Wiffle ball
| Game | Wiffleball |
|---|---|
| Game Family | Kickball |
| Location | |
| Regions | US |
| Eras | Derivative, Post-1900 |
| Invented | No |
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| Description | A Wiffle Ball is a hollow plastic ball with holes strategically placed in order to exaggerate sideways force, and thus enabling pitchers to produce severe curves and drops (and rises?). Competitive games of Wiffleball are known, some exhibiting team play. None, we believe (as of September 2018), appear to involve live baserunning. |
| Sources | For a longish New Yorker article on an advanced form of Wiffleball, see https://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/the-men-who-have-taken-wiffle-ball-to-a-crazy-competitive-place?mbid=social_twitter. (Submitted 9/3/2018 by Glenn Stout; pitches have been measured at 90 mpg.) A web search for <ben mcgrath wiffle ball> may help you locate the New Yorker piece. It is dated August 31, 2018. For a lighthearted You Tube exposition of the fourth-best team in the the National Wiffleball Championship Tournament (year?), see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPEnXCtwHeU. |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Comment | Well, the You Tube video shows, but does not define a form of live running by batters. Protoball has some things to learn about this derivative game. You patient help with this page is welcome. Edit with form to add a comment |
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