BMBI
Local program structure, mission, Royals claims and BMBI-published history.
Research Library
Brampton Baseball Reference Library: Primary Sources & Evidence Map
The primary-source index behind BramptonBaseball.com’s local history, organization, facility and governance reference layer.
Quick answer
This library answers a simple question: which source should support which kind of claim? It prioritizes official local, regional, provincial, national and municipal sources.
Source-to-claim map
COBA
Regional association history, divisions, schedules and standings.
Baseball Ontario
Provincial governance, competitions, provincial rules and official historical statements.
Baseball Canada
National governance, national programs and official organization history.
City of Brampton
Facilities, park facts, civic events, municipal bookings and project milestones.
Evidence rules
- Prefer the organization speaking about itself for its mission or stated history.
- Prefer the City for City-owned facility facts.
- Preserve publication dates for event records.
- Do not transform rolling claims such as “last 10 years” into permanent totals.
- Do not infer missing historical periods from modern summaries.
Sources & verification
- Brampton Minor Baseball — Official BMBI mission, recreational history and current Royals program summary.
- Central Ontario Baseball Association — Official COBA site documenting its 1984 formation and earlier Halton County Baseball Association roots.
- Baseball Ontario — Official Baseball Ontario page noting the organization was formed in Hamilton on May 4, 1918.
- Baseball Canada — Official national governing-body history and organizational description.
- City of Brampton — Diverse Venues — Official City inventory of major baseball/softball diamond venues and counts.
- City of Brampton — Field of Dreams — Official project page documenting the accessible diamond and 2021 completion.
- City of Brampton — 2025 Baseball Workshops News Release — Official City release containing 2024 baseball-field use statistics and 2025 event context.
Historical claims are limited to what the cited sources support. A date on this site is not treated as complete organizational history unless primary or official evidence supports it.