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As for the newsletter…we ask that you remain patient as we strive to provide great content and ask permission of other tournament and league directors to provide any upcoming events or information. We also encourage equipment manufacturers, lifestyle brands, food and beverage companies to reach out as well. (Sponsor@BigLeagueWiffleBall.Com)

Big League plans on publishing The Professional WIFFLE Ball Players Association to the BLWB website, Fall of 2011! You will be able to view a player’s team name, home town or whether or not he or she bats/throws left or right. Just like the Baseball Encyclopedia…you will be able to view whoever played the game on a professional level.

If you haven’t gotten on the list, please do so NOW…it’s Free! PWBPA

Guest Post From Our Fans Over At maxfrankel.com

The Ten Most Intimidating Pitchers in Baseball

We’ve decided to compile a list of the ten most intimidating active pitchers in baseball (with one small exception). These are not necessarily the best pitchers in the league, just the ones we’d least like to step into the box against for whatever reason:

10. Carlos Zambrano, Chicago Cubs: Big Z is pretty scary because he’s crazy. You never know what he might do and I really get the feeling that he doesn’t either. I never want to face a pitcher that just got out of anger management.
9. Jonathan Papelbon, Boston Red Sox: Pap is definitely a scary guy on the mound but he tries too hard. You can’t think about being intimidating to be truly intimidating. He has potential though, a mid 90’s fastball and those crazy eyes certainly don’t hurt. Papelbon will never be a top 5 intimidating pitcher material until he just relaxes and lets the intimidation ooze.
8. Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants: The Freak is intimidating because he’s not. He stands 5’10” on the mound but has a crazy wind up and blazing fastball. His reputation makes him even more scary. He’s the type of guy I’d love to have a drink with but definitely not step in against.
7. Manny Ramirez: Ok, so he’s not a pitcher and he’s technically not active either but tell me you wouldn’t be shaking in your spikes if Manny was pitching to you.
6. Jon Rauch, Toronto Blue Jays: This guy is 6’10” and covered in tattoos. He is scary. He’s got flames on one arm and some interlocking stuff on the other. He’s got the letter “I” on the back of his neck. That’s terrifying. I’m not sure why but it is.
5. Josh Beckett, Boston Red Sox: Beckett is mostly scary because he used to be scary. Back when he threw in the upper 90’s, he wasn’t afraid to put in the ear hole of a guy’s helmet if he felt like it. He’s in the 5 spot out of respect for that, and because he still has that mentality even if he can only touch 93 now a days.
4. Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati Reds: He throws 105 mph. You try to hit that, let alone try to not get hit by it. I don’t even think I could see something moving that fast. Intimidating. Also, he’s got “105.1 MPH” tattooed on his biceps so you know he’s the man.
3. Marino Rivera, New York Yankees: Tell me your not intimidated when the greatest closer of all time comes jogging into the game with “Enter Sandman” blaring in front of 50,000 raucous fans in the ninth inning of Game 6 of the World Series. Tell me.
2. Brian Wilson, San Francisco Giants: Fear the Beard! Wilson sports that ridiculously long, shoe polish black, “magical” beard that no one is allowed to touch, an “I don’t give a damn” attitude, and a 98 mph fastball with movement. He is absolutely the man. Don’t believe me? Check out the Jim Rome interview. Or the George Lopez interview. Or what he said about Tony La Russa last year after the Cards manager got him fined $1000 because his cleats were too bright. Or the fact that he showed up for the bus to the airport for to go to Philly for last year’s NLCS with nothing but the clothes on his back, his hat, and his glove.
1. Kyle Farnsworth, Tampa Bay Rays: Farnsworth is consistently voted the toughest guy in the Majors by other players. He doesn’t talk to his teammates, he just listens to his iPod and does what he wants. He’s gotten in more brawls than I can count, and won all of them. He is the baseball equivalent of Chuck Norris, in Rec-Specs. You know he would kill you and just keep walking, he’s that tough. You can only criticize him from the other side of the TV. I’d face every other guy on this list 100 times before I’d want to see Farnsworth once. Scary man.

Did we miss anybody? Overrate anyone? Let us know. If you want to see more stuff like this or even some that’s completely different, check us out. Off The Bench, a mostly baseball blog, is located at maxfrankel.com. Stop by to see what we’ve got and learn a little about us.

Saturday, April 23rd marked the first Big League WIFFLE ball tournament of 2011.

Pictures of the Day

Despite rain all day Saturday, the WIFFLE ball Tournament commenced; all thanks to great hospitality at the Edge Sports Complex, in Bedford Massachusetts.

12 Teams battled for 6 hours indoors on turf, for the elusive BLWB championship crown.

After 3 games of divisional Round Robin series the 12 teams were bracketed for the playoffs.

Rankings entering the Playoffs:

1.) Krusty’s Kids

2.) Whitey Whackers

3.) Doom

4.) Sheriff’s Daughter

5.) Absolute Gunners

6.) Livin The Dream *(1st BLWB appearance)

7.) Blueberry Yum Yums

8.) Norwegian Wood

9.) Man Bear Pig

10.) Lou’s Diamonds

11.) Killa Beez *(1st BLWB appearance)

12.) Balloon Knots *(1st BLWB appearance)

First Round (Single Elimination Playoffs)

Norwegian Wood VS Man Bear Pig – Bye: Krusty’s Kids

Absolute Gunners VS Balloon Knots – Bye: Sheriff’s Daughter

Livin the Dream VS Killa Beez – Bye: Doom

Blueberry Yum yums VS Lou’s Diamonds – Bye: Whitey Whackers

Second Round (Single Elimination Playoffs)

Krusty’s Kids VS Man Bear Pig

Sheriff’s Daughter VS Absolute Gunners

Doom VS Livin The Dream

Whitey Whackers VS Blueberry Yum Yums

3rd Round (Single Elimination Playoffs)

Krusty’s Kids VS Absolute Gunners

Doom VS Blue Berry Yum Yum’s

Championship
Krusty’s Kids VS Doom

FINAL

1.) Doom 2.) Krusty’s Kids 3.) Absolute Gunners

603 is known as the area code of New Hampshire as well as the dominant WIFFLE Ball team from New England. Make sure you check out their site and see what the Party Brigade is up to…
603 All Stars

Our buddy Luke H. is fun to watch on Youtube. Check his page: 11WIFFLEBALLKING

Couple more years and he will be Big League.

Just like in WIFFLE Ball, when a fielder on the opposing team fields the ball cleanly off the ground or catches a ball that is hit in the air…it constitutes an out. The term for this in stick-ball is a “Strike-Out”

Yesterday, marked the 26th Los Angeles Marathon. Looking out my window there was a torrential downpour. This was BIG rain for So Cal. The runners had to muscle it out. I was thinking back on how many WIFFLE Ball Tournaments get played rain or shine. The first year we hosted the Connecticut State Nutmeg Games we had showers off and on. During the middle of the tournament we took an intermission for Lightning, so Jared and I had the teams go hangout in their cars… we figured the rubber tires could keep them safe. The Blue Razrs could be found sliding in the mud.

I found the following statement made by Tim Ferriss, in his most recent Blog Post:

Running is the most democratic of all sports. Because it seems so unthreatening—“anyone can do it”—every local race is packed, and your chances of placing are slim to none.