Divided twice
The league does not simply run six brackets. It divides age groups into various leagues and divisions inside them, explicitly to keep competitive parity between teams.
So a 38-year-old in this league is placed by age and then by standard, which is a two-stage sorting almost nobody else here attempts.
Team and player logins are kept separately, so clubs administer their own records.
A High Cheese team page belongs to the club rather than the season and carries its roster at its own address, which for a competition sorting on two axes is how a player finds the right level as well as the right age.
Washington DC MSBL/MABL in detail
- Six age groups from 18 to 68-and-over, wood bat, across three jurisdictions.
- Six separate spring and summer schedules, one per age group.
- Parity is the stated goal, and every division needs a table to measure it.
- Results feed six sets of standings and a universal playoff.
- Three honour rolls imply a statistical record; none is public.
- A contact page, an interest form, and separate team and player logins.
- Separate fall registration for four brackets, plus a free agent and waiting list.
- A locations section and a live field status page.
- A league rules section, and wood bats throughout.
- A dated league digest, published as its own section.
- No gallery is published.
- No sponsor is named.
- Every team makes the postseason, and there is a page called Playoff Central.
- A history page, a champions page, and three separate honour rolls.
- A Hall of Fame, a Lifetime Achievement Award and a League Commissioner Award.
- A FAQ, an interest form, and the season shape published outright.
- League rules, a dated digest, and payments handled on site.
- Early April to mid-August, with a separate fall season for four brackets.
- Nothing is for sale; a Hardballers section exists.
- No crew or assignor is named.
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