User:Travellingcari/Major League Wiffle (MLW)

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Major League Wiffle (MLW) also known as Major League Wiffle Ball is a small wiffleball league started in June 2000 by Shaun Breen in the town of Cohoes, New York. The league operated until June 2004 and in its three years of operation it attracted players from Long Island, New York and garnered the attention of ESPN Magazine.[1]

The name has also been associated with a small league in the southwestern Illinois city of Granite City,[2] which has come to be a hub of the sport with the Lakeside Kings having won multiple world championships in the Wiffle Ball National Championship Series. The League's inaugural national championship was held in October 2001 in Granite City,[3] whose wiffle only stadium[4] has long been known for its similarity to Fenway Park and Busch Stadium.[5] The national championship was launched following a decade long increase in interest in the sport,[6] among fans and players of all ages.[7]

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  1. ^ Wood, Sylvia. "A Field of Dreams on a Cul-de-Sac", Albany Times Union, 2001-08-06. Retrieved on 2008-05-14. 
  2. ^ "Baseball - Wiffle Ball Championships", Belleville News-Democrat, 2001-10-18. Retrieved on 2008-05-14. 
  3. ^ Kloeckner, Rod. "Wiffle Ball Championship Comes to Granite", Belleville News-Democrat, 2001-10-20. Retrieved on 2008-05-14. 
  4. ^ Fatsis, Stefan. "The Wiffle Kings", Wall Street Journal, 1999-08-06. Retrieved on 2008-05-14. 
  5. ^ Wheatley, Tom. "Playing Field Has a Touch of Busch, Fenway All in One", St. Louis Post-Dispatcher, 1991-10-18. Retrieved on 2008-05-14. 
  6. ^ Peterson, Anne. "To Aficianados, Wiffle Ball is Serious Sport", Akron Beakon-Journal, 1991-08-01. Retrieved on 2008-05-14. 
  7. ^ "Wiffle Ball Association Turns Kid's Sport into Adult Mania", St. Louis Post-Dispatcher, 1991-08-11. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.