Thanks for a Great Spring 2009 Season!
written by Commissioner Gallaway
Thanks to all players, fans and media who made the Spring 2009 Season special. We hope that you will join us for the playoffs and our annual season ending Champions Dinner, which will be announced once we have crowned a World Series Champion.
Sign-up for the Summer season will open soon, and the season starts August 9th. So, enjoy some time off, but get ready for the Summer!
Color Commentary - posted 2009-07-01 15:32 in News
PWL Welcomes President Obama
written by Commissioner Gallaway
President Barack Obama visited the Potomac Wiffleball Hall of Fame and headquarters this week as part of his “get to know DC” tour.
Obama toured the Hall of Fame and was impressed with the display of home run balls hit by female players. “Back in Chicago, girls are who you sleep with after the wiffleball game, not who hit home runs during the wiffleball game”, the President quipped. “How do you think I met Michelle?”
Obama never made it to “the show” as a wiffleball player, but he was known to have a wicked curve and the ability to drive the ball to all fields. Though, his teammates said he would often make errors in the field by trying to handle more balls than he could possibly ever reach using the sheer power of hope.
During the campaign, Republicans accused Obama of having used the big red wiffleball bat during his salad days instead of the official thin yellow bat. He put those rumors to rest during the campaign by reminding the American people that it’s not the size of your bat that matters, it’s how you use it.
When asked about the playoffs, the Commander-in-Chief, who is well known for unnecessarily weighing in on sporting events that serve no purpose other than alienating a certain segment of constituents, indicated he won’t be attending any games, but does have a favorite. “I think the Revolucion are poised to defend their World Championship. Like me, they are part black, part white, and sometimes their biggest newsmaker is an Hispanic who is a little loose with the law,” the President said.
When asked about the chances for Western Division Champions and flavor of the month media darlings Clubber Lang, the President said “Clubber, who?”.
Commissioner Gallaway said after the President had left that he was honored to give him a tour of the Hall and league offices and be able to chat one-on-one with the most powerful man in the world. “President Obama was so thoughtful to stop by, and we were able to talk about ways in which the league can work with the White House to help to fix the economy, solve the environmental crisis, make sure everyone has health care, and most importantly, figure out how to deal with the new pitching imbalance that developed this season,” Gallaway said.
The Potomac Wiffleball Hall of Fame is open daily Monday through Friday, and is the second most visited attraction at the Woodley Park metro stop behind the Zoo.
Color Commentary - posted 2009-07-01 15:30 in News
Playoffs (Sp09)
written by Commissioner Gallaway
The final schedule for the Spring 2009 Postseason was announced today.
Any players that are able to umpire any series will be given free registration for the Summer season or any future season (a $30 value). Email the Commissioner if you want to help umpire.
Tie Breaker Game
- 7/11 – 11:00 AM: Canvassers at Catalista Revolucion
Divisional Championship Series: Western
- 7/6 – 6:30 PM: Clubber Lang at Scared Hitless (Game 1)
- 7/6 – 7:30 PM: Scared Hitless at Clubber Lang (Game 2)
- 7/6 – 8:30 PM: Clubber Lang at Scared Hitless (Game 3) (if necessary)
Divsional Championship Series: Eastern
- 7/11 – 12:00 PM: Canvassers/Catalista at Blandsford Barnburners (Game 1)
- 7/11 – 1:00 PM: Blandsford Barnburners at Canvassers/Catalista (Game 2)
- 7/11 – 2:00 PM: Canvassers/Catalista at Blandsford Barnburners (Game 3) (if necessary)
World Series
- 7/12 – 12:00 PM: Lower W% at Higher Win % (Game 1)
- 7/12 – 1:00 PM: Higher W% at Lower Win % (Game 2)
- 7/12 – 2:00 PM: Lower W% at Higher Win % (Game 3) (if necessary)
All games will be played on Field 1.
Color Commentary - posted 2009-07-01 15:30 in Schedule
London 2009: Dates Announced
written by Commissioner Gallaway
Dates for the 2009 London (OH) Wiffleball Tournament have been announced on the official London website.
The event, the largest slow-pitch wiffleball tournament in the world, will be held Saturday, October 3, 2009. The date is about two months later than previous tournaments. The Potomac Wiffleball League has been sending an all-star team of current and former players the last two years and plans to again this year.
Rumors are also going around that the 80+ team pool play, then double elimination tournament may be facing a format change. The 2007 tournament was rained out just as double elmination began, and the 2008 tournament went until after 3:00 AM.
Color Commentary - posted 2009-07-01 15:12 in News
Player of the Week (Sp09): Week 7 Nominees
written by Commissioner Gallaway
With the close of the regular season, this is last week of voting for weekly honors. Year end awards such as Most Valuable Player, the Cy Young Award, and Rookie of the Year wil be voted on after the playoffs.
We have four nominees this week…not that we like breaking our own rules…but it became a tradition that if you tossed a perfect game, you got a nomination. That was before perfect games became more common than STD’s in the league locker room. However, to honor it, we nominated both pitchers for their accomplishment even though we didn’t want to. If you want to consider them each a one-half nominee, we’re ok with that.
- Votes are Due at NOON on FRIDAY.
