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The History of the National Wiffle Ball League
The National Wiffleball League began as a four team league in 2002. The Rox, Ivynators, Mustangs, and BlackCats comprised the league's teams in the first year. The Ivynators finished 9-2, but failed to win the championship. The Mustangs, who finished in second, won the championship 3 games to 1.
The next year, all four teams returned. This year, the defending Mustangs finished first with a 10-0 record. The Ivynators finished second with a 4-6 record and made it to the championship again. The Ivynators defeated the Mustangs 3 games to 1.
2004 marked a new "league". The BlackCats and Rox were out. The Rapids and Cannons were in. The Rapids posted a 8-2 record to take first place in their first year. The Cannons followed in second with a 6-4 record. The two teams would meet in the championship where the Rapids would win the championship in a clean 4 game sweep.
The Rapids followed up 2004 with a better year in 2005. The Brook Water Rapids went 18-4 to post a league record best.The Cannons followed with a 12-10 record. The YellowJackets took over for the Ivynators and finished 12-10. The Mustangs finished 2-22, a current league record for the worst NWBL record. The Cannons and Rapids met in the title game, where the Rapids won 4 games to 3. The Rapids won two titles in their first two years.
After posting an aweful 2-22 record, the Wallace Mustangs were done. The Filippone Heat came in for the 2006 season. While the Rapids enjoyed success in 04 and 05, they finished tied for third with a 6-11 record. The Brook Water Rapids also changed their name to the Lackawanna Rapids and the Dowling YellowJackets became the Dowling BobCats. The Cannons enjoyed a 13-4 record with the Heat in second with a 9-8 record. The Heat and Cannons met in the 2006 championship. The Dowling Cannons went on to win 4 games to 2.
All four teams remained for the 2007 season, and the season length was increased from 17 to 25. The Lackawanna Rapids broke their record by posting a league record best 20-5. The BlackSox followed suit with a 11-14 record. The Cannons went 10-15 in third and the Heat finished last, with a 9-16 record. The Rapids and BlackSox met in the championship this year. In a best of five championship, the Rapids led the series 2-0, before they surrendered 3 straight games to the BlackSox. The Dowling BlackSox won the title. It marked the third time a second place team won it all.
Once again, for 2008, the league games were expanded from 25 to 38! An once again, all four teams stayed. This year, the Heat and Rapids went toe to toe in the regular season. With a 22-10 record, the Heat blew their 5 game lead in the standings with 6 games to go. The Rapids finished first for their fourth time, posting a 23-14 record. The Heat followed with a 22-15 record.The Cannons went 19-19 for third and the BlackSox finished last with a 10-28 record.
For the first time ever, 2009 brought a fifth and sixth team into the league, the Wallace Warriors and Vetrone Cutters. They joined the previous four teams for the 2009 campaign. With three teams in each division, playoff and seasonal formats were changed. The Rapids and Heat, both with 24-6 and 23-7 records respectively were upset in round one. The Cutters and Cannons, both with 12-18 records met in the championship. For the first time since 2004, the inaugural team, the Cutters, won the title.
For 2010, all six teams will return to the league.
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All Time Postseason Records
Lackawanna Rapids/Brook Water Rapids: 25-18 (two championships)
Dowling Cannons: 23-16 (two championships)
Filippone Heat: 5-13
Dowling BobCats/Dowling BlackSox/Dowling YellowJackets:4-5 (one championship)
Wallace Warriors/Browertown Boulders: 0-0
Vetrone Cutters: 6-1 (one championship)
Wallace Mustangs: 13-13 (one championship)
Dowling Rox: 4-9
Dowling BlackCats: 1-6
Wallace Ivynators: 11-7
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