March 17, 2008
Have you seen this ball before?
Tom W., one of our readers from northern Florida, asked for our help to identify this ball, and to find out where it can be purchased. Unfortunately, we’re unfamiliar with it, so we’re reaching out to our readers for some help.
It resembles an Easton training baseball, but a closer look reveals there are more holes in the ball, and the holes are different sizes. The Easton ball has 26 holes cut uniformly throughout the ball. This ball is the same size, but has sixteen 5/16″ and twenty four 1/4″ round holes, for a total of 40.
Tom’s wife bought his current supply from a garage sale, so he’s unable to trace them back to their source.
He uses these balls to help his 11-year old grandson become a better hitter, and he’s getting great results. This hard-plastic ball can be thrown faster, and travels about twice as far as a traditional ‘Wiffle Ball’ when hit. When throwing a curve ball, it must be thrown the same way as a baseball, and it will have a realistic break to it.
Although these balls are quite durable, Tom and his grandson are going to need a new batch soon. They’ve been hit hundreds of times, and they’re starting to crack around the holes.
If you have any information on the brand of ball, or where they can be purchased, please leave a comment, or contact us using our contact form. We’ll be sure to pass the information along to Tom, and post it here. Thanks!
Update: One of our readers, Rick, has identified this ball as a Pickle Ball. Thank you, Rick!
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March 12, 2008
Last fiscal year, Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig earned $14.5 million, about the same amount that he earned during the previous fiscal year.
Selig is easily the highest paid commissioner of all the major American sports. By comparison, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell earned a pro-rated salary of $11.2 million, NBA Commissioner David Stern earned an estimated salary of $10 million, and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman earned $5.9 million in the NHL’s last fiscal year.
After hearing this news, MLW Commissioner Shaun Breen shamefully announced his salary was even less than Gary Bettman’s. While exact dollar figures weren’t released, it’s estimated that Breen earned about $5.84 million less than Bettman, and $14.44 million less than Bud Selig. With the exception of a few dollars, all of Breen’s earnings came from his day job, not his MLW Commissioner resposibilities.
MLB players Carlos Delgado, Vladimir Guerrero, and Lance Berkman each equalled Selig’s salary of $14.5 million last season. Only 13 other MLB players made more money than Selig. Source: Wikipedia
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March 4, 2008
It’s no secret that President George W. Bush is a huge baseball fan. After all, he was once a co-owner of the Texas Rangers. When we saw this photo, we were thrilled to see that the President also enjoys playing wiffleball.
President Bush is seen here batting with a fat red bat, which is not allowed under Major League Wiffleball rules, except for during batting practice. Of course, the bat he’s using is much smaller than a typical wiffleball bat, and he is the leader of our country, so we’d be willing to bend the rules for him just once.
We haven’t seen any photos of this year’s Presidential candidates playing wiffleball. So if John McCain, Hillary Clinton, or Barack Obama are looking for an endorsement for the November election, they need to pick up a wiffleball or wifflebat, pose for a photo, and let us know about it. While issues like foreign policy, national security, the economy, and health care are important, seeing a presidential candidate playing wiffleball would be enough to earn an endorsement and some votes from the staff at majorleaguewiffleball.com.
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February 27, 2008
If you already have a wiffleball league, do you have a spring training? While it may sound odd, it’s actually a great idea.
Having a spring training provides an excellent opportunity to test out your rules, and tweak them before the regular season starts. It also gets all of the players together, perhaps for the first time since the last season ended, and it’s the perfect chance for the Commissioner to collect a few dollars from the players for wiffleballs, bats, bases, and other equipment that will be needed during the season.
We’d use this opportunity to test out factors, such as the distance from the pitcher’s mound to home plate, the location of home plate, the distance between the bases, and the type of ball used, on a yearly basis. More importantly, it allows everyone a chance to pitch and hit in a game situation before the stats count.
While we kept most aspects the same after our initial year, the quality of hitting improved so much that the pitcher’s mound was gradually moved closer to home plate, from 40 to 33-feet, over the span of 3 years. Spring training gave us the opportunity to test these rule changes before adopting them.
Our spring training lasted about two weeks. We’d play around 6 games during this span, and we’d also have extended batting practice sessions with pitchers taking turns too.
If you’re looking to start your own league, a spring training is highly recommended. It can really help work out all the kinks, and get your season off to a great start. Plus, it allows everyone a chance to make suggestions before the rulebook is finalized for the year. If you live as far north as we do, you might want to wait a couple of months before you start your spring training, since the weather is still quite cold. However, it’s never too early to start thinking of ideas to improve your own league.
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