Redleg Lifestyle
Oh my wow! A very passionate OMGreds fan is letting everyone know who she’s down with. Submitted on Reddit earlier today, our biggest fan (apparently?!) shared a photo of his freshly tattooed arm, sporting a slightly modified (we approve!) Mr. OMG*.
To our fan: If this is your arm, give us a shout, we’d love to chat.
Thanks to @mucusoffmybrain for giving us the heads up.
*Just made up “Mr. OMG” he really didn’t have a name before. Makes sense though, right? Right.
Another Reds Summer Wiffle Classic, another great time had. For the third year in a row, OMGreds fielded a team of properly-jerseyed gents to compete against some of the best Wiffle Ball teams in the area, and beyond.
With the field set at 53 teams, OMG looked to cut through the competition like a hot butter knife. After a 1-1-1 record in Saturday morning’s pool play, we realized once again that we’re merely mortal. Our mild success during the initial round earned us a #21 seed and a chance to make some hay in the tournament bracket.
Reality set in once again as we found ourselves behind during our first tournament game going into the bottom of the 4th and final inning. OMG rallied to pull the score even and Rob smacked a game-winning homer the next inning to advance us. Maybe Rosie little visit was good luck?
Our next round draw pitted us against a team mostly from the New York area, HOTDAM, who sported coordinated uniforms with pretty much the most badass Wiffle Ball logo of all time on their sleeves. Let me tell you, their team was as good as their logo, and then some. We battled ‘em four long innings, but lost a heart-breaker 1-0. HOTDAM ended up losing in the finals, so at least we went down to some quality competition.
We did some winning on the field, but we were also winning off the field. I purchased a few raffle tickets (funds benefiting the Reds Community Fund) and ended up scoring a beautifully-signed Jay Bruce baseball. #Winning!
Thanks again to the Reds Community Fund for having us again this year. Always a great time… win, lose or draw. We’re already looking forward to playing next year.
Btw, the fellas from HOTDAM let us know about Travis Roy Foundation WIFFLE Ball Tournament held in Essex, Vermont. Tournament games are held in replicas of Fenway Park and Wrigley Field. Rad! Check out this Uni Watch story from 2007 for some details and video. You nerds out there will enjoy.
HR Derby Champion:
Adult Division:
Youth Division:
Since the start of this blog, we’ve tried to keep you informed about Reds and baseball-related events around Cincinnati. Nothing frustrated us more than hearing about something that already happened. What? Dave Parker was signing autographs at the SupeRx in Kenwood? Damn, we would have been there! Exactly.
With that, we announce a new addition to OMGreds.com: The OMGreds Events calendar!
Instead of doing even round-up posts and having them get buried after a few updates, we’ve created a dedicated page to list events like meet & greets, player appearances, autograph signings and more. We do our best to stay on top of things, but if you know about an event that is not listed that you think should be, drop us a line at ballsout at omgreds dot com.
Awesomeness
You’ll also notice that our Events Calendar is sponsored by Sports Gallery. We are proud to have them as the first-ever sponsor on OMGreds. Located in West Chester, Ohio, Sports Gallery has a phenomenal selection of Reds and baseball collectables, memorabilia, sports cards and more. They also have quality signing events with current and former Reds and other Cincinnati sports icons. We encourage you to support their business. You can find them online at www.asportsgallery.com.
So, check out the darn Events calendar already! Information about several great autograph signings this week with Mat Latos, Zack Cozart, Jay Bruce and Johnny Cueto are listed!
Check out this clip from Local 12 from Opening Day featuring the Cincy Lineup app we shared with you last week. We also enjoyed our two seconds in the sun… OH MY GOD REDS DOT COM BLOG. Big thanks to Katie Clavey for the love.
OMGmike knows magic
For the second year in the row, the OMGreds crew broke out the yellow bats and competed in the Reds Community Fund Summer Wiffle Classic. You can check out our wrap-up from 2010 right here.
This year, the field of teams was considerable smaller – 33 compared to 80 the year before. The long waits between games were non-exsistant this time around and we got a heck of a lot of Wiffle in a short amount of time.
