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Team of the Week: Jet City Junkballers
Jet City Junkballers Reasons they will win: Jet City comes into 2017 with very high hopes. They return their dynamic duo, Nate Arndt and Tony Koch from a season ago. Arndt led the league in 2016 in HR’s with 51 and RBI’s with 80, while Koch lead the league in batting average, hitting .587. Arndt was also very impressive on the mound, as he gave up just 108 runs in 96 innings pitched, earning him 2016 AL Cy Young. But what could possibly excite the Junkballers the most headin
Team of the Week: Lynn St. Leprechauns
Lynn Street Leprechauns Reasons they will win: All offseason Lynn Street has been telling their fans to “Trust the Process”. They started off the offseason with high hopes by picking up Levi Miller. Unfortunately for Lynn Street, Levi and Manager Dustin Curl, departed and went to Hudson Lake. The new manager Nick Brassell still believes Lynn Street can make a World Series run due to a fore five returning starters. In addition to that, Brassel made a lot of promising rookie pi
Team of the Week: Olive Township Mechanics
Team of the Week: Olive Township Mechanics Why they can win: In 2016 Olive Township already had one of the most potent offenses in the league, scoring the second most runs in the league with 259. Over the offseason they decided to improve their lineup by picking up Bailey Rhed. Rhed had a pretty good season for the White Lightning in 2016, batting .430 and hitting 31 home runs. If he can carry those stat lines over to this 2017 season, Olive Township could possibly have the h
Team of the Week: Bourissa Hills Pterodactyls
Team of the Week: Bourissa Hills Pterodactyls Why they can win: Honestly, we don’t have many reasons why the Dactyls can win in 2017, mostly due to them not making any offseason moves to better themselves. But there are some positives to look at heading into this season. They are one of the league's most historic teams and have a lot of experience compared to these first and second year teams. In fact less than half the league has more than one season under their belt. If the
Team of the Week: Granger Panthers
Team Of the Week: Granger Panthers Why They Can Win: Granger is the new team to ORWBL in 2017. They aren’t a new team to wiffle though as they have played ORWBL teams all over Indiana in tournaments. In 2016 the Panthers went 8-5 against ORWBL teams in tournaments. Also notable is that they went 3-3 combined against the World Series Champion Newts, and runner up Maple City Magic. If the Panthers can carry this over into league play they could have a chance of being the new ch
Team of the Week: Great Lake Godfathers
Team of the Week: Great Lake Godfathers Reasons they can win: One person, Mark Haase. Last year in Great Lakes' inaugural season, Haase won AL Rookie of the Year. He put up very impressive numbers, batting .507 and hitting 36 home runs. In 2017, Haase will most likely be an MVP candidate. Although they went 4-20 last year, Great Lakes has much higher hopes for this season. When asked about this upcoming season, Haase explained Great Lakes have made a few rookie pickups. Accor
Week 4 Team of the Week: Emery's Army
Week 4 Team of the Week: Emery's Army Reasons they will win: Emery’s Army took a year off in 2016, but in 2017 they are back and plan to show up and take the title from the Newts. Emery’s has no doubt they can do this. They are one of ORWBL’s most historic franchises. They have proven they are a solid wiffle team as they pose a 153-118 all-time regular season record. With so much experience backing them up, Rolling Prairie could be a lethal threat this year in ORWBL. The most
