Wiffleball

[Natron]

Howdy. I'm looking for a wiffleball team.

 

We are HRL Twin Cities, the largest adult wiffleball league in Minnesota, and this upcoming season will be season #12 for us (we're no fly-by-night organization here people). We have 16 teams (well, I'm here looking for #16), we play double headers on hockey rinks in Eagan and Hopkins on Thursday nights (possibly an occasional Monday), and our season runs from the first week in May through the weekend after Labor Day. We play a total of 36 regular season games, and you have an option to play up to 39 total by scheduling 3 extras on your own.

 

Teams are made up of 5-7 people aged 21+ (city booze permits, ya know), with 6 being able to play in any one game (1 pitcher, 2 fielders, and all 6 can hit). Talent is not required - we run the gamut in that area. We have guys who never played past youth baseball on up to one former MLBer (if 4 appearances counts). We use the original yellow bats, original holes-on-one-side wiffle balls, pitch speed limit is (supposed to be) 60 MPH but the mound is 42', bases 45'. On our website, we keep pretty comprehensive stats for such a stupid game, but hey, the people love it.

 

Here's a link to our 2012 "Lowlight Reel" to check out and get a taste of how we do it. It's a dumb kids game, and for the most part, we treat it as such. Click around on our YouTube channel a bit more, and you'll find more of our "intense" gameplay as well.

 

So, there it is. The slot we're looking to fill is in EAGAN. There will be a couple of trips up to Hopkins for inter-league during the season, but this is an Eagan based team that we we're looking for. So, if you can get a gaggle of your buddies together, we'd love to hear from you. E-mail us at hrltwincities@gmail.com, and we'd be happy to answer any questions and fill in more details.

[ashbury]

TD generally welcomes non-commercial posts of possible, even marginal, interest to Twins fans.  Until a more formal "notices" forum ever gets created, it's well to point out that (unless one of the TD owners speaks up) there is no official connection between TD and the above organization. 

 

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[Bark's Lounge]

It actually looks like you guys are having some fun.

 

This a response to both Natron and Ashbury John.

 

Natron having fun playing wiffleball.

 

Ashbury John having fun tripping on acid, shrooms, or whatever you have ingested on this early Friday afternoon.

 

[Natron]

Uh, I was told that not only does TD fully endorse HRL Twin Cities, but that the league would have a feature story done and given primo placement on the front page of the site on Twins' opening day... gratis. I don't know where all of this noise is coming from.

[JB_Iowa]

Uh, I was told that not only does TD fully endorse HRL Twin Cities, but that the league would have a feature story done and given primo placement on the front page of the site on Twins' opening day... gratis. I don't know where all of this noise is coming from.

 

I think the moderators aren't always told what the owners have agreed to.  The disclaimer in Ashbury's post looks pretty standard to me and was probably developed when someone was recruitng for a ticket group or something.

 

I'm sure one of the owners will straighten it out.

 

Best of luck recruiting a team.  Looks like fun.

[ashbury]

Uh, I was told that not only does TD fully endorse HRL Twin Cities, but that the league would have a feature story done and given primo placement on the front page of the site on Twins' opening day... gratis. I don't know where all of this noise is coming from.

My apologies if I injected confusion into the proceedings.  As JB said above, the moderators don't always get a heads-up prior to postings like these.  At times we've gotten a certain amount of spam at this site.  As I said, if TD ownership has worked something out with you, then my disclaimer is moot anyway.

 

The rest of the disclaimer was just a bit of fun, nothing more.  Again, I'm sorry if it looked like your post was the butt of some joke.  As others have said, your team looks like fun. I used to live in Eagan; too bad I moved 2000 miles away.

[Bark's Lounge]

Natron, I do think your league is awesome. If it were a different place and a different time, I could certainly see myself fielding a team of crusty old veteran wiffle ball players for your league. I know a good amount of them - me included.

 

Good luck finding team 16 - I am sure it will happen.