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I’m a sports commissioner, and according to a recent Yahoo Sports article, I make less money than Gary Bettman. He made more money than me last year too.

It’s tough for me to admit that, mostly because I think I do a better job than the NHL Commissioner, but then I realized that most of us make less than $7.2 million per year.

On Wednesday, Alex Rodriguez, or “Al”, as Joe Girardi referred to him, skipped Yankees team photo day and went on to hit his 600th career home run off Shaun Marcum, the only active Major League Baseball player that spells his first name the same way that I do.

While that sounds impressive, if you look at the numbers a little more closely, you’ll see that Major League Wiffleball Home Run King Mike Breen is a much better home run hitter than A-Rod.

A-Rod homers on average every 14.5 at bats, which is disappointing in comparison to Mike Breen who averaged one home run every 5.28 at bats throughout his career.

He was one of our original six league members. So it’s fitting that Joe Yerdon is now working as the lead writer/editor for Pro Hockey Talk on NBCSports.com.

Over the years, Joe has dislocated his shoulder several times, and his wiffleball career seems to be over. Still, Joe will continue to get hits, but they won’t be with a wiffleball bat, and they won’t help his career .308 batting average. Instead, those hits will be from visitors reading his hockey articles.

We mentioned in our last article that it’s a good idea to add special elements to your Wiffle Ball games to make them even better. Today is a perfect example — it’s Canada Day.

One easy thing to do is to wear a hockey jersey. If you don’t have a hockey jersey, you can get one here.

We’re not saying to go crazy and start pitching hockey pucks, or wear ice skates. However, if you could somehow pull-off a Wiffle Ball game on ice in the summer, I’d love to see that.

It’s been a little over six months since our favorite west coast wiffleball league, Wiffleball2K, had their Swingin’ For Santa event. That means that the next one is less that six months away!

If you’re looking to create a fun Wiffle Ball atmosphere for your league or tournament, Swingin’ For Santa is a good model to follow.

Did you know that the NHL season starts tomorrow? Me neither. But my friend, and fellow MLW player Joe Yerdon probably did. Joe likes to write about ice hockey, especially what’s wrong with it, on his blog, Gross Misconduct Hockey. He often bashes Gary Bettman, for good reason, but being a league Commissioner isn’t as easy as you’d think. Trust me, I know.

Bettman has another problem though that’s beyond his control — ice hockey just isn’t fun.

Can you imagine how great it would be if wiffleball was on television? Why isn’t it on there already?

Wiffleball is easily more fun to watch than some sports already on television. For example, I wouldn’t watch golf if the U.S. Open was in my back yard, but I’d watch wiffleball.

Who’s ready for some backyard wiffleball this Fourth of July? If you’re traveling to someone else’s house, be warned that they might play by a different set of rules.

That’s one of the great things about Wiffle Ball – each yard has it’s own set of rules. Well, it’s mostly a good thing, as long as it doesn’t get too crazy.

There are an official set of Wiffle Ball rules to play by, but on this holiday weekend, as long as the rules work, who cares what they are. It’s all about having fun.