Named by the uniform rule
The 18+ summer league fields the Athletics, Brewers, Devil Rays, Iron Pigs, Mariners, Padres, Reds, Rockies and Tigers, and splits into American and National divisions carrying Marlins, Diamondbacks, Royals and Braves. The 35+ has the Angels, the Spokane Hawks, the Cardinals and the Priest River Cubs. The 45+ runs the Rangers, Freedom, Pirates, Rapids, Turkeys and Tide, and keeps a site of its own. The 60+ has the Dodgers, the Yankees and the Sandpoint Tigers.
An Iron Pigs side in Spokane exists because the rulebook says clubs must wear a real franchise's colours, and a 45+ team called the Turkeys exists because somebody got approval. No roster is published for any of them. Rosters on High Cheese update as men sign and follow a player between clubs, divisions and seasons, so twenty-two clubs are twenty-two pages.
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.
- 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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