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Week Four ScheduleSaturday, July 11
7/8 -- Flying Pierogies VS. Wiffleball Junkies Sunday, July 12 12/1 -- Bad Meets Evil VS. Bases Loaded 2:30/3:30 -- Flying Pierogies VS. Kings of the North 5/6 -- Electric City Express VS. Kings of the North |
Wiffleball Junkies vs Flying Pierogies
The Junkies are coming off a split with Scared Hitless. The Pierogies are coming off a sweep of Scared Hitless on June 27th. The Junkies’ Steve Dotzel is hitting .727 with a double, a home run and six RBIs. On the mound, he’s 2-0 with an ERA of 0 with 22 strikeouts. The Pierogies’ Zach Artim is hitting .615 with three home runs and 10 RBIs. On the mound, he is 2-0 with a 0.50 ERA and 25 strikeouts.
Prediction: Pierogies sweep
Bad Meets Evil vs Bases Loaded
Bad Meets Evil is coming off a sweep of Electric City Express on June 28th. Bases Loaded is coming off getting swept by Electric City Express. BME’s Doug Novitski is hitting .600 with three home runs and 17 RBIs. Bases Loaded’s captain Kevin Sickle is hitting .318 with a home run and six RBIs.
Prediction: Bad Meets Evil sweep
Flying Pierogies vs Kings of the North
The Kings have yet to play this season. This is the Pierogies’ second series of the weekend. The Pierogies Chris Faulkner is hitting .455 with a home run and three RBIs. On the mound, he is 2-0 with a 0 ERA and 28 strikeouts. Kings captain Alex Fuchylo needs eight strikeouts to record 500 strikeouts.
Prediction: Pierogies/Kings split
Electric City Express vs Kings of the North
The Express is coming off their first two wins of the year by sweeping Bases Loaded. This will be the Kings second series of the day. The Express’ Alex Chronowski is hitting .524 with a home run and 12 RBIs. The Kings Andy Peck needs five RBIs to get to 400 RBIs in his career.
Prediction: Kings sweep
Twitter: @JKWiffle29 @NEPASportsPage
The Junkies are coming off a split with Scared Hitless. The Pierogies are coming off a sweep of Scared Hitless on June 27th. The Junkies’ Steve Dotzel is hitting .727 with a double, a home run and six RBIs. On the mound, he’s 2-0 with an ERA of 0 with 22 strikeouts. The Pierogies’ Zach Artim is hitting .615 with three home runs and 10 RBIs. On the mound, he is 2-0 with a 0.50 ERA and 25 strikeouts.
Prediction: Pierogies sweep
Bad Meets Evil vs Bases Loaded
Bad Meets Evil is coming off a sweep of Electric City Express on June 28th. Bases Loaded is coming off getting swept by Electric City Express. BME’s Doug Novitski is hitting .600 with three home runs and 17 RBIs. Bases Loaded’s captain Kevin Sickle is hitting .318 with a home run and six RBIs.
Prediction: Bad Meets Evil sweep
Flying Pierogies vs Kings of the North
The Kings have yet to play this season. This is the Pierogies’ second series of the weekend. The Pierogies Chris Faulkner is hitting .455 with a home run and three RBIs. On the mound, he is 2-0 with a 0 ERA and 28 strikeouts. Kings captain Alex Fuchylo needs eight strikeouts to record 500 strikeouts.
Prediction: Pierogies/Kings split
Electric City Express vs Kings of the North
The Express is coming off their first two wins of the year by sweeping Bases Loaded. This will be the Kings second series of the day. The Express’ Alex Chronowski is hitting .524 with a home run and 12 RBIs. The Kings Andy Peck needs five RBIs to get to 400 RBIs in his career.
Prediction: Kings sweep
Twitter: @JKWiffle29 @NEPASportsPage
Week 4 Captains Poll
by: Steve Dotzel
(posted Friday, July 10, 2020)
There has yet to be any movement in the polls this season, as all four conducted have yielded the exact same rankings. However, with Kings of the North set to make their debut this week, that could finally change. In the meantime, let’s run through the eight teams again as they stand.
8. Bases Loaded
-The unanimous #8 ranked team has had their struggles so far this season, as expected. They had one close call against ECE where they lost 16-13 but have been outscored 73-0 in their other five games.
7. Electric City Express
-ECE almost pulled a major upset a few weeks back against BME but faltered in the later innings. Another close call with Scared Hitless in the opener and realistically ECE could be (4-2) right now. However at (2-4) with the meat of the schedule upcoming, and no more Bases Loaded on tap, I suspect the train to be fully off the rails in a few weeks.