OMGreds faired well round-robin session, going 2-2, all games being decided by 2 runs or less. That got us a 14 seed in the tournament. Not bad, but a run here or there in those losses would have bumped us up for sure. In bracket play, we won a very tight first game 1-0. We moved to the second round only to be handed a 5-3 loss against a pretty good Wiffle Ball team. We were up 3-2 after the top of the third inning (we play four), but couldn’t hang on for the win.
Of course, we had a great time. Got our yearly Wiffle in, got a sweat going, drank a ton of Gatorade, got our Big League Chew on, got hugs from Rosie Red, and got a little sun burn. Wouldn’t have it any other way.
The only thing we didn’t get to do was square off against those SABR-toothed nerds over at Red Reporter. Drats! We will someday meet on the field of battle.
Brian Blinn, Director of the Reds Summer Wiffle Classic provided us with breakdown of the tournament and who got invites to play at Redsfest.
33 teams this year
28 Adult teams
5 Youth
Final Four Teams
1. Gasoline Suits
2. Scratch ‘n Wiff
3. Legends
4. Dos Dudes
The Gasoline Suits beat Scratch ‘n Wiff in the finals 3-0
All four teams are invited to Redsfest in December to play another small tourney.
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Here are a few photos for ya.
OMGreds Wiffleball - We're serious and stuff
OMGreds will once again be ballin’ in the Reds Community Fund Summer Wiffle Classic on August 6th, 2011. While we’ll be competing for bragging rights on the fields of Mason, OH (One win will do, really), we are also helping the Reds Community Fund raise money to improve the lives of youth through its baseball-themed outreach efforts. A fine cause, if you ask us.
Please consider donating on our behalf. Any monetary amount you are comfortable with will be greatly appreciated. If you’re interested, please follow this link to donate and click the “Give Now” button. It’s one of the green buttons. No, down. Right. Yep… that one.
The fellas at OMGreds can’t thank you enough for your support!
We have the honor of guest-posting over at Mo Egger’s Sports & Miscellaneous Emporium. Check it out… and let us know how you feel.
5301 - Our lucky number!
Kudos to the Reds for another great editon of the Reds Community Fund Redlegs Run. While we didn’t “Run for Home” due to the epic rainstorm the morning of the race, it was a lot of fun. Folks that ran the 10k got slightly drenched while the 5k participants saw nearly perfect weather. Go figure. All runners and walkers did enjoy a nice post-race party in the GABP Fan Zone and a few “Blog Joggers” enjoyed post-post-race beers at Holy Grail (you should have been there, man!). Good times.
Speaking of times, here’s how the Get Fresh Crew at OMGreds fared:
Dan – 5k: 25:00 (on the dot)
Dave – 5k: 28:38
Paul – 10k: 49:22 5k: 27:50 (yes, he ran both!)
By the way, did you see Team Marty? Best team costume, evar!
Team Marty! Photo: @pattymcirish on Twitter
Make sure you look for the fool wearing this OMGreds Authentic Diamond Collection jersey while you’re hustlin’ the 5k. We’ll also be down early for the 10k looking for the fella with the free Marathon bars. Better to load up on those bars instead of Skyline before the race, right? Right.
It’s going to be hotter than Jay Bruce in May in that jersey, so make sure you make it worth our while and say hi, or at least throw us a funny look. We’ll be hangin’ around all the Blog Jog action and we’re looking forward to meetin’ ya.
BUMMER ALERT! We will NOT have swag to hand out after (or during) the Redlegs Run tomorrow. We’re super-bummed. Our swag supplier didn’t get us the goods in time. We’ll have some goodies later this season, no worries. We aim to help fill your junk draw with things that you don’t really have a use for, but just can’t bear to throw away. It’s a fine line, and we know how to walk it.
OMGreds - Runnin' this thing!
You’re doing the Redlegs Run this weekend, right? Well, you should. Take it from us. It’s a run. Um… we mean, it’s fun! No, really it is. The Reds and the Reds Community Fund do a really nice job with this race. At least come down for the fesitivites.
