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• Got rid of unsigned, irrelevant comments on this page (this is dicussion on the article, not on the subject in general. In the article, I changed the copyedit tag to a stub tag; the copy should be okay for now but the content needs a lot of work. Hopefully somebody in the baseball dept. will spot this and do work on it. Frackintoaster 15:50, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Rules 2 bat not ball 3 Please expain reverts 4 Pitching 5 "Wiffle®"

[edit] Rules

There needs to be a Rules section, which mentions pegging, players, bases, etc.

Agreed (whoever you are). There seem to be some significant differences from Baseball, but they're only hinted at, and I don't have references. A diagram of the triangular playing field would be particularly nice. -Stellmach 19:38, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] bat not ball

i typed the search for wiffle bat not wiffle ball

[edit] Please expain reverts

Someone has performed several reverts on this page with no explanation. This makes it impossible to determine the issue at hand and resolve the conflict. If you revert this page, please explain your action either here on the talk page or in your edit summary.

If you are any other editor, be aware that this page may be in a volatile state and you are well-advised to check the recent edit history before making your changes. Hopefully this situation will be resolved soon. -Stellmach 11:45, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pitching

The following material seems to be original research (it's also not Wikified and in encyclopedic tone, but those are issues that could be cleaned up). Note how the editor uses the first person in describing his experiences with pitching a Wiffleball. Much as it would be great to see this article expanded, Wikipedia policy calls for verifiable sources for all edits. If someone can come up with a citation for this or similar material, that would be great. -Stellmach 13:53, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Pitching a wiffleball is easy and fun to do. Contrary to popular belief, the grips on the wiffleball box are backwards; the inventor of wiffleballs is left handed. For righty pitchers, there are 5 solid pitches that can be thrown.

1) The Fastball. Grip: Index and middle finger along the holes.
2) The Curveball. Grip: Index and middle on the seam of the ball making a peace sign. Holes to the right.
The curveball can curve anywhere from 1-7 to 3-9. The further sidearm it is thrown, the less it will drop, but the more it will curve away from righty batters.
3) The Riser. Grip: Index and middle along the seam, holes down.
Throw the ball sidearm to submarine and you will get a floating action rather than a rise. Tricks batters because it does not drop like a normal pitch. Submarine also throws off batters used to overhand pitching.
4) The Sinker. Grip: Index and middle along seam, holes up.
Throw exactly like the riser. Bottom drops out 3/4ths of the way to the plate, so use sparingly and try to make them miss rather than make it hit the strikezone.
5) The Screwball. Grip: Same as curveball/riser
Since I cannot throw the real screwball (curveball except holes in) I throw the curve completely underhand. Curves down and in righty batters, induces pop-ups.

[edit] "Wiffle®"

Yes, "Wiffle" is a registered trademark. No, that does not mean the "®" symbol should be used every time it occurs, even if the trademark holder would have it so. Please see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks) for correct treatment of this matter. -Stellmach 02:44, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

I have a bone of contention with the last paragraph. Obviously this is a bio-paragraph someone inserted. It makes no sense and does not belong. Drunktrumpet 18:36, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

"Wiffleball was played at Mountain Creek Stadium in Montclair, CA in a 2 person league from the late 1980's to the early 1990's. The league was disbanded when the two founding members had to leave for College. Memorable moments from the league include a couple of "Duncan Dingers", a few roof shots and a dispute over a ball hit down the left field line over or foul of (depending on who you ask) the "foul plunger". The league installed lights for night games and netting to keep balls from going into the many surrounding back yards. The current site of Mountain Creek Stadium now has trees in what use to be the playing field. The league commissioner has since retired from office."