London 2010: Nationals Game Videos

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Complete and unedited Nationals game videos from the 2010 London Wiffleball Tournament.

Read the full entry - Color Commentary [1] - posted 2010-09-06 03:16 in Videos

London 2010: Senators Game Videos

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Complete and unedited Senators game videos from the 2010 London Wiffleball Tournament.

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London: Follow the DC Teams

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The schedule for the pool play portion of the tournament has been announced. You’ll be able to follow the two PWL teams, the Nationals and the Senators, live on the website and on twitter during the games.

Also the tournament site which will have brackets and full tourney results, which is partially supported by the PWL is up.

The Nationals and Senators will play the following pool play games. Each team with a winning record from pool play will advance to a double elimination tournament.

Nationals – Pool G – American League (Southeast)

  • 8:00 AM – vs. Hit Men
  • 9:10 AM – vs. Bats
  • 11:30 AM – vs. Blue Rocks

Senators – Pool J – National League (Northwest 2)

  • 8:35 AM – vs. Indians
  • 9:45 AM – vs. Mavericks
  • 10:55 AM – vs. Guns Out

The bus rolls out of PWL HQ Friday at 7 AM for Ohio and destiny.

Color Commentary [1] - posted 2010-07-28 21:43 in News

London: Format Change Could Be Huge

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Brian Wheeler, the Commissioner of the London Wiffleball Tournament, announced a format change this past week which could make a HUGE difference in the number of teams headed to home early, or staying late.

The tournament, which will have around 64 68 teams, begins with pool play. There are 16 17 pools of 4 teams each, and each team gets 3 guaranteed games. (They play each other team in their pool once.)

After that, it gets interesting.

All teams with a winning record, advance to stage two of the tournament, double elimination. The teams will be seeded by won/loss record and then run differential. The only problem…we won’t know until the round robin is finished how many teams move on. What a team will know when the pool play is over, is whether or not they’re going home.

With the way the pools are split up, it’s mathmatically possible to have as few as 16 17 teams move on, or as many as 48 51 teams could go on. For those of you not educated in the way of brackets, this is huge difference in the amount of games.

Games to Decide the Double Elimination Tournament:

  • 17 Teams = 32 games (33 games if losers’ bracket winner is champion)
  • 51 Teams = 100 games (101 games if losers’ bracket winner is champion)

Of course, we’ll likely be someplace in the middle, but it’s going to be an interesting day.

In the past, a specific number of teams has advanced, or a certain percentage of the teams in the tournament. In this model, you always knew how many teams made it, you just sometimes didn’t know if your record and run differential would be good enough to keep you in. This year, it will be clear if you’re in or not. It won’t be clear if the World Series will be played Saturday, or in the wee hours of Sunday morning.

Color Commentary [2] - posted 2010-07-26 23:30 in Blog

London: Field Photos and Dimensions

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Field layout information for the 2010 London Wiffleball Tournament.

Follow @londonwiffle for “unofficial” updates and live scoring from the tournament provided by the PWL.

Bases have not been measured and placed yet. The distances were based on the assumptions that bases would be placed at the proper distances according to the rules, and that second base would be lined up directly centered between the foul lines. Some distances, H to 1, 3 to H, H to 2, are specified in the rules. The other distances vary because the width of the fields vary.

  • Field: Official MLB Foul Lines
  • Width (1st/3rd): 67
  • Angle of Foul Lines: 90
  • Home to 1st: 50
  • 1st to 2nd: 48
  • 2nd to 3rd: 48
  • 3rd to Home: 45
  • Home to 2nd: 68

These are the dimensions using the official baseball…

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London: Build Field Day

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We’ve been to London three times, but this is the first year the PWL has had representation at the field building day which take place the Sunday before the tournament.

Commissioner Gallaway participated and took measurements and photos of the field layouts for this year’s tournament. Many are familiar, but there are some new ones.

Special thanks to Ryan O’Neill and Kyle O’Neill of the Colt 45’s for assisting with the field measuring.

These names aren’t official. Brian is going to review them and get me corrections. There are 16 fields for the adult tourney, 14 were setup today.

Photos and layout designs to come.

UPDATE: Follow @londonwiffle for “unofficial” updates and live scoring from the tournament provide by the PWL.

Field Left Field Center Field Right Field Width (Poles) Location
Pepsi Field 92 98 85 109 Scorer’s Tent
cartoon 89 96 94 122 Pond
facing low field 86 98 90 107 Pond
AL/NL?? 100 108 109 111 Pond
barnyard #2 92 101 85 119 Barn
Barnyard #1 87 99 97 118 Barn
caution tape 87 96 94 88 Barn
green mesh (tree) 93 99 92 109 Scorer’s Tent
Granny’s Oven ? ? ? ? Side Road
M field 88 85 84 103 Left of House
black bag, tree In center 88 106 92 104 Left of Road
kfc 87 100 85 106 Left of Road
4th july 82 96 87 95 Closest to Exit
left of driveway 100 87 98 148 Left of Road
Ohio State Field ? ? ? ? Front of House
MYSTERY FIELD ? ? ? ? Mystery

Color Commentary - posted 2010-07-25 17:41 in News

London 2010: Reseeding in Ohio

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Commissioner Gallaway confirmed today the long expected decision that two PWL All Star teams will be returning to London, Ohio, this summer to represent the league at the 2010 London Wiffleball Tournament.

This will be the fourth tournament with PWL representation, and the second with two teams. The event, the largest slow-pitch wiffleball tournament in the world, will be held Saturday, July 31, 2010.

Controversy surrounded the 2009 tournament with several seeding and organizational problems that hit close to home for the Nationals and Senators, the two PWL teams. Both teams were eliminated far earlier than expected.

Initial rosters were also announced today, but may change before the bus heads out early the Friday morning before the tournament.

A shocking development announced by the Commissioner is that Stephen Zigmund, who led the Nationals in slugging and home runs in 2009, won’t be returning for the 2010 tournament. He is being replaced on the roster by Matt Dreyfus of Scared Hitless. Though, it’s unclear as of now if Dreyfus will be taking over at shortstop, or just taking Zigmund’s place on the roster.

Washington Nationals Roster Washington Senators Roster
Chris Gallaway, Manager Brian Clapp, Manager
Tony Cani (P) Colin Gannon (LF)
Matt Dreyfus Ty Fletcher (EH/OF)
Steve Dubois (EH/OF) Mike Lemaire (SS)
Ross Duenas (RF) Jack Shannon (EH)
Kris Garcia (DH/P) Jim Shannon (RF)
Joe Gortenburg (LF) Jacob Tomko (P)


Commissioner Gallaway said the circumstances leading to Zigmund coming off the roster for this year were “unavoidable” and that the parties have discussed the issue “amicably”. However, league insiders say there may be deeper issues in the Nationals clubhouse, and that Zigmund’s pending Hall of Fame nomination may be jeapordized as a result. High ranking sources who declined to be identified by name noted that the Commissioner is the most vindictive person in the world and never forgets or forgives the slighest transgression or disappointment.

Past London Stories

Color Commentary - posted 2010-05-27 01:28 in Blog