Palisades WBL Write-up

It's finally time to give credit to the 3 leagues I agreed to give a write-up for after performing well on the poll. Since the controversy of the poll has soured anything definite I felt that it'd be unfair to not give these leagues the publicity they deserve. Today it's Palisades' day. At only 3 years old they're one of the fastest growing leagues in the nations (9 teams now). Their video production capabilities are unmatched. Their Yard Work dvd is pretty high quality and affordable (well worth the money and your time). Their This Month In Wiffleball program is absolutely to die for. If you even follow this league a little bit that program makes it impossible for you to not know what's going on. Palisades uses their media well to keep their players and followers informed.

No amount of success comes without a price. They are somewhat social lepers in the national wiffleball community to some people. They're different. No doubt. They play with blue "super" bats and catch a lot of crap for it. BUT their field dimensions are pretty deep so I tend to turn a blind eye to it because I don't think I could hit a ball that far with a yellow bat in a field that big. Some of their players have taken to wearing baseball pants while playing which has also attracted criticism about taking the game just a little too seriously. While I find baseball pants both unattractive and uncomfortable I don't really see a big deal with it...different strokes for different folks. Palisades approached the National Wiffleball League Association at a bad time. The NWLA and GSWL were up-in-arms and in the midst of all of this Palisades was making their NWLA messageboard debut. Initially shunned Palisades stuck around and eventually were taken in to the NWLA.

While Palisades WBL definitely have the goods they may end up discounting that fact a little bit by declaring so often how they have the goods. Being confident and being conceited are related concepts. This fact is another reason why some find Palisades to be offensive. Palisades does go as far to say that others copy them (which they don't seem to mind, only point out) which is both true and untrue. About the only thing that leagues may copy from them is striving to up-the-ante with videos. As far as everything else I don't see anything to validate that statement...after all Palisades (like many leagues) use MLB mascots and logos. Nothing wrong with taking that route it just invalidates statements of originality. Palisades is in a class of their own and, in my opinion, no one is in their realm as of now. Their website, while stunning in appearance, is pretty tight-lipped with information. Don't get me wrong, it's sleek and one of the easiest sites to navigate out there. Period! But I find the site lacking in one thing...articles. Articles would really give HRL: Twin Cities and KWL a run for their money for website of the year. Seriously!

Whether you love or hate these dudes there's hardly a dull moment with them. If you really want to be in the constant know you need to join their forum. They have one of the most active forums of any league. It's amazing that a small league (by comparison to some of the juggernauts out there) that this league makes as much noise as it does. I have no doubt that they will continue to make a substantial amount of noise but my only hope is that a lot of that noise won't be self-proclaiming praise. This league is good enough to get plenty of outside praise, this being one of the sources that has done it's fair share of praising.