Happy Friday Morning Speakies:
That day all of us workers look forward to is here at last. For some of you it may be a pay day, some may start a vacation at the end of the work day, but for most of us it’s the weekend a coming. Those two fabulous days to putter around the house, be a couch potato or do the adventurer thing. I hope the weather will be in your favor, down here it will be hot, humid and those afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
There is a holiday this weekend we observe and that is “WIFFLE BALL DAY.” Now wiffle ball was big in my kid days. The original wiffle ball set included a narrow solid yellow bat and a wiffle ball that had holes all around the ball for proper air flow. As a pitcher one could deliver amazing curves, sliders and fast balls galore and as the ball was released a whistling sound filled the air.
Now there came a second sort of wiffle ball with a regular softer bat and solid plastic ball, but a true wiffle baller preferred the narrow bat for that was a hitter’s challenge to prove himself in the batter’s box. I remember when I belonged to the Boys Club in South Trenton, we played wiffle ball every afternoon in the summer. The counselor would choose 2 team captains and than we would pick our teams for a double header game. We played on a concrete lot with a big tree in left field and if the ball went into the tree play continued if the ball was caught after falling out you were out. We had very simple rules, over the fence a home run, a foul ball over the catcher and over the fence behind him was an out. Regular baseball rules applied for the rest of the game. JoeyZ is proud to say that one season I won the home run championship with a total of 50. A simple game with lots of fun and wiffle ball sets are probably still available today. Pick one up and have fun with the kids.
Going to say goodbye now. As for the weekend Guys and Dolls, have fun, be safe and stop by next week. Remember you can sign-up to be a follower of this blog, just follow the instructions and please feel free to post your comments it’s easy.
That day all of us workers look forward to is here at last. For some of you it may be a pay day, some may start a vacation at the end of the work day, but for most of us it’s the weekend a coming. Those two fabulous days to putter around the house, be a couch potato or do the adventurer thing. I hope the weather will be in your favor, down here it will be hot, humid and those afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
There is a holiday this weekend we observe and that is “WIFFLE BALL DAY.” Now wiffle ball was big in my kid days. The original wiffle ball set included a narrow solid yellow bat and a wiffle ball that had holes all around the ball for proper air flow. As a pitcher one could deliver amazing curves, sliders and fast balls galore and as the ball was released a whistling sound filled the air.
Now there came a second sort of wiffle ball with a regular softer bat and solid plastic ball, but a true wiffle baller preferred the narrow bat for that was a hitter’s challenge to prove himself in the batter’s box. I remember when I belonged to the Boys Club in South Trenton, we played wiffle ball every afternoon in the summer. The counselor would choose 2 team captains and than we would pick our teams for a double header game. We played on a concrete lot with a big tree in left field and if the ball went into the tree play continued if the ball was caught after falling out you were out. We had very simple rules, over the fence a home run, a foul ball over the catcher and over the fence behind him was an out. Regular baseball rules applied for the rest of the game. JoeyZ is proud to say that one season I won the home run championship with a total of 50. A simple game with lots of fun and wiffle ball sets are probably still available today. Pick one up and have fun with the kids.
Going to say goodbye now. As for the weekend Guys and Dolls, have fun, be safe and stop by next week. Remember you can sign-up to be a follower of this blog, just follow the instructions and please feel free to post your comments it’s easy.
2 comments:
Hi Joe:)
Wiffle Ball Days, you bet!!!
We would just hold out the ball
or phone friends with one word:
WIFF? If they were up for it,
we took it to Franklin or Wetzel.
When I homered I swear I could
hear Harry Kalas in the wind saying
"That ball is OUTTA HERE !!!" LOL
That was fun baseball all the way. A few years ago we bought our granddaughter a wiffle ball gun that shoots out the balls, she had loads of fun.
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