December 2010
Watchout PWL by Jackson Bruce 12/23/10
Well, after making a season preview for the Chimps I thought I might make one for every team. This week I will be talking about my new team, the Wandering Trojans. We are a new team that has something to prove. Last year the Trojans were a no show to most games, resulting in them missing the playoffs. This year will be different. In fact, I'm calling out the whole Dakota Division right now. Try and beat us! Bo, the 4th pick and I are ready to roll to a Dakota pennant.
Bo Atkins- He is a formaer Chuggin' Slug and is sick of losing. In fact, he had more losses his first year than the team I've been on my career, 9-5 to be exact. He is ready to show his skills. In limited action, he had 6 home runs. He has potantial and loves a good game of wiffle.
Jackson Bruce- I am ready to rock out with my cock out and start winning with the purple and gold of the Trojans. Screw the vikings, the true purple and gold is the Wandering Trojans. Forcing this trade, I had in mind to help a team win besides the Scrubs and Batborne. My goal this year is to lead the Trojans to the playoffs and beyond. Watch out for Week 3 because the Batborne are coming to our territory. Better fear the wrath.
4th Pick- It will be a nice spot to have a pick. Ryan Dufour and Cody Honeywell are on our radar so we will see how the Combine goes. This will be a big part of our team.
In conclusion, to make a long story short: we arre hungry and out to prove something and will make the playoffs and cruise to t he Championship! Bo and I are ready to roll and we are gunna win. Next Week we will take a look at everyone's favorite team the Lumberjax.
Bo Atkins- He is a formaer Chuggin' Slug and is sick of losing. In fact, he had more losses his first year than the team I've been on my career, 9-5 to be exact. He is ready to show his skills. In limited action, he had 6 home runs. He has potantial and loves a good game of wiffle.
Jackson Bruce- I am ready to rock out with my cock out and start winning with the purple and gold of the Trojans. Screw the vikings, the true purple and gold is the Wandering Trojans. Forcing this trade, I had in mind to help a team win besides the Scrubs and Batborne. My goal this year is to lead the Trojans to the playoffs and beyond. Watch out for Week 3 because the Batborne are coming to our territory. Better fear the wrath.
4th Pick- It will be a nice spot to have a pick. Ryan Dufour and Cody Honeywell are on our radar so we will see how the Combine goes. This will be a big part of our team.
In conclusion, to make a long story short: we arre hungry and out to prove something and will make the playoffs and cruise to t he Championship! Bo and I are ready to roll and we are gunna win. Next Week we will take a look at everyone's favorite team the Lumberjax.
The Most Interesting Team in the PWL by Jackson Bruce 12/13/10
Many teams in the PWL are interesting. The Scrubs have two 80's music crazed hooligans and the Lumberjax have a sponge and a raging man with a strange beard, but none can compare to a team with a guy who has a chode and another who has three (not two) count them, three testicles. They are also the first team to make a major move this off-season and are a team in the thick of the playoff race. Only the drama and oddness of the Willow Chimps of Madison can match such a summary. We should take a rundown of each character of this PWL "dramedy".
Cash Anderson- Cash is the MVP of this team. He won the Rookie of the Year last year and was an All-Star. Now go beyond the glory. Cash revealed a secret midseason last year that shocked the PWL to the core. Cash has three nuts. He revealed it was the size of a grape and disfunctional. That extra testosterone could be subject to theories of why he had such a good season and why him and Ben have a hard time getting along for more than one game at a time. Even after almost being traded to the Batbborne, he will be the man and a half (since he has as many balls as a man and a half if you don't throw Lance Armstrong into this) to lead this Chimps team to the promised land.
Ben Leidholt- Ben was the Andy Bruce Award winner last year. He did while having a wickedly and suspiciously fast moving pitch. To add more controversy, many people have started believe a popular theory. Rumor has it Ben has a chode. Yes, popular beleif says Ben's dong is wider than it is long. He hates being teased about it and has had many in game scuffles over the heckling. I am one of those he had a scuffle with. He had even threatened to quit not only the Chimps but the PWL altogether. He stuck with it and the fighting between teammates continued. The Chimps lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Reapers. Ben was not happy with Cash's decision to play the game with a substitute, which was me. Ben didn't show up for mysterious reasons and the Chimps are somehow still together. I have been the Chimps worst nightmare or at least Ben's. We will see what happens with a new character in the mix.