Week 7 Nominees:
- Matt Dreyfus (Scared Hitless): Dreyfus had a strong Week 4 and returned to form this week mounting a late challenge to the home run title. He hit seven homers and drove in twelve runs as Scared Hitless picked up two important wins then celebrated with a champagne (or was it sparking wine) shower.
- Kris Garcia (Catalista Revolucion): Garcia was under pressure and needed RBI and Home Runs to grab the Triple Crown title this week, and he answered. He hit five homers and drove in twelve to lead the league in all categories. As an added bonus, he was perfect in six innings pitched, though two run-rule games didn’t count as an official perfect game.
- Tony Ragano (Clubber Lang): Ragano gets his third nomination of the season for tossing his second perfect game of this year. He struck out eight and only gave up one hit as Clubber Lang won their final two games.
- Jacob Tomko (Blandsford Barnburners): Tomko tossed his second perfect game of the season this Sunday against the Canvassers. He struck out ten batters, and only gave up four hits, which was barely enough to help his team win two games considering he was 1 for 11 in the batters box.
About POTW: Each week three nominess will be announced for Player of the Week. The league, fans, and press will vote for the winner. Winners receive a very limited edition wiffleball keychain.
Color Commentary - posted 2009-06-30 23:11 in POTW
Summer 2009 Registration
written by Commissioner Gallaway
Registration for the Summer 2009 season will open soon.
The deadline for team sign-up will be August 4. Individual free agents who wish to be assigned to a team are encouraged to sign-up early, but will be accepted all season.
The season will begin on August 9 and run through September 27.
Games are played on Sundays at Ft. Reno Park.
Color Commentary - posted 2009-06-30 13:22 in Join
Week 7 (Sp09): Wet But Not Sloppy
written by Commissioner Gallaway
It sprinkled, but didn’t pour, as the PWL completed the Spring 2009 Regular Season today.
Kris Garcia of Catalista Revolucion shocked the wiffleball world by winning the batting triple crown, leading the league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in for the season. He is the third player to to accomplish the feat. He held of a challenge from Jack Shannon and a last minute home run surge by Matt Dreyfus to capture the crown.
Dreyfus wasn’t just a bridesmaid though, he did win the fielding triple crown in the catcher position. This is our first fielding triple crown winner, but we’ll probably start a tradition and call that the gold glove award. Sure, no one cares about fielding, but stats are stats.
Jacob Tomko and Tony Ragano each tossed perfect games. Their second perfecktos of the season, but perfect games are more common than triples now.
The playoff matchups are set, though the league is still working out the schedule for postseason, which may require some night games.
The Blandsford Barnburners will host either the Catalista Revolucion or Canvassers in a best of three game series in one Divisional Championship Series. The Revolucion and Canvassers ended the regular season with the same record, and Catalista will have home team honors for a special one game tiebreaker to see who makes it to the postseason.
Scared Hitless will host Clubber Lang in the other best of three game Divisional Championship Series.
| Catalista Revolucion at The Gnats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | R | H | E |
| Catalista Revolucion | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 0 |
| The Gnats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rossi Posse at Clubber Lang | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E |
| Rossi Posse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clubber Lang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Scared Hitless at Wackazoids | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E |
| Scared Hitless | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 0 |
| Wackazoids | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Clubber Lang at Rossi Posse | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E |
| Clubber Lang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Rossi Posse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| The Gnats at Catalista Revolucion | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | R | H | E |
| The Gnats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Catalista Revolucion | 0 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 0 |
| Canvassers at Blandsford Barnburners | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E |
| Canvassers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Blandsford Barnburners | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Wackazoids at Scared Hitless | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E |
| Wackazoids | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scared Hitless | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 |
| Blandsford Barnburners at Canvassers | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score By Innings | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E |
| Blandsford Barnburners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Canvassers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Color Commentary - posted 2009-06-28 16:13 in Scoreboard
Player of the Week (Sp09): Week 6
written by Commissioner Gallaway
Jack Shannon became the first Barnburner to take home hardware this season with a Week 6 win for Player of the Week.
Color Commentary - posted 2009-06-26 12:03 in POTW
Player of the Week (Sp09): Week 5
written by Commissioner Gallaway
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Tony Ragano didn’t need to stuff the ballot box this week to pickup his second Player of the Week award. |
Color Commentary - posted 2009-06-26 12:03 in POTW
Week 7 Preview (Sp09): Come Hard or Don't Come At All
written by Commissioner Gallaway
The final week.
| Week 7 – 6/28/2009 | ||||||||
| Time | Place | Teams | ||||||
| 11:00 AM | Field 1 | Blandsford Barnburners at Canvassers | ||||||
| 11:00 AM | Field 2 | Catalista Revolucion at The Gnats | ||||||
| 12:00 PM | Field 1 | The Gnats at Catalista Revolucion | ||||||
| 12:00 PM | Field 2 | Canvassers at Blandsford Barnburners | ||||||
| 1:00 PM | Field 1 | Clubber Lang at Rossi Posse | ||||||
| 1:00 PM | Field 2 | Wackazoids at Scared Hitless | ||||||
| 2:00 PM | Field 1 | Scared Hitless at Wackazoids | ||||||
| 2:00 PM | Field 2 | Rossi Posse at Clubber Lang | ||||||
Color Commentary - posted 2009-06-25 23:03 in News