Okay, Blog Jog. You’ve heard us (and others) mention it before. You may have already even signed up to run in support of your favorite Reds blog (Chris Sabo’s Goggles, right?) by emailing blogjog@reds.com. You’ve definitely been wondering WHY you signed up to do so. Well, here’s the deal, straight from Reds Marketing Manager, Lisa Braun:
Thank you for being part of our first-ever Blog Jog this Saturday, June 11!
Through your participation in the Redlegs Run 5K event, you are supporting the youth baseball outreach initiatives of the Reds Community Fund. To show our appreciation in your good deed, we’ve organized fun Blog Jog contests, prizes and the chance to hang out with some of your favorite Reds bloggers.
The plan is to meet at Crosley Terrace (the main gate entrance to Great American Ball Park) at 8:30am. Look for Jamie Ramsey near the Joe Nuxhall statue in the center (He’ll be wearing a special superhero outfit!) The group will hang out for a few minutes and then walk over to the starting line together. After the run/walk, we’ll meet up in the Fan Zone by the Better Off Red banner.
There will be 10 prize opportunities!
Inaugural Blog Jog Awards:
1. Fastest time (will be given out after results are posted online.)
2. Slowest time (will be given out after results are posted online.)
3. Best costume (Judged by Jamie Ramsey himself)
4. Most Reds Spirit (Based on wearing Reds gear)
5. Youngest BlogJogger
6. Oldest BlogJogger
7. Blog Traveler Award (who traveled the farthest to participate)
8. Best running playlist (submit to Jamie @Jamieblog before 6 p.m. June 10th)
9. Redlegs Run Veteran (This year is the 10th anniversary. Wear your shirt/shirts from past Redlegs Runs…whoever has their shirt on from the year closest to 2001 wins!)
10. Blog Representation (non-bloggers wearing their blog’s gear)
After meeting in the Fan Zone, all are invited to join Jamie and the other celebrity bloggers at the Holy Grail Tavern & Grille (right across the street from the Great American Ball Park) when it opens at 11 am.
We threw out 2001 Redlegs Run for Home 5k t-shirt a loooooong time ago. Damn.
We’ll be around all the activities and easy to spot. Real easy to spot. We’ll post a photo of the duds we’re planning to wear later this week.
OMGreds Swag!
We’re planning on having some OMGreds swag at the run. Nothing big, but something. It’s not in yet… so we’re keeping our fingers crossed that it will be ready to go for this weekend. We’ll keep you posted.
You’ve still got time to register!
We’ve got to sign up ourselves, actually. Doh! Here’s a list of place and times when you can this Dunn:
See ya on Saturday!
If you make regular rounds on popular Reds blogs, you have heard about this year’s Inaugural Blog Jog at the Redlegs Run on Saturday, June 11. The past few years we’ve laced up our buddies and gotten after it for 3.1 miles in hopes of glory and dehydration. This year will be no different. Well, except for that whole “Blog Jog” thing. That does make it different. The potential dehydration will be no different.
So, how can you participate?
After registering for the Redlegs Run at reds.com/5k (online registration is closed, but other opportunities are available), please shoot an email to blogjog@reds.com and let the Reds know you will be taking part in the event. Make sure you let them know what blog you are supporting too! There is no additional fee to participate.
Blogs willing to Jog
Participating blogs:
So, how do I register for the race now?!
You can register at any of the packet pick-ups:
What’s in it for you?
Blog Jog attendees will be invited to a pre-race gathering at the ballpark, where we will award prizes for best signs, shirts, and costumes/outfits. We’ll take tons of photos and try to drum up some other perks, as well. We are also going to work on a post-race gathering place off-site for our group.
Nice! Those “other perks” sound intruirging, don’t they? Wonder if the Reds have any Wily Mo Pena bobbleheads kicking around in storage?
Tell you what, no need to show OMGreds fandom on your person. It’s all good. We know you love us. We’ll do this though: Bring us the most rediculous Reds baseball card you have, and are willing to give up. We’ll trade you a little OMGreds swag for it. It’s like a swap meet! A Mini-Mall! Flea Market!
