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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
HOT STOVE REPORT: 'Goats Bolster Defense, Add VanO
The off-season is here and in preparation for the 2019 ORWBL season, we will be taking a look at all the big signings, trades, and transactions from around the league as they happen this offseason. Despite losing two of their starting outfielders to their cross-town rivals, the Twin Branch Billy Goats got some much-needed outfield help as they inked former Junkballer and Muff Connor VanOverberghe to an ORWBL deal. The Gold Glove outfielder will join former Landshark Kadin Abe
HOT STOVE REPORT: Mentock, Austin Rieff to Saugany Lake
The off-season is here and in preparation for the 2019 ORWBL season, we will be taking a look at all the big signings, trades, and transactions from around the league as they happen this offseason. SAUGANY LAKE - Landsharks manager Levi Miller knew he was going to need to make some big moves this off-season after losing multiple players to free agency, and that's exactly what he's done in signing former Muffs Erick Mentock and Austin Rieff. Both of these former Muffs and were
Cseh, Richards earn NL and AL Rookie of the Year Honors
NEW CARLISLE- As the season concluded, ORWBL Managers had a vote for the 2018 regular season awards. All 14 Managers got their ballots in and the first award announced was the NL and AL Rookie's of the Year. Adam Cseh of the South Shore Silver Sluggers was named as the 2018 National League Rookie of the Year. Cseh went 60-104 as he finished out the season with a .577 AVG to go along with 28 Home Runs and 45 RBI. Cseh had a fantastic first season with ORWBL while also helpin
Muffs fold after returning for 1 season
SOUTH BEND- Shortly after 2018 Rookie of the Year Mark Richards announced he would be leaving South Bend to form his own ORWBL team, Muffs manager Anthony Rieff ended any speculation of a 2019 return by formally announcing the Muffs would not be returning next season. Rieffs announcement came via twitter early Saturday afternoon. “We have officially decided to take a break from ORWBL for the 2019 season,” the Muffs twitter account stated. Rieff’s decision comes on the heels o
Maple City, Hudson Lake, Granger, and Twin Branch advance to the League Championships.
It is crazy how time flies, as we are now just days away from Games 1 and 2 of the AL & NLCS. Just a few months ago, 14 teams began their quest at winning an ORWBL World Series and after the opening week of the playoffs, 10 teams so their season come to an end. Just a few days prior to the playoffs, we unfortunately had to notify Cabo that they would not be eligible for the postseason due to numerous missed series. And so the 2018 postseason moved on with 13 teams as the Ame
AL Playoff Preview: Can the Magic repeat?
6. Gardena Golden Showers (3-21, 17.0 GB) It’s been a tough inaugural season for this Caleb Martin-led squad from Michigan City. The Golden Showers were winless entering the final week of the season until they picked up a series sweep thanks to Cabo forfeiting the series. Had Cabo been able to play the series, there’s a good possibility we’d be looking at the first winless season in ORWBL history. Thankfully for Gardena, that isn’t the case but they do have some work to do in
Week 7 recap/Week 8 preview and the dramatic final weekend ahead
NEW CARLISLE- Although it seems like Opening Day was just a couple of weeks ago, we have officially reached the final week of the 2018 ORWBL regular season. After many people around the league were starting to have doubts about the Cabo Yabos finishing out the season, the Yabos played 9 games (3 series) last weekend. The Yabos boosted their record from 3-6 to 8-10 and will be making up their final make up series against the Magic on Saturday at Rose Park. With that being sai
National League wins the 2018 All Star Game in dramatic fashion!
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
Muffs Rookie, All Star Mark Richards sits down for a Q & A with the Commish!
SOUTH BEND- The South Bend Muffs currently hold a half a game lead over Maple City for the American League regular season title. Regardless, the Muffs are in prime position to earn a Bye which will be very important in the loaded American League. A huge reason for the Muffs success has been Rookie and newly named All Star Mark Richards. Richards has to be the front runner to win the AL Rookie of the Year right now so I wanted to sit down and chat with Marky-Mark himself for
