Eleven columns, all of them filled
The table carries wins, losses, ties, points, percentage, games behind, games played, last ten, runs for and runs against. East York Bulldogs lead on 11-3-3, 25 points, .735, with 139 for and 105 against and a last ten of 6-2-2. Newmarket Hawks sit second on 21 points, Thornhill Reds third on 19 with the best run differential in the league, then Leaside Leafs, Northumberland Jacks, Kendal Eagles and Ajax Spartans at 3-15.
A points system that scores a tie, alongside a last-ten column, is a standard almost nothing in this directory reaches — and it is all typed in by a volunteer. Standings on High Cheese come out of the games themselves and sit in plain text on the league's own page, so a table this good stays right without anybody maintaining it twice a week.
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 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.
- 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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