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Inaugural New Carlisle Wiffle®Ball HOF class honored at Hometown Cup
NEW CARLISLE- Earlier in the year the League Office announced that it would be scratching the previous ORWBL Hall of Fame along with the entire process of electing nominees into the Hall. After an agreement from both The Commissioners office in ORWBL and the Commissioner of the Hometown Cup, both sides have merged into one Hall of Fame heading forward. The Championship has crowned the Hometown Cup Champion ever since 2005 while the Old Republic Wiffleball League is currently
AL sweeps NL as All Star Game returns to Migley
NEW CARLISLE- After rain forced All Star festivities to The Playground Commons in 2019, the All Star Game returned to its usual home of Migley Field. With the wind howling straight in, runs were extremely hard to come by from start to finish. After managing their respective teams to the World Series last year, Koby Keck (Newts-NL) and Alex Friedman (Magic-AL) managed their respective teams. Unfortunately the Granger Panthers players were not able to make it as they were busy
Postseason schedule released
The Commissioners office has released the 2020 ORWBL playoff schedule after being approved by the League Managers. Sunday, August 2nd: Play In Games, Wild Card, ALDS, & NLDS AL & NL Play In Games: 1pm ET #7 seed @ #6 seed- Hosted by the #2 seed in each league (1 game playoff) AL & NL Wild Card Games: 2pm ET Winner of Play In Game @ #3 seed- Hosted by the #2 seed in each league (1 game playoff) #5 seed @ #4 seed- Hosted by the #1 seed in each league (1 game playoff) ALDS & NLD
Week 6 proves that on any given Sunday...
The 2020 All Star Break is upon us which means that we are getting closer and closer to the playoffs. After a wild Week 6 of ORWBL action things are really starting to heat up in both the American and National League. Let's take a look at the wild weekend that was Week 6. Down goes Granger The La Porte Sox can relax and smoke their cigars as they will not be needing to welcome any team to the undefeated club this season. This Granger squad had absolutely rolled through thei
2020 ORWBL All Star teams announced
The 2020 ORWBL All Star Game is almost here as we are less than a week away! After rain forced us off of Migley last year, the All Star game returns to historic Migley Field as the AL and NL will square off in a Best of 3 series. The Home Run Derby will begin at 6pm ET as all 14 teams will have a representative. All 14 players will have 1 minute to hit as many Home Runs as they can. After all 14 players have hit, the top 4 will be seeded into a 4 man single elimination brac
10 burning questions at the halfway point
With 12 games down and 12 games to go for most ORWBL teams we have officially hit the half way mark on the 2020 ORWBL regular season. With that being said, there are plenty of questions that will be answered as the 2nd half of the season unfolds. Let’s take a look at 10 burning questions that will be answered in the coming weeks. 1.) Will Granger go undefeated? The Panthers have been absolutely dominant so far in 2020. They are outscoring teams 155-40 as they have the best
ORWBL Player Profile: Tim "Matador" Smith
Throughout the rest of the season, we will be releasing new player profiles each week. Each player profile will be filled with a mixture of 15 different Wiffleball and personal questions. Leading off, we have Tim "Matador" Smith of the Great Lakes Godfathers. Matador is a 2x All Star who is currently in his 5th year. 1.) How were you introduced to ORWBL? In 2015, I went to watch the Wifflehawks Tourney at Four Winds Field in South Bend. The OG Godfathers were playing (unde
Leprechauns off and running after series win
GREAT LAKES- The Lynn Street Leprechauns are fresh off of their first series win of 2020 after taking 2 out of 3 at Great Lakes on Sunday. Overall, it was a very impressive performance from a Leprechauns team who came into this series hungry for some wins after getting swept by New Carlisle on Opening Day. In Game 1, it was Lynn Street's Jordan Peck who led the charge as he went a perfect 5-5 with 3 Home Runs and 3 RBI's. It was quite the series for Peck who bursted on the
Offseason Recap & Team Previews
We are less than two weeks away from the start of the 2020 ORWBL regular season which means it's time to take a closer look into all 14 ORWBL teams. After a longer offseason than usual due to the Covid-19 outbreak, it looks as though we should finally be ready to go on May 31st barring any setbacks. Now lets take a look at what each team has done in the offseason as well as what lies ahead starting with the 3-time defending World Series Champions. Maple City Magic Maple Cit
Maple City Moves on to ALCS
LA PORTE - The two-time defending champion Maple City Magic (19-5) advanced to the American League Championship Series yet again after defeating the seven-seeded Bourissa Hills Wildcards (7-14) in two games. With the win, Maple City returns to familiar territory in ALCS and will look to reach their fourth consecutive World Series. Prior to Maple City's victory, two sets of Wild Card games were decided, with the Bourissa Hills Wildcards (9-15) taking on the Great Lakes Godfath
