2008 AWA Greatest Moments

 2009 AWA Greatest Moments

• It started as a great night for spring training wiffleball. It had rained all week and it finally seemed as if we might get a game in. When the 1st inning was over the rains started to pour down. Determined to finish the game, Benny B made the call to continue the game. The rain caused major flooding to the field and soon everybody was standing in water up to their ankles. Pitching was horrible and batting was even worse. It had never gotten this bad in the history of the league. People were playing in bare feet with totally soaked clothes, and some were rolling and diving in mud. The game was finished however and Benny B and Matt prevailed over Bronze and Chico 23-1 in the harsh conditions.
• Eric Koloski bombed a homerun in his first at bat in the AWA since he came out of retirement. Something that is a regular occurence with this legendary player.
• Ms. Audrey Douglass prevails as the 1st place donater (5/22/09) in a close battle that went down to the final hour.
• The first live AWA Draft occured on 6/6/09. Although it was considered one of the weakest draft classes of all time, it was a milestone in the organization.
• On opening day of the AWA, the two games both came to a dramatic finish to kick the season off with a bang. The first game between the Unsalted Pugs and the CullPepper Salt ended in the 9th inning of 5 in a close 3-2 win for the Pugs. The second game between the Dingleberries and the Tater Mitts ended in the bottom of the 5th with a 2 run walk off HR (4-2). That was the Dingleberries first ever franchise win. It was an electrifying opening day of great wiffleball.
• Matthew G thought a 10:00 morning game was at white brook so he rode his bike down to white brook to find out the game was at Tiere field. Matthew rode his bike back only to get really mad, and have to ride his bike back over to work again minutes later.
• On 6/26/09 at the first game away from Tiere, The CullPepper Salt came up with a big 1-0 win over the league leading Unsalted Pugs. The win tied the race up for first place as both teams were 3-1 on the season.
• 6/30/09- The CullPepper Salt picked up the first win by forfeit of the season as no Tater Mitts showed up to the 7:00 PM ET game.
• After a 2-0 no hitter by Bronze over the Tater Mitt team, tempers flared. Big transactions were made immediately following the game. Pat Ramsey dropped Ri Ri from the Tater Mitts. Bronze and the Unsalted Pugs picked Ri Ri up from free agency. Then Chico traded Matt to the Tater Mitts for $6.
• After Chico traded matt wark to the Tater Mitts for $6, he wisely used the money to pay off Eric Koloski's dept to the league. In return Koloski agreed to play for the struggling Dingleberry Franchise. When many thought releasing matthew was a horrible move, the crafty captain chico used the move to get one of the greatest players and make his team a contender again. Koloski was signed by the franchise 7/12/09.
• It was a showdown between the 3-7 Tater Mitts and the 8-2 CullPepper Salt on 7/15/09. The pitching was dominant on both sides all game. The Tater Mitts had both Pat Ramsey and Matthew Wark pitching throughout. In the bottom of the 6th, with one out and no one on, Benny B hit a big blast off of Matthew to right field to end the game in walk off fashion. It was a great and exciting game to watch and be a part of.
• In one of the longest games in AWA history (11 innings, 6 of which are extra) Benny B ended the game for the second time in a row with a walk off HR against Matt Wark (1-0). It was an exciting game all through. The Tater Mitts had there opportunities as in the 3rd and 2nd they had bases loaded. Joseph also hit a blast in extras that was robbed by the trees to keep the CullPepper Salt alive. There was blood, sweat, and tears in this one. Koloski said he was glad he came to watch it.
• 7/31/09 (All Star Game Recap) The 2009 AWA All Star Weekend is officially over with the conclusion of the All Sar Game, an event where the best players in the AWA from the first half of the 2009 season gather to give the fans a show and earn ultimate bragging rights for their division. Last year the south won this event, so the North was ready to come out firing to prove they could compete with South talent. The Game itself made AWA History. The game went 13 long innings, which is an AWA 5 inning game record, and the ratio was almost 3:1. Both teams were overwhelmed by the others pitching. It was a defensive battle throughout. Pat Ramsey led the South in offense through the game, but it was not enough to push home any runs against the dangerous 2009 North Division. Ramsey also had a stellar performance on the mound for the south, pitching 11 scorless innings and contributing to a team 10 inning no-hitter. Likewise the North also performed well defensively, ruining every chance the south had at scoring. Many thought the battle would never end, and could continue long into the night. The game was full of tense moments as both teams fought verbally and physically in a brutal matchup. In the end however it was the south who took it for the second year in a row 1-0 in the bottom of the 13th.
• 2009 All Star Celberity Softball Game Recap-     ALL STAR- CELEBRITY KEY

