Whiffleball is the new American Pastime

This spring and summer, my friends and I have been playing whiffleball nearly every Sunday evening. Every week we have a lot of fun and the games have become increasingly competitive and close. In recent weeks, rules have been modified to protect the integrity of the game.

In the beginning of the season, we were using a large black bat that yielded many homeruns. In favor of “small ball”, we retired the black bat and now use the thin yellow bats. This makes the games much lower scoring. Certain players in the league have even perfected the art of bunting in order to get runners on base.

Last night’s game saw my team down 5-0 late in the game. We made a gutsy comeback, but came up short with a 5-4 defeat. Fielding was solid by both teams, and there were only a few, minor baserunning blunders.

With as much fun as we’ve been having playing whiffleball, we decided that this 4th of July called for not just a whiffleball game, but a huge softball game as well. I’ve been dying to play softball again ever since I saw the Band of Horses video for their song The Great Salt Lake.

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I only have work today and tomorrow, then 4th of July, and then off to the beach for the long weekend. This is why people love summer.