2012 Promo Double Feature

As each day brings us closer to spring, "promo" videos such as these begin to pop up all over Youtube, forums, and league websites. Promo videos are a great tool to get entice new players into joining and pump up existing players. Creating a promo video is a subtle art and doing it right can set a good pace for your season. Take Palisades for instance, a league that couldn't make a bad video if they tried. They have to take pride in their videos and as they watched this promo for the first time they were probably out of their seats and ready to hit the field. So it must be also with Black Top Wiffleball League. They are a relatively new league and unique setting by being one of the only leagues that I am aware of that play on a concrete surface. They have began to film more and more and this year they will continue to upload a higher volume of videos on the web.

Black Top Wiffleball League's Winter Meetings

Black Top Wiffleball League, formerly known as Auburn Wiffleball League, in Massachusetts has recently had it's captain meetings to discuss the upcoming 2012 season. This small, 4-team league is making great strides to make 2012 their greatest season yet by making some admirable rule changes. The league plays in a wide open parking lot and as a result there are a few unique problems that many leagues would be unable to relate to. One of the new rules has to do with errors in attempting pegging of runners - in that situation base runners will automatically advance to the next base and no further. This rule is significantly similar to the 'one base over-throw' rule that the Garrett Drive Wiffleball League (GDWL) has used since 2002. The league is also looking to use different venues for the upcoming season such as a skate park and the Industrial Park. The most impressive proposal for the 2012 season is the decathlon the captains must perform to establish the draft order. Activities range from the athletic (field goal kicking) to the random (Yahtzee). Also, their highlights show, Non-Stop Black Top, will have new episodes every two weeks. This is good because, given the potential the show provided in 2011, Non-Stop Black Top has the potential to be one of the best ongoing wiffleball series online. If you don't believe me watch the four episodes they produced in 2011:

              

Non-Stop Black Top (Episode 4)

Best episode of Non-Stop Black Top yet! This program from the Black Top Wiffleball League has really turned some heads and with good reason. They've really worked hard. Various camera angles, an actual microphone, and great commentary. Padres win the championship.

Episode #2 of Non-Stop Black Top

Black Top Wiffleball League's new program, Non-Stop Black Top, has released it's second episode and it's picking up where it left off...not bad.

Hey...This Actually DOESN'T Suck

If you haven't really been into the Black Top Wiffleball League this video is a great place to start. I know what you're thinking - believe me, I was thinking it too. Yes, another ESPN-ish news program that really sucks. But I was delighted to find out that this was a pretty nice program when I watched it. Hats off to all involved. This is the pilot of what will supposedly become a regular "weekly" show from the league called Non-Stop Black Top. While I doubt it will happen weekly, I do hope that there are more episodes.