Thirty years of presidents, on the record
Bret Fink is the current president and publishes his own number. The Hall of Fame page names three of his predecessors with their tenures — Greg Peterson from 1996 to 2001, Mike Gilden from 2004 to 2007, and Ron Mackie from 2008 to 2019 — and the league also names Kevin Lammerding as commissioner of its 30+ division. The rulebook adds an Umpire Coordinator, who must be told two hours before a game if a field is unplayable.
A league that can list who ran it in 1996 has a continuity almost nothing else here can show. High Cheese lets a league name its officers and hand out real permissions, so a division commissioner and an umpire coordinator each have an account that does their actual job.
Inland Northwest MABL/MSBL in detail
- Two hundred players across eastern Washington and north Idaho, May to October, wood bats.
- 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.
- 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.