Adult attitudes must always prevail
The league's mission statement is also its rulebook in miniature. OMSBL describes itself as a private organisation intended to give its members the chance to play baseball in a safe yet competitive environment, and then sets the standard: adult attitudes must always prevail, no matter how competitive any team is. Responsibility for keeping that true is placed on the Executive Committee, the managers and the players together, and anyone violating the Code of Conduct can be suspended or expelled by order of the committee.
The playing rules published are the two structural ones: wood bats only in the 22+ division, and a pitcher must be 30 in the calendar year.
The Code of Conduct itself is not on the public site, which means the document that can get a man expelled is one he has to ask his manager for. A High Cheese league page keeps the rules and the code at the league's own address, attached to the season they govern.
Omaha MSBL in detail
- Senior baseball in Omaha since 1988, on Wednesday nights, in wood, with a pitching age floor of thirty.
- Wednesday nights, with the last posted opening day in April 2023.
- The site promises standings and scores; none are published.
- Scores are promised on the homepage and appear nowhere.
- Ten clubs in the 22+ division and four in the 50+, as last published for 2023.
- Statistics are promised on the homepage and appear nowhere.
- One league number on the homepage, one named board member, and email as the official channel.
- The league recruits teams and players in a news post, and registers through the platform.
- No ballpark is named for regular play.
- A news page carrying a 2026 item, a partner, and a recruitment call for 2025.
- A homepage strip of archive images and two videos on the news page.
- One named partner: a therapy practice at MD West One.
- The league travels: a world series in Phoenix and a Florida series in 2022.
- Publicity since 1988, an all-star game at Werner Park, and the 2022 title to the Omaha Cowboys.
- An Executive Committee that meets when there is business, and talks only to managers.
- Which night, which bat, which age — and one answer that surprises people.
- The only downloads are the website platform's own guides.
- Quarterly manager meetings in March and December, and an opening day last posted for 2023.
- Nothing is for sale; equipment is handed out at manager meetings.
- No crew, association or assignor is named.
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