with no appeal on a first ejection, and a ban on poaching signed players.
- A written recap every week, and somebody who can actually write them.
- A photograph of every rostered player is paid for in the bylaws — and Facebook Live too.
- Funded by fees and bonds, with no sponsor named.
- The Ontario Elimination Tournament, the Hap Walters, and a league championship of its own.
- Individual seasons on file from 2004, with a two-year gap where the world stopped.
- Five elected offices, one currently vacant, and every holder named on the contact page.
- Three of five answered, and the two that are missing are the ones a new player asks.
- A full constitution and bylaws, published in the top corner of every page.
- A January annual meeting, dues by July 1, and a wrap-up within sixty days of the final.
- Nothing is for sale.
- An Umpire in Chief who is also the scheduler, and a per-club fee for the booking.
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