6. Scared Hitless
-Last week was proof that this team should be in the mix for the final playoff spot all season as Scared Hitless was able to split both their series. Stealing a win against Balls Deep could go a long way. Picking up both wins on the day was Nick Pugh who in 4 starts is now (3-1) with a 2.38 ERA and 41 K’s and is the clear frontrunner for the rookie of the year.
5. Wiffleball Junkies
-The Junkies have only allowed 2 runs thus far in their 4 games played en route to a (3-1) start. The 3 wins matches their total from last year. While the pitching has been the story, they have yet to play one of the league’s top offenses as will be the case this week in a matchup with Flying Pierogies.
4. Bad Meets Evil
-BME bounced back from an opening weekend sweep for a sweep of their own against ECE in Week 2. Despite not having Curtis Wagner on the mound, Tom and Doug were able to piece together enough to come away with two wins. Another sweep seems imminent with Bases Loaded on the schedule this week.
3. Kings of the North
-Headed in to the fourth week of the season, we have still yet to see the 2020 version of Kings of the North. That will change with four games on tap for Sunday. However, we might not get to see their full arsenal with the potential to be missing Jake, Bert, and Hart. If all three were to miss, it could be a tough start to the year for the Kings.
2. Balls Deep
-The defending champs were upset in surprising fashion last week at the hands of former Balls Deep player Mikey Grebeck’s squad. It was the first time this season Balls Deep had allowed any runs. They will be off this week as they prepare to face another former teammate next week when they play the Junkies.
1. Flying Pierogies
-The Pierogies were idle last week but will make up for it this week with four games on the schedule. With Balls Deep’s loss, they were able to pick up two additional 1st place votes bringing their total to 7 of the possible 8. With matchups against two possible playoff teams, it should be a good week to gauge just how much better the Pierogies are than the rest of the league.
Recent Achievements:
-Zach Artim became the 7th player in league history to record 30 wins all-time
-Tom Hannon passed Andy Peck in Runs scored to take over the BWBL all-time lead. Tom now leads 570 R to 565 R. It is likely this could flip-flop throughout the season.
-JJ Neely became the 51st player in league history to record 100 hits for his career
-Steve Dotzel became the 14th player in league history to record 300 hits for his career
Stats to Watch:
Pitching:
-Alex Fuchylo needs 8 strikeouts to become just the 4th player in league history to record 500 strikeouts all-time
-Tom Hannon needs 3 wins to surpass Bob Loftus, Sr. for the most wins in league history
-Tom Hannon needs 24 strikeouts to surpass Bobby Loftus, Jr. for the 2nd most strikeouts all-time
-Sean Hart needs 27 strikeouts to surpass Bob Loftus, Sr. for the most strikeouts in the Medium Pitch Era
-Steve Dotzel needs 28 strikeouts to surpass Bob Loftus, Sr. for the most strikeouts in the Medium Pitch Era
-Alex Fuchylo needs 37 strikeouts to surpass Bob Loftus, Sr. for the most strikeouts in the Medium Pitch Era
Hitting:
-Curtis Wagner needs 3 hits to reach 100 hits for his career
-Andy Peck needs 5 RBIs to become just the 4th player in league history to record 400 RBIs all-time
-Derick Kearsh needs 5 hits to reach 300 hits for his career
-Rob Hess needs 8 hits to reach 300 hits for his career
-Zach Artim needs 14 hits to reach 200 hits for his career
-Tom Hannon needs 33 hits to become just the 2nd player in league history to record 700 hits all-time
8. Bases Loaded
-The unanimous #8 ranked team has had their struggles so far this season, as expected. They had one close call against ECE where they lost 16-13 but have been outscored 73-0 in their other five games.
7. Electric City Express
-ECE almost pulled a major upset a few weeks back against BME but faltered in the later innings. Another close call with Scared Hitless in the opener and realistically ECE could be (4-2) right now. However at (2-4) with the meat of the schedule upcoming, and no more Bases Loaded on tap, I suspect the train to be fully off the rails in a few weeks.
6. Scared Hitless
-Last week was proof that this team should be in the mix for the final playoff spot all season as Scared Hitless was able to split both their series. Stealing a win against Balls Deep could go a long way. Picking up both wins on the day was Nick Pugh who in 4 starts is now (3-1) with a 2.38 ERA and 41 K’s and is the clear frontrunner for the rookie of the year.
5. Wiffleball Junkies
-The Junkies have only allowed 2 runs thus far in their 4 games played en route to a (3-1) start. The 3 wins matches their total from last year. While the pitching has been the story, they have yet to play one of the league’s top offenses as will be the case this week in a matchup with Flying Pierogies.
