Twenty-two seasons, and the two that are missing
The league's own statistics archive is its history: seasons selectable from 2004 through 2019, then 2022 to 2026, with nothing for 2020 or 2021 and 2009 marked as incomplete. The constitution in force was edited and updated for the 2023 season.
That gap is the pandemic written into a dropdown, and the archive around it is the most complete amateur record in this directory. No champion is named anywhere, though the league runs one every year. Every season played on High Cheese keeps itself as standings, box scores and rosters together, with the winner attached to the year, so a league that has kept its numbers for two decades finally gets the roll of honour to go with them.
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.
- Park availability decides who gets in, and not one diamond is named.
- 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.
- 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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