As for the Redlegs Run, if you are on the fence about running, walking or even being down there, take it from us, it’s worth it. Collectively, OMGreds has run dozens and dozens of marathon, half-marathons, 5k and all races in-between. The Redlegs Run is one of the best run races in town and boasts a fantastic post race party. We ran the inaugural one in 2001 and we keep coming back – it gets better every year. Also, it BLOWS AWAY the Bengals 5k held last fall. It can’t even hold a candle to Redlegs Run.
Jay Bruce
Hope you dig it. We’ve still got some tweaking to do around here, but for the most part, here it is. This isn’t much of a post, and the new look really didn’t warrant one, but it was a good excuse to post the photo above. Enjoy!
Reds Brothers?
We’re firing this sucka back up, folks. More from OMGreds in the coming weeks.
It’s with a bit of sadness that we announce we’re taking a break here at OMGreds. No, no, not an April Fools prank this time around, we’re being quite honest. With all the excitement around the start of spring training and Reds games at GABP seemingly right around the corner, it’s a little tough to announce this now, but it’s for the best. To state our reason simply, it’s to focus on family and simplify our daily lives. We’re certain you understand.
This is post is titled “Pause”, and we do mean that. We may be back. We may not. We may be back in a different form. Who knows. We don’t. At least right now we don’t. What we do know is we’re still pretty crazy for our Reds and you’ll see us around GABP all season long.
A few things of note:
Twitter: We’ll be keeping @OMGreds open and you’ll see us pop in on occasion.
We started this blog back in January, 2008 to chronicle our obsession with the Reds, our trips to the ballpark, poke fun at our favorite Reds of the ’80s and just raise a small ruckus for laughs and comradere. To make the small dent in the Reds blogosphere that we have was a heck of a surprise and a whole lot of fun. We’ve enjoyed every minute of it more than you’ll ever know.
Thank you to all the folks that we have met over the past few years. We’ll certainly be seeing you again.
We want to give a huge shout out to our skillets at Red Reporter, Redleg Nation, Chris Sabo’s Goggles, WHACKreds, Reds Country, Blog Red Machine, C. Trent Rosecrans, Big League Stew and any other blogs and websites that has linked to us, given us a shout or corrected our spelling.
Many, many thanks to our homies at the Reds. They are some of the nicest folks we have ever met and have been so great to us. Michael Anderson, Lisa Braun, Jamie Ramsey, Karen Forgus, Charley Frank, Jarrod Rollins… and at the Reds Hall of Fame & Museum, Rick Walls, Chris Eckes, Chelsea Theaker and Colin Ethier. Also, a huge shout to Brian Blinn with the Reds Summer Wiffle Classic. Thank you so much.
Again a huge THANK YOU to everyone from all of us.
- Dan, Dave, Paul, Rob and Ronson
Nesting
OMGreds is amongst the “Celebrity Tweeters” that will be on-hand at the Reds very first “Reds Tweetup” on Tuesday, September 28th. While our celebrity status is to be debated, one thing is for sure – you better be there. If not for any other reason than the outstanding ticket deal on some of the best seats in the house. For $11, you get yourself a ticket in section 145, right next to the stacks in the Sun/Moon deck. Like Mo Egger, we believe the Sun/Moon deck is the best section of the yard. These seats are regularly $22, so jump on it. More details at www.reds.com/tweetup
What a better way to celebrate the Reds NL Central Championship? While we want them to clinch as soon as possible, it would be pretty dern cool to have them wrap up the title at home with a win. Either way, OMGreds will take it!
Joining The OMG for all the Tweet Up fun/games will be: Red Reporter, Redleg Nation, Mo Egger, Lance McAlister, The Reds’ Lisa Braun, and Fox 19′s Rontina McCann. Mark Sheldon and Jamie Ramsey will be hangin’ fancy up in the press box, but joining in via the Tweet.
#ProTip: If you’re an iPhone user like myself you know that AT&T reception at GABP is absolute poop. While on 3G, I haven’t been able to Tweet during most this season. If you switch your network to EDGE while at the ballpark, you can actually get a signal. Good luck!