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2008 AWA Greatest Moments

• The Cull-Pepper Salt faced off against The Dingleberries. Cull-Pepper Salt with a full team roster that day, tied the AWA record for most runs in a game (45) in the 7th inning. Benny B said whoever hits the record breaking RBI will sign the wiffleball and put it in the Museum. The team fought over it the next two innings while hoping each other would fail. In the last 2 innings nobody was able to hit the game winning RBI and everybody learned a valuable lesson.
• It was a blowout game between the prospects and the Pros. Chico Jose Morales' pitch was thrown way over the backstop fence. Everyone erupted with an outburst of laughter from the rare occasion. Chico Jose Morales took it personal though and became upset. To show how people were laughing at the occasion and not him, pitcher Bronze Kelly through one over the fence also while everyone laughed again.
• The new prospect pickup, Andrew Blair  came up big in the last Pro-Prospect game of 08 as he was knocking in RBI's all day. The game went down to an intense bottom of the 9th 2 run walkoff by Matthew Wark. This dealt the 19-0 pros their first loss.
• Benny B went to a camp for 2 weeks in August. This dealt the wiffleball community a great deppression as people were slowly dying. Benny B came back and immediately started planning for the 2008 Fall Season to get people going again.
• Lights were purchased at Ace Hardware and night games were introduced to the AWA.
• Benny B robs Ri Ri's HR in an AWA game for the second robbed HR in AWA history. (1st was Benny B robbing the usually unlucky A-Rod in 2007)
• Eric Koloski announces that he will come out of retirement to play in 2009.
• The AWA Museum was established after the first light bulb burnt out and Benny B wanted to save it.
• Pat Ramsey hit 3 towering blasts in an AWA game (almost longest HR's). One hit the neighbors hot tub, off the roof onto porch, and onto porch.
• Benny B catches on fire in the early AWA year as he hits 21 HR's in 3 games, and almost sets a HR milestone in a game of 10 (9).
• Blair in a HR Derby takes a pitch over the top off the left center monster tree. Something that has never been witnessed before and maybe never will be again.
• Bronze Kelly comes up huge in the August 2 on 2 tournament as he won the game with a 3 run walkoff HR against Dice K (Eric Koloski). This could have been arguably the greatest game ever played in AWA history. (Down 2 runs in extras bronze hits a huge HR to win it with one out).
• Pat Ramsey does it again in an AWA Cull-Pepper Salt v.s. Unsalted Pugs rivalry game as he hits a game tying extra inning HR to keep the Cull-Pepper Salt in the game. Cull-Pepper Salt would eventually lose by Sean Gustavis' walkoff grand slam in extras to deal the 9-0 Cull-Pepper Salt their first loss of the season.
• Early in the AWA season Erik Koloski steps up in extra innings and does what A-Rod does best and hits a monster walkoff HR over the house in the night. That helped the Cull-Pepper Salt get another W from their rivals, The Unsalted Pugs.
• Another great 2008 Chico brawl broke out between Benny B and Chico in a regular season game. The two bralwed it out on the field for a while. A few games later an even larger brawl between the two broke out (eventually leading to chicos suspension a absence to the last two season games). The bralw was fierce as Chico tried many attempts to take down Benny B. AWA security was called in to deal with the situation. Chico was ejected. In later innings Chico returned to the field. Benny B was taken to a safe zone and Security handled the manner. Chico reieved a 2 game suspension with only 2 regular season games left.
• Matthew sets an AWA record for suspensions in a season (5). His most noticible suspension came when after a game matthew took Benny B's bike and on field equipment and put it in a tree.
• In a controversal day for the AWA and after much council discussion, Benny B admits Sean Gustavis into the AWA and T.V. ratings immediately skyrocket.
• Bronze comes up big in the 17th inning of the first playoff game and hits the eventual winning triple. (6-3)
• Nicola Helms is turned into Chico Jose Morales by the media. A name that stayed, and will soon become a household name.
• After much AWA discussion Ri Ri was handed his first captain position, as he took control of the Dingleberry team.
• AWA Illegal substance policy becomes more strict when allegedly many of the teams at the August 2 on 2 tournament were drinking Mountain Dew (An illegal drink in the AWA). An investigation also took place for Eric Koloski (allegedly taking Badger Milk), and Chico Jose (Allegedly taking steroids).
• Matthew loses his weed wacker part at Tiere field. A month later Benny B's puppy runs into Tiere field only to come back with the missing part in its mouth.
• The August 2 on 2 tournament team of Matthew and Pat, who were expected to go 1-4, finished with a record of 4-2 and making it to the finals. They knocked of teams such as the 3-1 Blair/Gustavis team.
• A dead cat was found on Tiere field. The cat was honored as play was suspended, and buried with the other fallen animalia of Tiere field.
• Benny B recorded the first ever foul ball out on the left side of the brown monster.
• Benny B and Matthew held AWA sign ups at the Tiere field tree. The outcome was a sucess and a small party occured after.
• At a scheduled Cull-Pepper Salt v.s. The dingleberries game, Matthew Wark cmae to the field early and hid in the bushes. When Benny B was setting up the lights for the night game matthew jumped out of the dark bushes and scared Benny B.
• In initial voting for the All-Star team, Benny B did not make the team. This made the council upset and under investigation it was shown that the ballots were tampered with. There was a re-vote and Benny B and Gustavis tied. There was another vote for either of the 2 and Benny B won in a clean sweep and finally after an all day ordeal he made it into the All-Star game.
• At the 2 on 2 August tournament, Team Joey and Daniel were indited on charges of drinking Mountain Dew before their games. Charges were dropped in court because they lost all their games anyways.
• Matthew Wark won his first AWA award at the ceremony. He brought home the new AWA employee of the year award after his great grounds crew job and his excellent security work.
• During an Unsalted Pugs vs. The Dingleberries game, The Cull-Pepper Salt team raided the field with a group of followers. They were eventually sent away by umpire Benny B and Enforcer Andrew Blair.
• Tarp is purchased for Tiere field. It proves to be valuable after a great rainstorm. The game was still on and the Pitcher's mound and Batter's box was dry as before the storm.
• Bronze, P. Ramsey, Eric Koloski, and Benny B have a competition where they have to hit the strike zone, and the order they do it in decides the pitching rotation for wifflestock. Koloski wins first game.