Jared Erickson- Jared played for the Reapers and was the one to help take them to the next round over the Chimps. Will Ben still be bitter? Why did Cash get Jared for their draft pick? How will Jared perform with the Chimps? Will the Chimps win it all? Does Cash have a 4th nut?
Many questions have yet to be answered in the saga of the Chimps. It will most certainly be a show to watch this summer. Forget the summer movies, this right here could be the most suspenseful and entertaining show of the year. Tune into the PWL and watch everyone's favorite soap opera that beats Days of Our Lives by a landslide.
Coming Summer 2011: Willow Chimps of Madison; starring Cash Anderson, Ben Leidholt, and Jared Erickson
Cash Anderson- Cash is the MVP of this team. He won the Rookie of the Year last year and was an All-Star. Now go beyond the glory. Cash revealed a secret midseason last year that shocked the PWL to the core. Cash has three nuts. He revealed it was the size of a grape and disfunctional. That extra testosterone could be subject to theories of why he had such a good season and why him and Ben have a hard time getting along for more than one game at a time. Even after almost being traded to the Batbborne, he will be the man and a half (since he has as many balls as a man and a half if you don't throw Lance Armstrong into this) to lead this Chimps team to the promised land.
Ben Leidholt- Ben was the Andy Bruce Award winner last year. He did while having a wickedly and suspiciously fast moving pitch. To add more controversy, many people have started believe a popular theory. Rumor has it Ben has a chode. Yes, popular beleif says Ben's dong is wider than it is long. He hates being teased about it and has had many in game scuffles over the heckling. I am one of those he had a scuffle with. He had even threatened to quit not only the Chimps but the PWL altogether. He stuck with it and the fighting between teammates continued. The Chimps lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Reapers. Ben was not happy with Cash's decision to play the game with a substitute, which was me. Ben didn't show up for mysterious reasons and the Chimps are somehow still together. I have been the Chimps worst nightmare or at least Ben's. We will see what happens with a new character in the mix.
Jared Erickson- Jared played for the Reapers and was the one to help take them to the next round over the Chimps. Will Ben still be bitter? Why did Cash get Jared for their draft pick? How will Jared perform with the Chimps? Will the Chimps win it all? Does Cash have a 4th nut?
Many questions have yet to be answered in the saga of the Chimps. It will most certainly be a show to watch this summer. Forget the summer movies, this right here could be the most suspenseful and entertaining show of the year. Tune into the PWL and watch everyone's favorite soap opera that beats Days of Our Lives by a landslide.
Coming Summer 2011: Willow Chimps of Madison; starring Cash Anderson, Ben Leidholt, and Jared Erickson
Head of State's Two Cents: PWL Currency 12/09/10 by Joel Jochim
Recently there has been a lot of speak of me going to the Scrubs. Personally, I have yet to make any decision about staying or leaving the Batborne. Nevertheless, it did bring up many ideas and questions to my mind. I did not really believe in what Jackson Bruce wrote about in his last column, but there were some good points in it. I don’t think we should force trades on teams, however, I do think we should have players sign contracts for the team they are playing with if they want to stay with them. If you think about it, everyone in the league is currently a free agent.
So let us say Jim Bob is a free agent. His old team released him after last season. Two different teams want him. How can a team make some sort of payment or bribe as they would in professional sports? Currently, they really can’t in the PWL. I think that there should be, now follow me here for a second, some sort of currency in the Pierre Wiffleball League. Yes. I said currency. Now I don’t think we should use actual money or anything. But I think each team should receive PWL currency that they can spend on free agents and payments for their current players. Every month or so, the team could receive a certain amount of currency to replenish the team's amount. The monthly amount of replenishment would be based on how well the team plays or something of that sort.The idea may have some kinks at the moment, but I think there might be something to it.
