Wiffleball Club
Welcome to the SLUH Wiffleball club site.
- Moderator: Mr. Kesterson.
- President: Jimmy Rapp.
- Vice President: Paul Heffernan.
- Treasurer: Andy Tayon.
The first tournament is scheduled for Thursday October 19th, for a time after the last exam.Sign ups for the first tournament will be available during the week of October 9th Any questions contact Jimmy Rapp in homeroom J124.
The following contains some information from www.wiffle.com
The Pitches The WIFFLE ball is thrown like a baseball and will curve very easily. The diagrams below show how the ball should be held for curving and controlling the ball. Experiment with different grips and releases to find the pitches that work best for you. There is no need to throw the ball hard to produce results!
The minimum number of players required to play a game in a SLUH whiffleball tournament is three. The maximum number of players that can compete on one team is four. Each tournament is $1 per person to compete. A full team will only consist of one player on the feild at a time (the pitcher/feilder). As in baseball, the game is played with one team at bat and one team in the field. The rules of play are similar to baseball, however there is no base running. Three outs to retire a side, per inning, four innings per game. Every player must pitch at least 3 outs. In case of a tie, additional innings are played. For a complete inning, both sides must bat.
Outs A fold out chair will be used as the strike zone, five balls and two strikes. The batter can strike out if he swings at a pitched ball and does not foul off the second strike, or is caught looking at a ball that hits the chair.
Fly balls caught in fair or foul territory Ground balls caught while the ball is in motion, in fair territory. Bunting is not allowed and the batter cannot obtain a base on balls.
Scoring
A ball hit on the ground that stops rolling before the pitcher can cleanly feild it, or rolls past the pitcher on a ground ball, or is hit in the air and not caught, constitutes a single. A double is any ball that is hit past the pitcher and goes over the pitchers head on a fly. Balls hit past the homerun markers, and not caught, constitute a home run.
The baseball rules of scoring apply:
Example: A player hits a single – his/her team has a man on first base (imaginary runners). The next player hits a single – the team now has a man of first and second. Third batter hits a home run – three runs score! (The imaginary runners on first and second, plus the home run.)
A batter earns 1 imaginary base on a single and 2 imaginary bases on a double.
A runner on 1st advances one base on a single and 2 bases on a double.
A runner on 2nd base scores on a single or double.
A runner on 3rd base scores on any hit.
