Two states, five towns, one league
The INMBL runs clubs in Spokane, Spokane Valley, Post Falls, Coeur d'Alene and Priest River, Idaho, with 200-plus ballplayers across summer and fall seasons from May to October, affiliated to the national MSBL. It plays on local high school fields and occasionally at Avista Stadium, home of the Single A Spokane Indians. Its motto is four words: don't go soft, play hardball.
Four divisions run on four different days — 18+ on Sundays, 32+ on Saturdays, 45+ on Tuesday or Wednesday nights, and a 60+ competition that started in 2025 — and none of their fixtures, tables or rosters reach a plain reader; the whole live season sits behind a login. High Cheese gives a league one address it owns with all of that in text, so a competition that spans a state line is findable from either side of it.
Inland Northwest MABL/MSBL in detail
- Four divisions on four different days, doubleheaders on Sundays, twenty minutes between games.
- Percentage, then head to head, then inter-division record, then runs against.
- Ties are final, five innings makes it official, and no result is published.
- Twenty-two clubs across four divisions, dressed as real franchises.
- Scored through GameChanger; nothing published on the league's own pages.
- Bret Fink, president, on 208-641-9255, plus a contact form.
- A workout on April 12, a draft, and a rule about who owns a new player.
- Local high schools, Hart Field for the workout, and occasional games at Avista Stadium.
- Replica uniforms only, wood bats, and a forfeit that punishes both clubs.
- Categories for 18+, 32+, league news and tournaments — and a standing call for players.
- A 2025 class of six, inducted at a golf club in Liberty Lake, each with a filmed citation.
- The rulebook makes room for a sponsor on the shirt; no sponsor is named.
- Double elimination in summer, single in fall, and a national circuit of 500 teams.
- Champion and runner-up every year — Phillies five straight, then Rockies three.
- Bret Fink is president; three past presidents are named with their years.
- Who, when, where and how to join are answered. Only the fee is missing.
- A ten-section rulebook, waiver and application forms, and proof of age required.
- A workout in April, baseball from late May to October, and a fall league after the summer one.
- Replica uniforms are required; nothing is sold.
- An Umpire Coordinator, a two-hour rain deadline, and a bill if you miss it.
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