A league that keeps its own books
The OSBA plays out of Toronto across an Eastern and a Western Conference, on twelve grounds running from Centennial Park and Keelesdale in the city out to Clarington, Port Hope and Whitby in the east and Mississauga, Vaughan and Markham in the west. Sunday doubleheaders and Wednesday nights.
It is one of the few leagues in this directory that already does the job properly. It names every champion since 2001, publishes historical standings back to the same year, keeps an annual stats package for every season since 2006, maintains career offensive and pitching leaders, and posts weekly results with the winning and losing pitcher and his record attached -- Brendan Tink at 4-1 with a complete game, Pete Westlake going the distance at 2-2, a save credited to Josh Essery. Amateur leagues do not usually record a save.
What it lacks is a form for any of it. The leaders page is a set of images, the season packages are downloadable spreadsheets, and the career leaders are links out. A High Cheese league page keeps all of that as pages -- searchable, linkable, one address per player and per club -- so twenty-five years of record-keeping this careful is findable by the people looking for it rather than downloadable by the people who already know it exists.
Ontario Senior Baseball Association in detail
- Sunday doubleheaders from mid-afternoon, and Wednesday nights at 8:30.
- Eastern and Western Conference tables, kept in games, wins, losses, ties, points, for and against.
- Weekly results with the winning and losing pitcher, his record, and saves.
- Ten clubs across two conferences, from Martingrove to Port Hope.
- Career offensive and pitching leaders, and twenty seasons of stats packages.
- A Toronto phone number, a message form, and five executives reachable through it.
- There is no join page; the route in is a message to the executive.
- Twelve grounds with full street addresses, from Toronto out to Port Hope.
- A published constitution and provincial safety protocols, with no playing rules on the open site.
- Weekly results posts and a news archive going back through the seasons.
- A photo section sits in the main navigation.
- No sponsor is named.
- One champion a year since 2001, and a gap where 2020 should be.
- Every champion from 2001 to 2025, including the year there wasn't one.
- Five executives, listed with a contact form each rather than an address.
- Where it plays, when it plays, and who is winning — answered. What it costs — not.
- A constitution, a concussion policy, Baseball Ontario protocols, a stat sheet and an incident report.
- The season is tracked by week number rather than by dates.
- Nothing is for sale.
- No crew or assignor is named.
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