Joel Jochim,
Head of State
So let us say Jim Bob is a free agent. His old team released him after last season. Two different teams want him. How can a team make some sort of payment or bribe as they would in professional sports? Currently, they really can’t in the PWL. I think that there should be, now follow me here for a second, some sort of currency in the Pierre Wiffleball League. Yes. I said currency. Now I don’t think we should use actual money or anything. But I think each team should receive PWL currency that they can spend on free agents and payments for their current players. Every month or so, the team could receive a certain amount of currency to replenish the team's amount. The monthly amount of replenishment would be based on how well the team plays or something of that sort.The idea may have some kinks at the moment, but I think there might be something to it.
Joel Jochim,
Head of State
The Fight Rule 12/8/10 written by Jake Gunderson & edited by Joel Jochim
Now for my first column I have decided to write about something very near and dear to my heart, the fight rule. The fight rule is what separates us from all the other leagues. It is what makes us who we are, the PWL. Nevertheless, it does not come without some inherent problems such as: should the winning team really get a run, should the batter have the choice to fight whomever he wants, or the fact that there are no real guidelines.
For starters, I will go way out on a limb here and say that the rules now are total, excuse me… “Bullsh*t”. The winners of the fight should not get a run but should only advance to third base or get an out, depending on the winners. That just makes a whole heck of a lot more sense than it just recieving a run.
In addition, the batter should have the advantage to pick who he wants to fight. My reasoning for that is he is the one who has reason to fight. If he chooses to fight the fielder then so be it. It is his fight, not the pitchers. The pitcher is the one who more than likely caused the problem in the first place so he should not get the advantage.
Finally, there should be more guidelines, much same as wrestling. There needs to be some time limit, because sometimes it just gets ridiculous. There also should be a fight limit. Like only 5 per game or so. The more clearly you state the fight rule, the more fair it will be.
Jake Gunderson
Lumberjax
Most Rage 2010
For starters, I will go way out on a limb here and say that the rules now are total, excuse me… “Bullsh*t”. The winners of the fight should not get a run but should only advance to third base or get an out, depending on the winners. That just makes a whole heck of a lot more sense than it just recieving a run.
In addition, the batter should have the advantage to pick who he wants to fight. My reasoning for that is he is the one who has reason to fight. If he chooses to fight the fielder then so be it. It is his fight, not the pitchers. The pitcher is the one who more than likely caused the problem in the first place so he should not get the advantage.
Finally, there should be more guidelines, much same as wrestling. There needs to be some time limit, because sometimes it just gets ridiculous. There also should be a fight limit. Like only 5 per game or so. The more clearly you state the fight rule, the more fair it will be.
Jake Gunderson
Lumberjax
Most Rage 2010
Lack of Player Movement in the PWL 12/6/10 by Jackson Bruce
There is no player movement in the PWL. It's just a simple fact. At the moment, there are 18 players in the PWL, soon to be 24. Thats not enough players to do serious trading and free agency. I could count on one hand the players who have been traded or switched teams. It gives no speculation to the game. It bases year by year difference only by improvement.
There are lots of down sides to player movement. More money spent on jerseys. Thats a big one. We don't have lots of money. Another is agreements. If you like your team, you dont want traded. Teams are reluctant to give up players. Lots of teams are made of friends. They don't want to trade their best bud. I wouldn't mind being traded, personally. If Joel ever wanted to trade me I'd be down with it. Just sayin'.
One player has actually been traded in the PWL. That was Ben Leidholt. He was traded from the Spumoni to the Chimps in exchange for the rights to Jake Chambers. Chimps won that trade easily. Another trade about when down this past year that would have rocked the Wiffle World. Cash Anderson about got traded to the Batborne in exchange for a draft pick and help to find another Chimps player. It of course, fell through.
Some guys have just changed teams. Jake Chambers initially retired and came back with the Reapers. He's now an All-Star. Jared Erickson was pretty much the PWL equivallency of being released by the Reapers. The Chimps picked him uo and gave up their Draft Pick. It shakes things up a bit.
I have a proposal. To make player movement more freequent and exciting, but without hurting the League. I say each player signs a contract for years and establish an owner for each team. That player-owner stays with the team unless he decides he's done and quits the team. Leaving the team up for ownership, which can be picked up by a player on the team or a free agent.
