Filmed, and timed to the second
The Hall of Fame class of 2025 was inducted on Friday July 25 at the Trailhead Golf Course Rotary Room in Liberty Lake, Washington, between 7 and 9pm. Six went in: Bob Dorr, John Lehman, Tony Orozco, and the three past presidents. Every citation was recorded and published as video, with its running time beside it — one under two minutes, one over forty. An inaugural class went in during 2020.
Filming the speeches and putting the runtimes on the page is how a 200-player league makes an evening in a golf club function room into a permanent record. Team and league pages on High Cheese carry photos and video and push them into a feed the whole league reads, so an induction reaches the men who could not get to Liberty Lake.
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.
- 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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