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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
2018 ORWBL All Stars Announced
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
AL Midseason Awards
The First-Half AL Awards Show Naming the AL 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
The ORWBL Podcast: Cotter, Shepard to host ORWBL's first ever podcast network
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 this Wiffle®?
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
Top 10 most anticipated series of 2018
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
2018 Dates and Schedule announced
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
