NEW CARLISLE- The National League All Star team bounced back this year after losing to the AL for the first time in 5 years last season. The NL won a tightly contested Game 1 but the AL bounced back winning a 1 run game in extra innings to force the decisive Game 3. After the AL got back into the game, it was Scott Soos who walked it off with a series clinching Home Run. It was a great atmosphere as the National League stormed the field jumping for joy. This was the 12th OR

NEW CARLISLE- The 2018 All Star teams have been announced as the 12 ORWBL All Star Game will take place on Saturday, June 16th at the historic Migley Field. This will be the 12th consecutive season that the All Star festivities will be taking place at the Friendly confines. Team Managers voted for starters and bench players and all of that was tallied up to create the first 12 men. The next 2 selections were Manager selections by the American League's Alex Friedman and the

The First-Half NL Awards Show Naming the MVP, Cy Young, ROY, and Gold Glover at the 2018 All-Star Break By: Aidan Cotter Just 9 games remain until the end of the 2018 regular season, but the first half officially is done as all-star voting is underway. This is a time to reflect on the best of what’s already come and to hand out awards based on where the league is at this “midway point.” (Writer’s Note: these mid-season awards are meaningless, and I actually don’t even have a

ROLLING PRAIRIE- Can the Leprechauns turn things around this year? That is the question on all of Lynn street’s fan’s minds after their Opening Day sweep over the Silver Sluggers. Their General Manger Nick Brassell made modifications to Rocko’s Park (Formerly Shamrock Field) and also to the Leprechauns roster. The Brassell family took a section of fencing out of their backyard to open up some room for the field to be placed on flatter ground. They also moved away from their 9

ROLLING PRAIRIE- After a 3-27 record in 2017, the Lynn Street Leprechauns have matched their win total after their Opening Day sweep over the first year franchise South Shore Silver Sluggers. The Leprechauns welcomed the Silver Sluggers into the league and handed them 3 losses in their first series, something which we have become use to seeing with 1st year franchises. Lynn Street's new addition of Sammy Zucker has already payed off as he led the way at the plate for the Leps

NEW CARLISLE- We are thrilled to announce that there will be an ORWBL Podcast Network in 2018 which will be the league's first podcast! Brett Shepard and Aidan Cotter will be the hosts and will be airing weekly once the season starts! Shepard and Cotter will talk anything and everything related to ORWBL and will also be bringing on special guests. The ORWBL Podcast kicked off with the Commissioner and Manager of the Maple City Magic, Alex Friedman joining the show. In epis

Why do you play Wiffle®Ball the way you play Wiffle®Ball? You could ask that question of any league, tournament, or association across the country and hear a different answer each time. There is probably no other sport with a greater variation in rules than wiffleball. Very few leagues or tournaments use the official rules that come inside the box with a new ball. Not many of us are actually playing the game the way it was designed to be played, so who are we to say what t

Four wins in 1.5 seasons of ORWBL action looks bad on paper, but over those 1.5 years our core guys Nick Brassell, Zack Brassell, Ev King, (Kegley and Ski picked up at start of last year) ) have all gotten valuable playing time to where after last seasons end conclusion, I thought we had a solid 5 coming back. Then the offseason began: We started out by signing Sam Zucker, a guy that knocked 35+ HRs last year for the Taco Punchers. Zucker figures to provide our team with som

With the schedule being officially released for the 2018 Old Republic Wiffleball League, it is time to start anticipating what might be. This year the league will operate with 14 teams so there will be plenty of storylines to follow on a weekly basis once the summer rolls around. With five more teams joining the fray, there will certainly be a lot of must see matchups in 2018. While it may be tough to call, we are going to try our best to predict the top ten most anticipated

LA PORTE- With the 2017 World Series now 3 months in the rear view mirror, it is that time to start preparing for another year of ORWBL action. Commissioner Alex Friedman announced that the league would return to operating under a 24 game Regular season schedule with all teams making the playoffs once again (Unless a team has to forfeit a series.) For the first time, ORWBL will be operating with 14 teams which sets the previous league high of 12 which has somewhat been the no