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Wifflepalooza V
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Okay, it doesn't involved money getting paid to players under the table. But if violations can happen in professional sports (wait, isn't wiffleball a pro sport?), it can happen at Wifflepalooza.
Having one of your players get injured is something no one wishes on anyone's team. Unfortunately, Joe Thomas of the Springfield Isotopes suffered an injury. Springfield had only two healthy players entering the Sweet 16 tournament. Enter Lee Thomas who played for The Crew. His team was 1-3 and didn't qualify for the Sweet 16. He was available to help Springfield in the Sweet 16, which seemed like a harmless action. Springfield added Lee Thomas to their roster and played two games in the Sweet 16 tournament, losing in the Elite Eight.
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Wifflepalooza V
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Wifflepalooza IV had a heat emergency. Wifflepalooza V was on the other end of the spectrum. Missing the calm, warm front by a day, this year's Wifflepalooza will be remembered as brisk and windy. The colder weather wasn't an issue compared to the mighty wind flying across the fields. Games can be played in the heat, the cold, the rain, even the snow. But the wind is the worse thing to experience in the world of wiffle ball.
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You never know what will happen at Wifflepalooza. It seems every year something happens which affects the Sweet 16 tournament. After the seeds are announced one team will state they can't stay for a crack at history, which gives another team a shot at championship imitation gold.
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This was the toughest year to select a Mr. Palooza award winner. Some players were better in some categories, while other players performed in other categories. There are going to be arguments for a lot of the players who deserve the award, but the GameMasters finally narrowed down the finalists. In the past the list of names associated with Mr. Palooza have been Michael Florimonte, Chris Hansen and Eric Ledford. Add Karabiac to the list.
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The wind affected everyone. Biggs Hurst, last year's Eugene award winner, had a 0.77 ERA. This year he had a 4.55 ERA. Two-time Eugene award winner Scott Hansen always has an under 2.50 ERA. This year his ERA was an astonishing 8.64. While the Wifflepalooza veterans struggled, the likes of Stone, Storer, Beck, Endres, Hammer, Foley and Vaughn emerged as contenders for the Eugene Award. Never before have so many candidates been considered for the Eugene. It was very surprising to see some strong performances at all that windy day.
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