4. Bad Meets Evil
-BME bounced back from an opening weekend sweep for a sweep of their own against ECE in Week 2. Despite not having Curtis Wagner on the mound, Tom and Doug were able to piece together enough to come away with two wins. Another sweep seems imminent with Bases Loaded on the schedule this week.
3. Kings of the North
-Headed in to the fourth week of the season, we have still yet to see the 2020 version of Kings of the North. That will change with four games on tap for Sunday. However, we might not get to see their full arsenal with the potential to be missing Jake, Bert, and Hart. If all three were to miss, it could be a tough start to the year for the Kings.
2. Balls Deep
-The defending champs were upset in surprising fashion last week at the hands of former Balls Deep player Mikey Grebeck’s squad. It was the first time this season Balls Deep had allowed any runs. They will be off this week as they prepare to face another former teammate next week when they play the Junkies.
1. Flying Pierogies
-The Pierogies were idle last week but will make up for it this week with four games on the schedule. With Balls Deep’s loss, they were able to pick up two additional 1st place votes bringing their total to 7 of the possible 8. With matchups against two possible playoff teams, it should be a good week to gauge just how much better the Pierogies are than the rest of the league.
Recent Achievements:
-Zach Artim became the 7th player in league history to record 30 wins all-time
-Tom Hannon passed Andy Peck in Runs scored to take over the BWBL all-time lead. Tom now leads 570 R to 565 R. It is likely this could flip-flop throughout the season.
-JJ Neely became the 51st player in league history to record 100 hits for his career
-Steve Dotzel became the 14th player in league history to record 300 hits for his career
Stats to Watch:
Pitching:
-Alex Fuchylo needs 8 strikeouts to become just the 4th player in league history to record 500 strikeouts all-time
-Tom Hannon needs 3 wins to surpass Bob Loftus, Sr. for the most wins in league history
-Tom Hannon needs 24 strikeouts to surpass Bobby Loftus, Jr. for the 2nd most strikeouts all-time
-Sean Hart needs 27 strikeouts to surpass Bob Loftus, Sr. for the most strikeouts in the Medium Pitch Era
-Steve Dotzel needs 28 strikeouts to surpass Bob Loftus, Sr. for the most strikeouts in the Medium Pitch Era
-Alex Fuchylo needs 37 strikeouts to surpass Bob Loftus, Sr. for the most strikeouts in the Medium Pitch Era
Hitting:
-Curtis Wagner needs 3 hits to reach 100 hits for his career
-Andy Peck needs 5 RBIs to become just the 4th player in league history to record 400 RBIs all-time
-Derick Kearsh needs 5 hits to reach 300 hits for his career
-Rob Hess needs 8 hits to reach 300 hits for his career
-Zach Artim needs 14 hits to reach 200 hits for his career
-Tom Hannon needs 33 hits to become just the 2nd player in league history to record 700 hits all-time
Season 17 Guidelines
We are glad to announce that games will begin on Sunday, June 21, 2020.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the BWBL Council has compiled the following guidelines for player safety:
- No shaking of hands after games.
- Only players and umpires of the current game and Council permitted on the field or in dugouts.
- Only the team captain should approach the umpire for discussion of calls.
- Defense uses their own ball for that half inning.
- The leagure will supply a bottle of sanitizer for each dugout, the clubhouse, and the bathroom.
- If you are sick, please stay home and contact the commissioner so that the league can notify any players who were in close contact.
- If a player is at the field and shows signs of sickness (coughing, excessive sneezing, phlegm, dizziness, light-headness, etc.), they will not be permitted to remain at the field. A touchless thermometer will be used as a final determination, with temperatures over 100° not permitted. This is determined by Council.
- Reschedule will be permitted if the payer sent home due to sickness puts that team at less than three players.
- Two people are permitted in the clubhouse at any time.
- Players currently involved in a game are not permitted in the clubhouse.
- All cooks will utilize masks and gloves while cooking.
- The Crow's Nest is currently off limits for repairs.
We are all happy and excited to be back, but we want to act in a safe and appropriate way to provide a safe environment for players and officials. We appreciate your cooperation.
For more information on how to keep safe during this time and for Pennsylvania's guidelines for sports, please visit: https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/heres-the-wolf-administrations-covid-19-guidance-for-the-reopening-of-all-sports-in-pa-including-high-school-and-youth-sports/521-7332a9e6-13b3-410b-8bdf-0f052056a881
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the BWBL Council has compiled the following guidelines for player safety:
- No shaking of hands after games.
- Only players and umpires of the current game and Council permitted on the field or in dugouts.
- Only the team captain should approach the umpire for discussion of calls.
- Defense uses their own ball for that half inning.
- The leagure will supply a bottle of sanitizer for each dugout, the clubhouse, and the bathroom.
