#Wildcards

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

Bourissa Hills finishes above .500 for first time since 2010

BOURISSA HILLS- Despite starting the season 2-10 at home, the Bourissa Hills Wildcards managed to climb their way back and finish above .500 for the first time since 2010. After playing for 11 seasons under the Bourissa Hills Pterodactyls name, Manager Zach Rehlander decided it was time to make a change heading into the 2018 season. Rehlander felt the Wildcards name suited his team better "because you never know what you're going to get!" Rehlander's statement was true for q

Magic clinch Bye while Kings vault Cyclones in AL

With only one week left in the 2020 ORWBL regular season, we now have a very good idea of how the bracket will look over on the American League side. Let's break down how things are looking over in the American League starting with Maple City. After dropping 2 out of 3 to the County Line Kings in Week 2, the 3 time defending ORWBL World Series Champions have caught fire, winning 14 out of their last 15 games. These guys are turning it up at the perfect time as their recent h

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

Curless wins Home Run Derby for 3rd time

Despite the wind howling in, 13 ORWBL sluggers battled it out in hopes of winning the Home Run Derby. Home Runs were very hard to come by with the wind blowing in around 15 mph at times. All 13 teams that had a player in attendance had a representative and here is how the 1st round turned out: (Top 4 advanced to seeded bracket) Ben McDonald (Heat) 3 Jake Osborn (Goon Squad) 0 Matador Smith (Godfathers) 0 Danny Hernandez (Emery's Army) 1 Austin Traxler (BFAM) 2 Nick Wilson (L

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