My Proposed Owners:
Batborne- Joel Jochim, Scrubs- Alex or Joe, Lumberjax- Nate Buscher, Chimps- Ben Leidholt, Crusaders- Jordan or Mac, Trojans- PWL for now, Chuggin' Slugs- Eliott Coughlin, and Reapers- Drew Leif.
Players now owned will sign contracts. They can't be released but can get traded at anytime. One limit; A player can only be traded once a year and a team will have one trade a year. So the movement doesn't get out of control and only three players per roster. When signing a free agent, you have to have an open roster spot. A plaayer can't ask for a release but can ask for a trade. Teams must agree on trades and make the player that is being trade's situation as rational as possible. Nothing drastic. And they trade msut be approved by the Head of State. I beieve this could spice things up to a controlled extent.
3 possible trades this season:
Bo Atkins to Trojans for the Chuggin' Slugs to keep the rights to their Draft Pick.
Jake Gunderson to Batborne for #7 Pick
Jackson Bruce to Scrubs for 8th Pick (Not really)
This could make the PWL exciting, not like it isn't already. I think we should have Winter Meetings and discuss these things. Every player in the League who isn't an owner should sign a contract with their current team for the years they want. Just an experimental idea for the morning.
There are lots of down sides to player movement. More money spent on jerseys. Thats a big one. We don't have lots of money. Another is agreements. If you like your team, you dont want traded. Teams are reluctant to give up players. Lots of teams are made of friends. They don't want to trade their best bud. I wouldn't mind being traded, personally. If Joel ever wanted to trade me I'd be down with it. Just sayin'.
One player has actually been traded in the PWL. That was Ben Leidholt. He was traded from the Spumoni to the Chimps in exchange for the rights to Jake Chambers. Chimps won that trade easily. Another trade about when down this past year that would have rocked the Wiffle World. Cash Anderson about got traded to the Batborne in exchange for a draft pick and help to find another Chimps player. It of course, fell through.
Some guys have just changed teams. Jake Chambers initially retired and came back with the Reapers. He's now an All-Star. Jared Erickson was pretty much the PWL equivallency of being released by the Reapers. The Chimps picked him uo and gave up their Draft Pick. It shakes things up a bit.
I have a proposal. To make player movement more freequent and exciting, but without hurting the League. I say each player signs a contract for years and establish an owner for each team. That player-owner stays with the team unless he decides he's done and quits the team. Leaving the team up for ownership, which can be picked up by a player on the team or a free agent.
My Proposed Owners:
Batborne- Joel Jochim, Scrubs- Alex or Joe, Lumberjax- Nate Buscher, Chimps- Ben Leidholt, Crusaders- Jordan or Mac, Trojans- PWL for now, Chuggin' Slugs- Eliott Coughlin, and Reapers- Drew Leif.
Players now owned will sign contracts. They can't be released but can get traded at anytime. One limit; A player can only be traded once a year and a team will have one trade a year. So the movement doesn't get out of control and only three players per roster. When signing a free agent, you have to have an open roster spot. A plaayer can't ask for a release but can ask for a trade. Teams must agree on trades and make the player that is being trade's situation as rational as possible. Nothing drastic. And they trade msut be approved by the Head of State. I beieve this could spice things up to a controlled extent.
3 possible trades this season:
Bo Atkins to Trojans for the Chuggin' Slugs to keep the rights to their Draft Pick.
Jake Gunderson to Batborne for #7 Pick
Jackson Bruce to Scrubs for 8th Pick (Not really)
This could make the PWL exciting, not like it isn't already. I think we should have Winter Meetings and discuss these things. Every player in the League who isn't an owner should sign a contract with their current team for the years they want. Just an experimental idea for the morning.
The Chuggin' Slugs Untapped Strengths 12/06/10 by Joe Snyder
As we all know, the Chuggin’ Slugs were the worst team in the league. This surprised me to no small extent. Obviously, with Brad never showing up, there were some team chemistry problems, but Bo made a seemingly nice replacement. With that said, the drunken shell-less snails have powers that they have yet to exploit.
