One age rule, written precisely
The published rule is the age structure: the league is 43 and over, and each team can have three players aged 43 to 44. Its Roy Hobbs affiliation supplies the rulebook, the insurance and the tournament access behind it.
That single clause does a lot of work — it defines the league as a masters competition rather than a 40-plus, and then makes a deliberate, limited allowance so a man turning 43 does not have to wait two years. No local ground rules, roster limit, bat standard or pitching restriction is published. High Cheese keeps a league's own rules beside its schedule and against its rosters, so a three-man exception is enforced by the page.
Mid-American Master Baseball League in detail
- Ninety-five men over 43, playing in a former Triple-A ballpark in Maumee, Ohio.
- A calendar grid per month, shared with the county recreation programme.
- Toledo Ortho 14-2, the Thunder 0-16, and runs against as the only other column.
- Sixteen games a club, totalled into runs against — and no individual result.
- Harry Young, Gorilla's, Blacksox, OutlawRats, Thunder and Toledo Orthopaedic Surgeons.
- No player figures are published.
- Every officer and every manager published with a telephone number.
- Forty-three and over, email the commissioner, and three under-45 spots per club.
- Ned Skeldon Stadium, 2901 Key Street, Maumee — one ground, all season.
- No news or announcements are published.
- A photo gallery linked from the footer of every page.
- A Sponsors page in the main menu, and a club named for a surgical practice.
- Toledo Ortho took the regular season and the tournament in the same year.
- A copyright from 2006, and a Teams page still showing 2011.
- Four executive posts, one man holding two of them.
- Who, where and how to ask are answered in three lines. Cost and dates are not.
- Text-size controls and skip links on every page, built by an accessibility studio.
- A month-by-month calendar from April, with practices open to every member.
- A logos section in the footer; nothing is for sale.
- No crew or assignor is named.
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