BTW, @OMGreds is our handle. Hope to see/meet you at the Tweet Up.
Rob tossin' that nasty junk
Better late than never, right?
Can’t tell you how rad of a time OMGreds had at the Reds Summer Wiffle Classic this year. Not only did it get us out as a team for a little competition, but it also gave us an excuse to rock OMGreds custom jerseys, proper stirrups and 1890 facial hair. Maybe next summer we’ll wear matching shorts. Or, is that too matchy-matchy? We can’t have that.
Dan of OMGreds takes a massive hack (Photo by Michael Anderson)
The day started off early at Mason Sports Park in… um… Mason. After a bit of “batting practice” all the teams (79!) gathered around for opening announcements and field assignments. After a bit of tournament house keeping, we were off and running in the opening round – a round-robin, consisting of three games. OMGreds when 1-1-1 (a tie, what?), good enough to keep us from not going up against a borderline professional team in the first round of single elimination.
After a lengthy break in the action after the first round, we put on some sunscreen and won our first game, encountered a rain delay, ran up against a lightning delay, took another break then got our second round assignment. We were prompted reduced to nothing more than amateurs and were ousted from the tournament by a much better team.
While we would have loved to have moved on in the tournament, it’s a good thing our day was done. Another round of lightning strikes were hitting in the area and a delay was emminent. Ultimately, no more games would be played that day, as storms rolled in a shut down the Classic.
Paul doing his best Roy Hobbs (Photo by Michael Anderson)
Tournament organizers decided to host the rest of the Wiffle Classic at Redsfest in December. Instead of the 4 teams that would have been playing under normal circumstances, there will now be 24 teams. It’s going to be crazy. Good luck to all the folks still playing!
We’re totally playing again next year. It was a blast. While the Classic had some growing pains this year with so many teams registering, everything was well run and a lot of fun. A lot of details where done well, even the Wiffle balls had the Classic logo on them.
Given that none of us on the OMGreds team had any organized Wiffleball experience, we were able to pick it up easily and play pretty competitively. We’re out to win next year, watch out.
We posted a few photos of our day. Big thanks to the Reds’ Michael Anderson for pointing the lens our way and getting us some great photos.
About a week and half ago I received a phone call from a mysterious number which I chose not to answer. My phone buzzed shortly after to notify me I had a new voicemail. Curious as to who had just called, I checked my voicemail right away to reveal I had a message from Western and Southern.
“Why would they be calling me?” It only took a moment to remember that a few weeks prior I had entered a contest on their site for a chance to win batting practice at Great American Ballpark. “Could it be?” I thought. I was certain that if I called back they were going to try to get me to sign up for something. No way did I win bp…or did I? I proceed to call back and a week and a half later I find myself walking out on the field with my buddy Josh about to take batting practice. I was one of ten lucky winners and I still can’t believe it.
Armed with four cameras between the two of us we make our way onto the field and head towards the visitors dugout to await our turn. We immediately notice the crew setting up the cage at second base instead of home plate. A bit disappointed we hear that this is the last batting practice of the year and the move to second was in hopes to have a few people hit a homerun which I soon came to appreciate.
BP was glorious. We each received right around 10-12 pitches and then later learned we would get 5 more bonus pitches. I decided it was time to break out the Hammer of Thor. Although in my case, my hammer barely classifies as a rubber mallet. Okay, its really more like the plastic hammer you would find in a Fisher Price “My First Tool Box” set. I break it out regardless and somehow manage to hit two into the seats. Even though we were hitting from second base (120 feet) closer, it still felt good. Take a close listen to the video right around the 1 minute mark after I hit my first, apparently someone invited a professional umpire as you can hear someone say it would’ve been foul. Really?
We had an outstanding time and thank everyone who put it together. Below you can check out the video clips of us in the cage as well as a clip of what was going through my head during batting practice.