Eliott - Eliott Coughlin is by far and away the most intimidating player in the league. Or at least he could be, if he weren’t so damn nice. If he gets mean on the field, and uses his size as a factor to scare the other team sh*tless, then they already have an upper hand. He also has the potential to be the home run leader, as he is probably one of the strongest people in the league. If he can figure out how to hit a ball, the Slugs will have an explosion in the home run section of the stats, and in their pants.
Bo – Bo is little, and therefore should be able to always get on base when he bats. As a fielder, he should always be able to get to the ball quickly and make the play, and pick up Eliott’s slack in this category. If anything, Bo should try to get smaller, so he has even less weight to carry around. He needs to get to second base every time. Plus, the smaller he gets, the harder it will be to hit him with the ball to get him out.
Brad – Can’t even show up to a f**king game, and he helped make the team. Nothing redeeming here. Sorry, Brad. You are a FAIL to your team. But this sad excuse of human life could be so much more. If he could just show up to a game, things would change drastically for this team. His leadership skills have been compared to those of none other than General Custer! He has been called the Anne Frank of winning! His presence would do for his team what Extenze does for the male genitalia (makes it bigger and better).
So, in summary, Eliott needs to get mean and hit the ball well. Bo needs to use his lack of mass to his advantage. And Brad needs to show the f**k up. Seriously, if he only comes once a year, he might as well apply to be the next Santa. If the Slugs take heed of my advice here, they will easily leave that horrifying 1-9 season behind. They will become the Aryan Race of wiffle ball.
Joe Snyder, Scrubs
Eliott - Eliott Coughlin is by far and away the most intimidating player in the league. Or at least he could be, if he weren’t so damn nice. If he gets mean on the field, and uses his size as a factor to scare the other team sh*tless, then they already have an upper hand. He also has the potential to be the home run leader, as he is probably one of the strongest people in the league. If he can figure out how to hit a ball, the Slugs will have an explosion in the home run section of the stats, and in their pants.
Bo – Bo is little, and therefore should be able to always get on base when he bats. As a fielder, he should always be able to get to the ball quickly and make the play, and pick up Eliott’s slack in this category. If anything, Bo should try to get smaller, so he has even less weight to carry around. He needs to get to second base every time. Plus, the smaller he gets, the harder it will be to hit him with the ball to get him out.
Brad – Can’t even show up to a f**king game, and he helped make the team. Nothing redeeming here. Sorry, Brad. You are a FAIL to your team. But this sad excuse of human life could be so much more. If he could just show up to a game, things would change drastically for this team. His leadership skills have been compared to those of none other than General Custer! He has been called the Anne Frank of winning! His presence would do for his team what Extenze does for the male genitalia (makes it bigger and better).
So, in summary, Eliott needs to get mean and hit the ball well. Bo needs to use his lack of mass to his advantage. And Brad needs to show the f**k up. Seriously, if he only comes once a year, he might as well apply to be the next Santa. If the Slugs take heed of my advice here, they will easily leave that horrifying 1-9 season behind. They will become the Aryan Race of wiffle ball.
Joe Snyder, Scrubs
Head of State's Two Cents: 10 Reasons Why You Don't Want To Miss The 2011 Season 12/02/10 by Joel Jochim
1. Draft - This season will kick off with the draft, which will add a new dimension to the league itself. The draft will occur at round table with at least one man representing each team and every draft prospect in attendance. Prior to the Draft will be a Draft Combine. Lumberjax player & Most Rage Award winner, Jake Gunderson, will be in charge of organizing drills for the Combine including things like running, pitching, and batting. The Draft itself should be a great addition to the PWL.
2. 3 Man Wiffleball – The Draft adds the ability to play with a 3rd man. The way I see this, it will completely change the league. New Allies. New Rivalries. New Champion possibilities.
3. New field – Sadly our time playing wiffleball at McGuigan Field and Bruce Stadium will likely be coming to a close. However, this will open the door for our plans to build a new field. The leaders of the league plan to build a field from the ground up with real bases, functional scoreboard, etc. We have already scouted out a few possibilities to be the venue of our new stadium of play.
