A season fee buys you the World Series
The twelve-game season ends in playoffs. Beyond that the league's MSBL/MABL affiliation gives its players entry to more than eight national and regional tournaments a year, up to the World Series in Tempe, Arizona — and the league is explicit that full-season registration, rather than drop-in play, is what makes a man eligible for national tournament play.
Tying tournament eligibility to committing for the season is a neat piece of design: it rewards the men who turn up all summer without shutting out the drop-ins. High Cheese builds and runs a bracket off the standings a season produced and tracks who is registered for what, so eligibility is checked rather than argued.
Northwest Montana MABL in detail
- Western Montana's only adult wood bat league, founded 2025 — nearest rivals in Spokane.
- Fixtures on the front page with an RSVP page beside them.
- A Standings page with Stats beneath it, in a four-team twelve-game season.
- Results reach the front page beside the upcoming games.
- Rockies, Brewers, Cannon Ballers and GTOD — four clubs, fifty-two players.
- A Stats page under Standings, and an invitation to score a game.
- The commissioner by name, with an email address, a phone number and a Discord.
- $35 a game, pay when you play, and all you really need is a glove.
- Memorial Field in Whitefish, and no practices allowed on it.
- Nine innings, no new inning after 2:40, wood or composite wood at minus three.
- A mailing list, a Discord and a 2027 waiting list — but no news page.
- No album or gallery.
- A flip-through sponsorship packet, and an invitation to join the FAMBLy.
- Founded 2025 by its commissioner; second season, four teams, fifty-two players.
- One commissioner, named, who founded it and answers the email.
- Seven questions, answered in full — including how to become an umpire.
- Rules, Manager Policies, an awards page and a documents library — in year two.
- Twelve weekend games plus playoffs, with indoor training from February.
- Twenty percent off two brands at a local shop, for league members.
- Two umpires per game, paid $100 each — and the league is recruiting.
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