We, throughout
The league writes everything in the first person plural — we try to start games in late April, we make it work, we will find a spot for you, we don't own fields — and names no president, commissioner or director anywhere on the site.
That voice is a large part of why the FAQ reads so well, and it means a man who wants to offer a ballfield or start a 55+ division is writing to an unnamed inbox. High Cheese lets a league name its officers and hand out real permissions, so the people behind twenty-six clubs are reachable for the thing each of them actually runs.
Northwest Independent Baseball League in detail
- Four teams in 2007, twenty-six by 2025 — everyone welcome, as long as you're not a jerk.
- A 2026 season schedule page, with fixtures reaching only the front page.
- Three leagues, twenty-six teams, and no table delivered to a plain reader.
- Finals on the front page, with each club's league printed underneath it.
- Expos, Outlaws, Cardinals, Cutthroats, Rangers, Steelheads, Rays — twenty-six in all.
- No batting or pitching figure is published, across three leagues.
- A published telephone number, an email route, and three separate invitations to write.
- A public tryout and draft — and if too many turn up, they build a new team.
- Seven venues, including two professional stadiums and the Portland Pickles' home.
- Three leagues — 18+, 30+ weekends and 30+ weeknights — and a fourth being considered.
- A news section carrying registration and season announcements.
- An album section, and two professional stadiums to shoot in.
- No sponsors named — and an open request for anyone with a ballfield.
- Playoffs in August and September, on top of a 14 to 16 game season.
- Four teams in 2007; twenty-six teams and nearly 300 games by 2025.
- Eleven questions, answered as a person would answer them.
- The fee structure explained rather than published: the manager pays, then collects.
- Late April to August, playoffs into September, with four weekends deliberately clear.
- An Apparel section in the main navigation, between the FAQ and Contact.
- Named in the first line of the FAQ as proof this is real baseball.
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