4. New Uniforms – With the addition of a 3rd player and new alternate logo comes the fact that most teams will need to make new jerseys. This year the leaders of the league are not going to be in charge of making the uniforms. It will be the player’s duty to create them. We will encourage that you check out The Soccer Athlete, because we have heard that they have some great deals on custom jerseys. It will be exciting to see what some of you guys come up with.
5. New Home Plate Rule – An addition we have made to the rules this year is that when a runner is rounding third, you can throw the ball at the strike zone and if it hits it before the runner touches home plate, he is out. It is the equivalent of throwing the ball to the catcher to try tagging the runner out in real baseball. This will surely result in some awesome “From the outfield to the strike zone” outs.
6. Better Pitching – With a lot of the ugly pitching last year it is likely that should result in better pitching this year. Think about it. Many teams downfall last season was their pitching (I.E. Spumoni). Chances are that they will either draft someone who can spit some fire or work on pitching with a player they already have. This will result in more close low-scoring games.
7. The Chimps – One of my favorite teams to watch is the chimps. I especially enjoy observing the love-hate relationship between the two Chimps. Ben Leidholt and Cash Anderson. One day they would seem to have some of the best player chemistry in the league, and the next day they would be at each other’s throats. Throwing chairs at each other and threatening to just quit their team all together. With the addition of Jared Erickson to the team, it will be interesting to see if he will balance the team’s chemistry out or throw it off even more.
8. New Scheduling Rule – One major problem with the league last season was team’s inability to show up for games. This season, the league leaders have set up a foolproof way to keep the schedule on track. We will call players at the beginning of the week telling them when their game is and if they cannot show up, we will move it to a different time. If they don’t show up at the designated time it’s a forfeit and a loss for that team
9. Ian Coughlin – the draft will include a player that goes by the name Ian Coughlin. If you are wondering, yes he is indeed the brother of Eliott Coughlin of the Chuggin’ Slugs. This brings up many arguments. Will these brothers end up playing on the same team? Will there be a heated rivalry between the two. Will Ian be superior player. Will there ever be another Series of Unfortunate Events movie? Sorry. That last one was just something I have always wondered. But Ian Coughlin will be one to watch for Rookie of the Year.
10. Night Games – With the addition of some glow in the dark wiffleballs and a couple flood lights we might be able to get some night games together. If we can get these set up, it will be some of the most enjoyable and action-filled wiffleball you will ever see.
Joel Jochim,
Head of State
2. 3 Man Wiffleball – The Draft adds the ability to play with a 3rd man. The way I see this, it will completely change the league. New Allies. New Rivalries. New Champion possibilities.
3. New field – Sadly our time playing wiffleball at McGuigan Field and Bruce Stadium will likely be coming to a close. However, this will open the door for our plans to build a new field. The leaders of the league plan to build a field from the ground up with real bases, functional scoreboard, etc. We have already scouted out a few possibilities to be the venue of our new stadium of play.
4. New Uniforms – With the addition of a 3rd player and new alternate logo comes the fact that most teams will need to make new jerseys. This year the leaders of the league are not going to be in charge of making the uniforms. It will be the player’s duty to create them. We will encourage that you check out The Soccer Athlete, because we have heard that they have some great deals on custom jerseys. It will be exciting to see what some of you guys come up with.
5. New Home Plate Rule – An addition we have made to the rules this year is that when a runner is rounding third, you can throw the ball at the strike zone and if it hits it before the runner touches home plate, he is out. It is the equivalent of throwing the ball to the catcher to try tagging the runner out in real baseball. This will surely result in some awesome “From the outfield to the strike zone” outs.
6. Better Pitching – With a lot of the ugly pitching last year it is likely that should result in better pitching this year. Think about it. Many teams downfall last season was their pitching (I.E. Spumoni). Chances are that they will either draft someone who can spit some fire or work on pitching with a player they already have. This will result in more close low-scoring games.
7. The Chimps – One of my favorite teams to watch is the chimps. I especially enjoy observing the love-hate relationship between the two Chimps. Ben Leidholt and Cash Anderson. One day they would seem to have some of the best player chemistry in the league, and the next day they would be at each other’s throats. Throwing chairs at each other and threatening to just quit their team all together. With the addition of Jared Erickson to the team, it will be interesting to see if he will balance the team’s chemistry out or throw it off even more.
