Wiffleball Swings into Season in Missouri

Missouri loves baseball, so it should stand to reason that when the multitudes get told they are too old and not good enough to continue to play the game they love competitively, they would create a near baseball league for their near baseball ability…???

Keep your eye on the ball

Wiffleball was probably the first version of baseball most of us played. We probably have pictures from our wee days with the classic yellow thin wiffle ball bat held askew because we really didn’t understand what we were doing at first. It came quickly though, hit the ball with the bat and go get the ball. A parent soft tossing us pitches that eventually we’d hone in on and line right back at their faces. Good times.

As we got older, we learned how to throw the wiffle ball to make it curve, dip or rise. This elevated backyard/neighborhood play. We would graduate to little league. Real baseballs, aluminum bats, nice leather gloves and everything that goes with it. America’s pastime.

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Almost everybody gets uninvited to play baseball. Very few make it to professional franchises, much less the big leagues. So, what is a baseball loving populace that isn’t good enough to play pro baseball do? Some guys move to softball. Others go back to wiffleball.

Keep trying to keep your eye on the ball

In Missouri there are Missouri Wiffleball Association recognized leagues and tournaments. Skibbe League in Manchester, Yellowbatz in O’Fallon, and others. There is also the MoWiff League in Chesterfield, and many teams, leagues and tournaments that have come and gone over the last twenty plus years.

Wiffleball season is back in Missouri! League play started weeks ago. Go see a game, a tourney, find a team and get in the game. Yes it’s competitive, and no, there are no ghost runners.