Canadian League Playing Through Cold

A league has finally been spotted in Canada. It's a curious discovery, considering there has been no other known leagues to exist above our northern border. The Crofton Wiffleball League is located in Crofton on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. They look as if they just got started. They only have a Twitter account right now and no other form of online presence. It appears that there are only a few of them for now, but all leagues have had similar humble origins. Hopefully these guys stick it out and we'll hear more from them as things thaw out in the spring. Crofton is the fourth league, that we know of, that has developed outside of the United States in the past year. Other places include Japan, Taiwan, and the Dominican Republic.

Small Ball...Taken To A Whole New (and lower) Level

I don't know what's more shocking, the fact that this kid cannot throw a strike from less than 5 feet away from the batter or that they are playing wiffleball in a master bedroom. Sure, I've seen all kinds of indoor play in person and on the web. I've seen games in gymnasiums, basements, garages, batting cages, just about every spacious area with a roof over it. But playing in a bedroom...that takes small ball to a whole new level. They obviously didn't think this through before they uploaded it onto the web because mom and dad are going to be PISSED when they find out that they were in their room. It's when I watch videos like these I get frustrated and cannot wait for wiffleball season to truly begin so there will be more wiffleball videos that are actually worth watching.

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.

Preview To 2011 OPEN DVD

I was fortunate enough to view the 2010 Open DVD by GSWL last year and it is pretty amazing. It is hard to wrap your mind around the amount of pitching talent that is involved in the OPEN tournament. The 2011 video should be no different and if you get it, prepare to have your mind blown. But I'm not sure if it will be available to the public to purchase. We shall find out once it's released, a date which has yet to be determined.

WSEM Discusses The "National Fixation"

Wiffle in SouthEast Michigan has come out with another fabulous podcast. But unlike their previous episodes they discussed the national scene for a little while, particularly leagues that are interested in coming to London, OH on July 13 to participate in the first ever NWLA tournament. Brandon Corbett also gives an update on two leagues that are having winter seasons, Tampa Bay Wiffle Ball and Hudson Valley WBL. If you are wanting to know a little bit about the NWLA tournament that is set to take place, listening to this podcast would be a great place to start...after all WSEM's commissioner, Carl Coffee, is the chief organizer of the tournament. CLICK HERE to give the podcast a listen.