London Wiffleball Tournament Date Announced

The long awaited date for the 14th annual London Wiffleball Tournament was finally released a couple of days ago - July 14 (Saturday). Brian Wheeler, the tournament's organizer, emailed us with the date and his hopes for it this year. Some leading commissioners of leagues in the NWLA that went to the tournament last year plan on getting more leagues involved. The plan is to get as many NWLA teams together the following Sunday to play each other. The event could also serve as a meet and greet that would otherwise never take place. Wheeler said in his email that he will cooperate with the NWLA in their efforts to play on July 15. Leagues with teams that plan on attending include, Wiffle in SouthEast Michigan, Potomac Wiffleball League, Kalamazoo Wiffleball League, HRL: Twin Cities, Ontario County Wiffle Association, National Wiffleball League, and Suburban Chicago Wiffleball League. If this occurred, it would be the largest known summit for independent wiffleball leagues to ever take place - a truly historic event. More details on this event as the tournament date comes nearer.

SCWL Finally Get Week 4 Video Online!

Suburban Chicago Wiffleball League has finally gotten their Week 4 highlights video online after having it taken off of Youtube for using copyrighted music (probably owned by EMG). Happens to everyone at one point or another. SCWL has been impressive with consistently posting videos with a nice recap template after each game highlight. This small league is really showing some promise and turning heads. I wasn't sure if this league would get it together when they first started but they have really got a nice league going now. As for this video I noticed two things: they used some pretty good jams for the background music and they might just have the shortest freaking strikezone ever made. Wonder what the measurements are for it?

New Highlights From WSWL and SCWL

Suburban Chicago Wiffleball League's Week 3 Highlights were shot from a different angle, this time behind the pitcher. I like the new view but still prefer to actually see where the ball is going after it's hit unless the highlights is mostly a pitcher dominating on the mound. As for the Winston-Salem Wiffleball League highlights for Week 2 well...it was the usual impressive fielding plays and nice hits. There were actually some balls that managed to get past the grasp of outfielder hands in the form of home runs. I know...hard to believe considering every single outfielder in that league apparently has wings since they can seemingly leap about 20 feet into the air to rob 80% of the home runs that come their way. Seriously...these guys must take a lot of vitamins to jump that high. It's crazy. Watch their videos from this year and last year, there's got to be at least 50 robbed home runs...and I'm really not exaggerating.

SCWL Week 2 Highlights Now Online

Better late than never!...SCWL uploads Week 2 Highlights and the wait is worth it. This league really is coming together nicely. Can't wait to see what they'll have uploaded in the weeks ahead.

SCWL doesn't disappoint with week 1 highlights

The Suburban Chicago Wiffleball League has delivered the good so far in 2011. They've expanded from last year, began their season and have a highlights video. SCWL is showing a lot of promise and could one day compete for the attention of HRL and KWL but not on the same level, of course. If SCWL keeps this up I'll definitely have my eye on them this year.

SCWL Begins Season 2

The Suburban Chicago Wiffleball League (SCWL) has officially kicked off their 2011 season. White Sox take commanding 2-0 lead in standings. Last year this league found their way into my Fresh New Leagues article and have since not disappointed. Back then they only had 2 teams but have now expanded to 4 teams. No new videos yet though, which is disappointing...but I'm sure some will surface in the near future. They've doubled in size and this year will be crucial for them if they have much of a future. This season will determine if they will continue to expand, stay the same size, or disband. Illinois is a tough state to keep a league going in. One can hope that SCWL will find a way to stick around like Windy City Wiffleball (est. 1999) but only time will tell if this will come to pass. Good luck SCWL.

I know there's been a large influx of posts on here but would you believe me if I told you there was even more news? Well...there is. If you go to the Wiffler's Digest Facebook page there is news and information posted on there that may or may not make it to the blog such as footage from the HRL Bluejays Board Cam, standings, etc. Just something to think about.