- If you are sick, please stay home and contact the commissioner so that the league can notify any players who were in close contact.
- If a player is at the field and shows signs of sickness (coughing, excessive sneezing, phlegm, dizziness, light-headness, etc.), they will not be permitted to remain at the field. A touchless thermometer will be used as a final determination, with temperatures over 100° not permitted. This is determined by Council.
- Reschedule will be permitted if the payer sent home due to sickness puts that team at less than three players.
- Two people are permitted in the clubhouse at any time.
- Players currently involved in a game are not permitted in the clubhouse.
- All cooks will utilize masks and gloves while cooking.
- The Crow's Nest is currently off limits for repairs.
We are all happy and excited to be back, but we want to act in a safe and appropriate way to provide a safe environment for players and officials. We appreciate your cooperation.
For more information on how to keep safe during this time and for Pennsylvania's guidelines for sports, please visit: https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/heres-the-wolf-administrations-covid-19-guidance-for-the-reopening-of-all-sports-in-pa-including-high-school-and-youth-sports/521-7332a9e6-13b3-410b-8bdf-0f052056a881
BWBL Hall of Fame, Class of 2019
In continuing to commemorate the efforts of great players and organizers, the Backyard Wiffle® Ball League is proud to announce the BWBL Hall of Fame, Class of 2019!
Members are elected to the Hall of Fame through a vote of BWBL Council members and still-active Hall of Famers. In order to become a member of the Hall of Fame, players/organizers must first be nominated by the Council and then receive 75% of the vote.
The league is proud to announce the BWBL Hall of Fame, Class of 2019:
Mikey Holloway -- Player for all 15 years of the league’s existence and was the league’s youngest player at the age of 12 when the league formed. Mikey has transformed his game throught the years, at first relying on his speed and quick hands then becoming an all-around player capable of carrying a team on his back. Don’t be fooled by the lackadaisical effort because if you sleep on him, he will turn a little 15-foot hit into a double. Holloway’s speed and quickness has garnered him some national recognition from the NWLA as a first team fielder and is considered to be one of the most reliable defensive players roaming the outfield at Diamond City Park. With his induction, the Core-4 of not only the 2004 Dragons but the original one-on-one league is now all derservingly in the Hall of Fame.
Bob Sickle -- Father of the league co-creator, without Sickle, the league most likely would have gone under within the first few years. Sickle was routinely at the field early to help set up and get the field in playing condition. Sickle is best known for his supervisory skills and ability to see where improvements could be made. He is also famous for one-liners, with favorite targets being fellow Hall of Famers Tom Hannon, Mike White, and his son Kevin Sickle. Sickle was instrumental in getting Diamond City Park up and running to allow the league to continue well into the future. Athletically, Sickle served as a fill-in during the early years for his son's teams and has two sons who hold BWBL titles (Kevin and Nate with Bases Loaded in 2013). The league, its founders, commissioner son, council, and all players past, present, and future owe a debt of gratitude to Bob.
Stay tuned for plans for the Hall of Fame Induction!
Members are elected to the Hall of Fame through a vote of BWBL Council members and still-active Hall of Famers. In order to become a member of the Hall of Fame, players/organizers must first be nominated by the Council and then receive 75% of the vote.
The league is proud to announce the BWBL Hall of Fame, Class of 2019:
Mikey Holloway -- Player for all 15 years of the league’s existence and was the league’s youngest player at the age of 12 when the league formed. Mikey has transformed his game throught the years, at first relying on his speed and quick hands then becoming an all-around player capable of carrying a team on his back. Don’t be fooled by the lackadaisical effort because if you sleep on him, he will turn a little 15-foot hit into a double. Holloway’s speed and quickness has garnered him some national recognition from the NWLA as a first team fielder and is considered to be one of the most reliable defensive players roaming the outfield at Diamond City Park. With his induction, the Core-4 of not only the 2004 Dragons but the original one-on-one league is now all derservingly in the Hall of Fame.
Bob Sickle -- Father of the league co-creator, without Sickle, the league most likely would have gone under within the first few years. Sickle was routinely at the field early to help set up and get the field in playing condition. Sickle is best known for his supervisory skills and ability to see where improvements could be made. He is also famous for one-liners, with favorite targets being fellow Hall of Famers Tom Hannon, Mike White, and his son Kevin Sickle. Sickle was instrumental in getting Diamond City Park up and running to allow the league to continue well into the future. Athletically, Sickle served as a fill-in during the early years for his son's teams and has two sons who hold BWBL titles (Kevin and Nate with Bases Loaded in 2013). The league, its founders, commissioner son, council, and all players past, present, and future owe a debt of gratitude to Bob.
Stay tuned for plans for the Hall of Fame Induction!
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