OMGred Rob ready to take a hack
After a day of heat, rain, lightning, several gallons of Gatorade and a tube of sunscreen, we’re slowly recovering from our day at the Reds Summer Wiffle Classic. Finishing with a record of 2-2-1, OMGreds had a showing to at least be mildly proud of. We’ll have more on the whole thang soon.
If you played in the Summer Wiffle Classic, holla at us in the comments and let us know how you did.
Running out of of clever headlines, btw.
Tomorrow OMGreds will take the field along with a whole bunch of other Wifflers in the Reds Summer Wiffle Classic. We’ll be flashin’ our traditional OMGreds home white jersey and proper sockage, so come say howdy. We may have some buttons with us too. Updates with photos, scores and “more” on the Twitters.
UPDATE: We are all pretty tired. Great day. Photos and general whatnot coming soon.
Action from the 2009 Summer Wiffle Classic. Photo courtesy of the Cincinnati Reds.
We’ve been wanting to get a team into the Reds Summer Wiffle Classic for a while now, and this year we we finally got our act together. If you haven’t heard, the Summer Wiffle Classic is being held next weekend (Saturday, August 14th) when teams from around the region and beyond descend upon Mason Sports Park for a day Wiffleballin’. If your hip to the Wiff, make sure you register your team of 3-5 folks by August 10th. If you’re good enough, you might just get a shot at playing in front of the Redsfest crowd in December. Sounds killer.
In addition to the Wiffleball glory, all participants receive a t-shirt and a ticket to the Reds vs. Marlins game on August 15 at Great American Ball Park. Not a bad dealio.
Here’s a topline:
WHAT: The third annual Reds Community Fund Summer Wiffle® Classic
WHERE: Mason Sports Park (Map)
WHEN: Saturday, August 14, 2010 9am-5pm
WHY: Pfffft! Awesomeness.
REGISTRATION: Click here, yo
From the Reds Community Fund:
Don’t miss out! The third annual Reds Community Fund Summer Wiffle® Classic is back! This is the premier Wiffle® tournament in the Midwest. Teams from all over the region (and the country) will converge in Mason, Ohio to compete for a championship, while qualifying for the Redsfest tournament in December. Does YOUR team have what it takes? Only one way to find out – register today!
In getting the OMGreds team prepared for the tournament, we’ve gotten to know the Summer Wiffle Classic’s Director, Brian Blinn. He was kind enough to answer a few of our questions about himself, Wiffleball life, the Summer Wiffle Classic and what to expect.
Brian: I’m a 33 year old “kid”. Father of 2 adorable little girls. I am in sales for a Print/Marketing company (Curtis 1000) Grew up in San Diego and was lucky enough to move to Cincinnati TWICE in my life! (Moved here my senior year in high school – 1995 – and again right after I got married – 2004) Played college baseball and still carry a great passion for the game today.
Brian Blinn (left) and his Wiffleball cohorts
I have played Wiffleball since I was a little guy. My brother and I would play all summer in the front yard. I even have an ongoing game with a buddy who now lives in Denver…started when we were about 11 years old. I think I’m winning 374-311.
After college I was living in California and researching Wiffle tournaments when I found out what an underground world there was out there for “Wifflers” thanks to the internet! I ended up playing some Fast Pitch wiffle for a couple years until moving back to Cincinnati in 2004. I had played in various charity events around the country as well and was hooked. I knew in 2000 that I really wanted to put something together and raise some money for a great cause!
Brian: Oh man…you wouldn’t believe it. Wiffle was a game you played in the yard as a kid. Now us “kids” are grown up and there are tournaments and leagues from coast to coast! The creation of the Internet (Thanks Dan Quayle!) has really helped this game BOOM! All of a sudden you had guys who might have been playing in neighboring cities but didn’t know each other, finding each other online and starting leagues.
Brian: I do! There is a great number of people in town who Wiffle regularly. People always looking for tournaments and leagues to get into. Triple Creek Park out in Mt. Healthy area actually has 4 Wiffle fields out behind the softball complex! Not many people know that…but they are there! Used to have great leagues out there from what I hear. There was even an SI article written about it in the early 90’s.
