Big League WIFFLE Ball News

It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, you rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then, just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.

_ A. Bartlett Giamatti

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

Doom pitching in the finals against the Absolute Gunners. Gerry Calca is batting for the Gunners, Dallas Mall is pitching and Adam Trotta is in the field.

Adam makes a dazzling catch and tries for a Double-Play! Notice the blue bat? Jack Caton of Krusty’s Kids was experimenting with his new bat prototypes.

Video Credit: Scott Martell (Krusty’s Kids)

Dallas Mall’s Jersey

According to Wiki:

“In cricket, chin music is a term for a bowling strategy where bouncers are aimed at the batsman’s throat or chin.[1] Rising rapidly off the pitch, the ball is difficult to play unless the batsman has quick footwork. Better left alone, it yields a ballooned return catch to the bowler or to close-in fielders. This is a difficult ball to bowl, since a few inches on either side would present the batsman with a short ball that can be easily put away on either side of the pitch. It is not illegal in cricket, but the number of short deliveries allowed in an over is usually restricted, and bowlers who exceed this may get a warning from the umpire. This tactic was made famous by the England team in the controversial ‘Bodyline’ Ashes series in 1932.”

Author: William Chrystie

What is Columbus Day Weekend? To most, Columbus Day Weekend is that last long weekend when you might be able to justify dragging the grill and cooler out for one last barbeque. But to a select few people, the second weekend in October is about much more than burgers, brews, football and some Spanish guy “discovering” inhabited land. This weekend is all about plastic… Fast Plastic. This is the NCT.
Fast Plastic’s 2-day NCT is by far the most grueling and talent laden Wiffleball tournament around. Twenty-eight teams, each in at least the top 5 in their region, battle it out in Austin, TX for the crown of all Wiffle crowns, the Fast Plastic National Championship. This year’s tournament saw a change in venue which vastly changed the look of the tournament but in spite of that and the unseasonably cold and wet weather the atmosphere was still as intense as ever.
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