Six months, two seasons deep
The year opens with the new player workout on April 12, runs the 18+ summer league from late May through August, the 32+ from mid June to mid September, the 45+ from June to mid September, and then starts again — the 18+ fall league runs five weeks from early September into October. Playoffs are double elimination in the summer and single elimination in the fall.
Running a second full season for the same age group after the first one ends is how a league keeps two hundred men playing from May to October in a part of the country with a short window. A High Cheese calendar carries both seasons and all four divisions on one subscription, so a man playing summer and fall sees the whole year at once.
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.
- 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.
- 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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