Brian: Kind of funny…I was with a customer and overheard a couple employees talking about the Redsfest Wiffle tournament?! (2006) Of course I had to ask what they were talking about. They showed me the website and I called the number of the guy putting it on right there. They were only taking 10 teams and somehow I weaseled my way in. We ended up winning the thing and the guy who ran it asked if I would help him make it bigger and better the next year. Little did he know I had been planning my own for nearly 6 years at that point!
Of course I agreed and the Reds Summer Wiffle Classic was born. We’re headed into our 4th tournament this year! It’s really a fun event that raises money and awareness for a great cause! (Reds Community Fund) I really couldn’t have found a better group to work with on this. The folks at the Community Fund are unbelievably cool and helpful in every aspect I could ever ask for.
2009 Summer Wiffle Classic. Photo courtesy of the Cincinnati Reds
Brian: I tell people like this… some teams play all summer and this is their World Series…other guys just want to hit some plastic around for a few hours. Our tournament is set up for everyone to come out, have fun and compete at whatever level they want. But to answer the question…yes, winning at this event is taken seriously! Who wouldn’t want to win something put on by a Major League Baseball team? Not only are there some trophies and great prizes involved… but you get to be part of the KOI Autoparts Challenge on the scoreboard for winning this! (the day after our tourney)
Brian: First, I would like to distinguish that we are a SLOW pitch tournament. This isn’t fast pitch wiffle. A lot of people are curious and they google Wiffle and find guys throwing 100mph from 45’ and think “No way am I doing that!”… but that isn’t us. That’s people who have no regard for the wellbeing of their pitching arm!
Other rules I would point out…
For a complete list of rules (and to register) check out www.reds.com/summerwiffle.
Brian: Awesome indeed! You can actually win an individual trophy for being the HR champ. (isn’t it every kids dream to win a HR derby?) It is held on it’s own field. You can bring your own pitcher (just like the MLB All-star game). You get 10 outs for $5 and you can enter as many times as you like. Do you have what it takes?? I don’t. hahahahhaa
Brian: Great question. Here is a short list of “must haves”
Brian: Funny enough, we played in a tournament last weekend and two of us were in bare feet by the end of the day, our feet were so sore! Hahahaha…you can wear any of the above you mentioned, but no metal cleats. Only plastic.
Brian: Looks like someone was doing their homework online! Impressive. Actually, we supply all the balls and they are brand new. The art of scuffing Wiffle balls is actually only beneficial in Fast Pitch wiffle. Kind of a crazy phenomenon. So please leave your sandpaper at home. Editor’s note: Video on Wiffle Ball scuffing techniques.
Brian: Good find! Koch’s carries them… and you can probably find them at Wal-Mart too. I’ve seen them at the Dick’s in Mason, but can’t speak for any other locations. Ebay is also a great place to find them for cheap (and in more bulk)
Brian: No…no big red bat. If I see it in your bag I might hit you over the head with it.
Brian: Not at all. I would say 99.5% of teams will have matching jerseys. Adds to the fun of the event. We actually had a team in year one that wore plaid flannel shirts with the arms cut off and cutoff jean shorts. They looked like Lumber Jacks. Probably my most favorite uniform to date.
The Backyard Ballers - Coordinated fellas, to say the least.
Brian: I think we have one team that rocks the stirrups … but they are the fake sock kind. If you wear the REAL deal, I would be impressed.
Brian: I have actually. I’ve met CEOs of companies, I’ve met big league players, and just some outstanding people in general. Curtis Pride, who was the first deaf MLB player and I talk online every week. He is a big Wiffle guy actually! I’ve sparked a ton of friendships with people all over the country as well, just from talking Wiffle. Just amazing to me every time I think about it!
Brian: Would love to give a shout out to my wife Annie. She is BY FAR the coolest and most understanding wife in Cincinnati if not the country. I mean, she fully supports my Wiffle addiction.
Also want to shout out to the Mullany family in Shelton, Conn…for without them, there would be no such thing as Wiffle! (www.wiffle.com)
I’d like to send a shout out to Sam LeCure as well. Don’t know him, but seems like a great dude.