8. New Scheduling Rule – One major problem with the league last season was team’s inability to show up for games. This season, the league leaders have set up a foolproof way to keep the schedule on track. We will call players at the beginning of the week telling them when their game is and if they cannot show up, we will move it to a different time. If they don’t show up at the designated time it’s a forfeit and a loss for that team
9. Ian Coughlin – the draft will include a player that goes by the name Ian Coughlin. If you are wondering, yes he is indeed the brother of Eliott Coughlin of the Chuggin’ Slugs. This brings up many arguments. Will these brothers end up playing on the same team? Will there be a heated rivalry between the two. Will Ian be superior player. Will there ever be another Series of Unfortunate Events movie? Sorry. That last one was just something I have always wondered. But Ian Coughlin will be one to watch for Rookie of the Year.
10. Night Games – With the addition of some glow in the dark wiffleballs and a couple flood lights we might be able to get some night games together. If we can get these set up, it will be some of the most enjoyable and action-filled wiffleball you will ever see.
Joel Jochim,
Head of State
November 2010
2011 PWL Season Preview (Picked From a Hat) 11/30/10 by Jackson Bruce
As you all know, the first two years of the Pierre Wiffleball League have had the same ending. The Circle Drive Scrubs beating the Madison Batborne in the David N. Mullany Cups Championship. If we had an expert pick this year and he knew that he would probably play it safe and pick that to happen again.
Well, I think I will do it differently. I’m going to pick everything from a hat; the standings, playoffs, Draft Picks, All-Stars and Award Winners, all picked randomly.
Let’s start with the 2011 PWL Draft, since it’s the first thing on the agenda.
With the first pick in the 2011 PWL Draft, the Devine Park Chuggin’ Slugs select… Ian Coughlin. After an amazing Combine, Coughlin’s Draft status skyrockets and he joins Brad Hepper and Ian’s brother Eliott. Bo Atkins eventually gets frustrated and joins the Hess Field Wiffleball League’s Braves. The second pick goes to the Wandering Trojans. A week before the Draft, still playerless, the Trojans sign Taylor Dowling out of the thin Free Agent market. They select Connor Berg.The third pick goes to the Oneida Lumberjax. They select Wylin Baker to become the first non-Spumoni Lumberjax player.The Trojans select Cody Honeywell with the 4th pick in the Draft. Tension mounts after forty-three seconds between Cody and Dowling. We will see how it turns out. The Jefferson Reapers pick Dan Erickson with the 5th pick in the Draft. They end up trading Dan to the Trojans for Cody, after Honeywell knocked Dowling out in a scrap at the Trojans Draft table. The 6th pick goes to the Camden Court Crusaders and they have A.J. Dourchner fall magically into their laps. They soon become the Cups Title favorite.The 7th pick goes to the Madison Batborne and they pick Garrett Ehrenfried. The Scrubs with the 8th pick select Ryan Dufour to round out the draft.
The Oahe Division finishes as follows:
Chuggin’ Slugs- 9-1
Scrubs- 7-3
Crusaders- 5-5
Lumberjax- 0-10
The Dakota Division finishes like this:
Chimps- 10-0
Batborne- 5-5
Trojans- 3-7
Reapers: 1-9
The playoffs have the Chuggin’ Slugs and Chimps get byes. Crusaders beat the Scrubs. There will be a new Champion. Batborne beat the Trojans.
Chimps beat the Batborne to reach the Cups finals. The Oahe pennant goes to the Chuggin’ Slugs. The 2011 Cups go to the Willow Chimps of Madison. Soon after, Ben Leidholt retires after losing a bet with Alex McGuigan. The bet includes the loser retiring. Each bet their careers over who would win the Home Run Derby. Ben picked Justin Mourneu and Alex picked a revived Alfonso Soriano. Soriano won.
The Awards are selected after the Championship.
