Happy Father’s Day

June 17, 2007

Playing a friendly game of wiffleball with family members is a great way to spend Father’s Day, or any day. Here, Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Johan Santana plays wiffleball with his oldest of two daughters, Jasmily.

Notice, they’re using an official MLW ball, which Santana requested from our staff after posing for a photo for this site.

In 2006, MLW Commissioner Shaun Breen renamed the MLW “Cy Young Award” to the “Johan Santana Award” after he learned of the star pitcher’s interest in wiffleball. Santana has won two MLB American League Cy Young Awards (2004, 2006).

The original photo can be seen on page 45 of the Minnesota Twins 2006 official team yearbook.

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Tommy Lasorda holding a wiffleball

March 19, 2007

Major League Wiffleball staff caught up with former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda at a spring training game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Washington Nationals at Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida.

Mr. Lasorda was kind enough to pose for a photo holding a wiffleball from his seat.

In addition to his success as a manager, both in the Major Leagues and the 2000 Summer Olympics, Lasorda is also known as a former spokesman for Slim Fast diet shakes.

He can also be seen in many baseball blooper clips for an incident that occurred while he was coaching third base at the 2001 MLB All Star Game. Lasorda was drilled by a flying baseball bat that was accidentally released by Vladimir Guerrero. Fortunately, Lasorda was unharmed.

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Mets play wheelchair wiffleball

January 30, 2007

New York Mets Tom Glavine, John Maine, and Julio Franco spent nearly two hours playing wheelchair wiffleball yesterday against disabled students at the Henry Viscardi School in Albertson, NY. The Mets trio played the game sitting in wheelchairs and lost, 4-0.

After the game, the players answered questions from the children and signed autographs. The Henry Viscardi School consists of nearly 200 physically disabled or medically fragile children in Pre-K through 12th grade.

Glavine described the experience as humbling, uplifting, and inspiring.

For more, visit Mets.com.

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Justin Morneau named AL MVP

December 12, 2006

Congratulations to Justin Morneau of the Minnesota Twins for winning the 2006 American League Most Valuable Player Award. Back in February, the Twins first baseman was kind enough to pose for a photo holding a wiffleball after taking batting practice at spring training in Fort Myers, Florida.

In one of the closest MVP races in history, Morneau edged out Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees to win the award. Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer finished sixth, and Cy Young award winner Johan Santana finished seventh in voting. Twins closer Joe Nathan received six points.

Coincidentally, all of these Twins players have posed with wiffleballs for photos for this web site. Perhaps this will encourage more players to join them?

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