St. Patty's Day Predictions continued

I had a difficult time making my predictions to submit to the National Wiffleball League Association. Don't get me wrong - some leagues were a easy to predict what would happen, small leagues mostly. But there are leagues out there that have always been hard to predict because the competition is so fierce. Leagues like KWL, HRL: Twin Cities, & ORWBL exhibit these traits. Furthermore these leagues are so large that a dark horse could be in the midst and none of us even know it. There could be some major surprises in store for the fans of these leagues. Another thing that made predicting difficult is that some leagues have completely reformed, contracted, or expanded. Some leagues have redrafted and jumbled up the teams while other leagues have switched team names, done trading or ditched certain teams altogether. Last year was not nearly as difficult to make the predictions but the NWLA has nearly doubled in size since then. For some leagues this is their premier season and hype alone is the only thing to guide the columnists with their predictions. However, in the end these predictions are for amusement and little else...although they may have a profound influence on the early rankings. The only thing left to do now is wait for the other columnists to make their predictions and hopefully they are posted on the NWLA site soon, which may be after St. Patrick's Day.

Kalamazoo is really running away with the poll aren't they? CCWA isn't looking too bad either; they've nearly caught up to Palisades! There hasn't been a single vote for Palisades WBL in over a week! I want to take this opportunity to thank 2 leagues for either saying kind things about this blog or promoting it. Both of these leagues have done this without me asking them to do so, which means a lot. First, KWL made this blog their top headline and also took the opportunity to plug them being on our poll (2 birds with one stone - nice). Next, the Old Republic Whiffle Ball league added us to the bottom of their home page as a link. Thanks a lot and keep coming back for more news, the flow of which is expected to increase as season openers are just around the corner! By the way, Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone.

NWLA Announces 2011 St. Patty's Day Predictions COMING SOON!

The National Wiffleball League Association has announced that in the next week or so columnists will be analyzing league websites and making their predictions on which teams will take the crown for each league. Things that influence these rankings are win-loss records, statistics, last year's rankings, performances against certain teams, and playoff performance. While some leagues are easy to predict other leagues keep the columnists on their toes this time of year. Leagues like the KWL morph so much that any team could win in all so the tireless task these columnists face is enormous. BUT if your league's website isn't updated - meaning you've not at least caught us up to speed on what will happen in 2011 or the site still looks the same as it did back in September you risk not being included in the St. Patty's Day Predictions (check out last year's predictions). Don't have time to completely revamp your site? It's all good. My suggestion would be to give a relatively detailed summary on what the deal is going to be for 2011. Let us know which teams are coming back, etc.

On a side note, CHECK OUT THOSE POLL RESULTS! WOW!? What happened? Voter participation has literally doubled and KWL has taken a huge lead over Palisades WBL on the poll...CCWA has also picked up a couple votes. Keep the voter participation up, only 2 more weeks left to vote. Winner gets a post on here explaining why they just might be the best in the country. That post will be a lot better and thorough if you e-mail us your thoughts on why the league you voted for is the best in the country at wifflersdigest@gmail.com