MVP: Jared Erickson, Willow Chimps of Madison
Andy Bruce Award: Brad Hepper, Devine Park Chuggin’ Slugs
Rookie of the Year: Cody Honeywell, Jefferson Reapers
Most Improved: Jake Gunderson, Oneida Lumberjax
Most Rage: Joel Jochim, Madison Batborne
All-Stars:
Oahe:
Ian Coughlin, Chuggin’ Slugs
Joe Snyder, Scrubs
A.J. Dourchner, Crusaders
Eliott Coughlin, Chuggin’ Slugs
Dakota:
Taylor Dowling, Trojans
Joel Jochim, Batborne
Jared Erickson, Chimps
Cody Honeywell, Reapers
That is how the random picking of slips of paper out of a hat predicts the season. It’s a far cry from the previous two years, but some may say it’s a breath of fresh air. We will see how things really shake up in 2011.
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Well, I think I will do it differently. I’m going to pick everything from a hat; the standings, playoffs, Draft Picks, All-Stars and Award Winners, all picked randomly.
Let’s start with the 2011 PWL Draft, since it’s the first thing on the agenda.
With the first pick in the 2011 PWL Draft, the Devine Park Chuggin’ Slugs select… Ian Coughlin. After an amazing Combine, Coughlin’s Draft status skyrockets and he joins Brad Hepper and Ian’s brother Eliott. Bo Atkins eventually gets frustrated and joins the Hess Field Wiffleball League’s Braves. The second pick goes to the Wandering Trojans. A week before the Draft, still playerless, the Trojans sign Taylor Dowling out of the thin Free Agent market. They select Connor Berg.The third pick goes to the Oneida Lumberjax. They select Wylin Baker to become the first non-Spumoni Lumberjax player.The Trojans select Cody Honeywell with the 4th pick in the Draft. Tension mounts after forty-three seconds between Cody and Dowling. We will see how it turns out. The Jefferson Reapers pick Dan Erickson with the 5th pick in the Draft. They end up trading Dan to the Trojans for Cody, after Honeywell knocked Dowling out in a scrap at the Trojans Draft table. The 6th pick goes to the Camden Court Crusaders and they have A.J. Dourchner fall magically into their laps. They soon become the Cups Title favorite.The 7th pick goes to the Madison Batborne and they pick Garrett Ehrenfried. The Scrubs with the 8th pick select Ryan Dufour to round out the draft.
The Oahe Division finishes as follows:
Chuggin’ Slugs- 9-1
Scrubs- 7-3
Crusaders- 5-5
Lumberjax- 0-10
The Dakota Division finishes like this:
Chimps- 10-0
Batborne- 5-5
Trojans- 3-7
Reapers: 1-9
The playoffs have the Chuggin’ Slugs and Chimps get byes. Crusaders beat the Scrubs. There will be a new Champion. Batborne beat the Trojans.
Chimps beat the Batborne to reach the Cups finals. The Oahe pennant goes to the Chuggin’ Slugs. The 2011 Cups go to the Willow Chimps of Madison. Soon after, Ben Leidholt retires after losing a bet with Alex McGuigan. The bet includes the loser retiring. Each bet their careers over who would win the Home Run Derby. Ben picked Justin Mourneu and Alex picked a revived Alfonso Soriano. Soriano won.
The Awards are selected after the Championship.
MVP: Jared Erickson, Willow Chimps of Madison
Andy Bruce Award: Brad Hepper, Devine Park Chuggin’ Slugs
Rookie of the Year: Cody Honeywell, Jefferson Reapers
Most Improved: Jake Gunderson, Oneida Lumberjax
Most Rage: Joel Jochim, Madison Batborne
All-Stars:
Oahe:
Ian Coughlin, Chuggin’ Slugs
Joe Snyder, Scrubs
A.J. Dourchner, Crusaders
Eliott Coughlin, Chuggin’ Slugs
Dakota:
Taylor Dowling, Trojans
Joel Jochim, Batborne
Jared Erickson, Chimps
Cody Honeywell, Reapers
That is how the random picking of slips of paper out of a hat predicts the season. It’s a far cry from the previous two years, but some may say it’s a breath of fresh air. We will see how things really shake up in 2011.
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