The
spring
meeting
took
place
this
weekend
in
Jefferson
MA.
The
big
topic
discussed
was
the
resignation
of
league
commissioner
Kevin
Costner.
Kevin
has
been
head
of
the
league
since
it's
inception
back
in
1988.
Kevin
invisioned
a
dream,
they
told
him
to
build
it
and
he
did.
Frenchman
Stadium
Welcome
Wiffleball
fans.
Danny
Gladden,
reporting
on
the
pulse
pounding
World
Series
that
inserted
a
few
new
pages
into
the
sports
history
books.
This
series
was
highly
anticipated
and
it
didn't
disappoint!
Here
is
a
game
by
game
recap
of
what
is
now
dubbed
"The
What
If
Series".
My
hands
This was the week of the one man show. Each of the 3 games this week was pretty much dominated by one player on the winning team. The WWL players are finally putting to rest the complaints of so many of the fans. The complaint was that there wasn't enough offense this year. Josh Mckelvie seemed a bit pissed this week after last week that saw Jake McKelvie bat .666 with 4 HR's over 3 games to put some pressure on Josh's attempt at the 2007 Triple Crown. Pat was back from his rehab stint playing for the Sterling Mosquito Slappers, a AAA Affiliate. And yet another no-show week for every other player in the league that have no stats and could give 2 shits about coming out and getting their asses kicked.
Game 1 featured Pat, who was on a short pitch count, against grizzled veteran, Glenn. Josh Mckelvie came out drooling, knowing his great offensive stats lifetime against Pat. Josh took over the game by crushing 3 home runs and driving in a WWL 2007 high 8 RBI's! This put Pat's team in an early hole that they would never get out of, despite mounting a small comeback to make the final 9-5. Pat continues to struggle to get back to his 2006 World Series form. Could he have been taking Steroids to enhance his performance cuz he was in a contract year? Rumors are escalating...
Game 2 pitted ERA Leader Johnson against the still drooling Josh McKelvie. Johnson's team squandered a bases loaded situation and found it tough to get to Josh and his 120 lb frame. Johnson came out throwing strikes, including 3 he wished he didn't throw. Glenn hit 2 dingers over the monster to drive in 4 and Josh added a solo shot. Johnson, Frantz and Jake mounted a great comeback in the bottom of the 5th. With Frantz on second and the tying run in Johnson at third, Jake singled to right but got thrown out at first. Upon replay it appeared that Josh yelled "Look, it's Adam Duritz!" which made Jake stop in his tracks and scan the crowd for his hero.
With Glenn and Josh all sweaty from being on each other’s backs we head to game 3. Frantz against Jake. Frantz who seemed to be coming out of his season long slump by cracking a dinger in the last game followed it up with another against Jake. But that was all the offense his team could muster against the mighty McKelvie. Mckelvie, who was pretty much getting slaughtered every time he toed the rubber, made the manager pitch a tent with his fine performance. Mckelvie somehow hopped on his own back with a smoking 6-8 at the plate with a HR and drove in 5 of the 6 runs. The McKelvie boys are both on fire and it will be interesting to see how the rest of the season pans out and how they both fare after the All-Star break.
Kuntz's Knotes: Just wanted to bring up a couple points for us all to ponder till next Sunday...
- Is the Mosquito trap really working at Cliffside....?
- Can anyone stop Jake ( .702 BA 5 HR's 17 RBI's over the last 2 weeks ) ?
- When will Manning, The Human Pitching Machine, return?
- Will Josh get a belt that fits?
- Can Pat bounce back from his sub par performance last week ( .190 BA 0HR 1RBI )
- Will Glenn ever hit a ball to right field?
- Should Johnson take time off from work to get the new field ready?
A side note, Costner stated that Weed & Feed was spread on the new field this morning at 6:00 AM. The fence and overall layout are still in the design stage.