Wiffle Ball vs. Corkball
Are you wondering which is better to play...Wiffle Ball vs Corkball? We put some thought into it and would like to share it with you. First, we had to do some research in how to spell Wiffle Ball. Is it Wiffle Ball, Whiffle Ball or Whiffleball? Maybe it's Wiffleball. This confusion was the first strike against Wiffle Ball.
WIFFLE BALL
Wiffle Ball is fun. Growing up in the 70's I remember kids playing Wiffle Ball all the time. It was a game you played barefoot in the backyard with your bathing suit on in between dips in the pool. Heck, you even played it in the pool. Anyone could play, it was easy, and it was fun. But did it make you a better baseball player? It certainly didn't make you a better hitter. The Wiffle Ball is the same size as a baseball which does nothing for your hand eye coordination, and the bat was as light as feather making it awkward to take a good hard swing at the Wiffle Ball. Wiffle Ball was a great invention, but it was a game in itself...nothing like baseball and certainly nothing like hitting a real baseball. I remember trying to play Wiffle Ball with my game baseball bat because whenever I played with the Wiffle Ball bat before a Little League game, my game bat felt like a it weighed twice as much. To remedy the situation, I would play Wiffle Ball with my game bat, but the result was crushed and destroyed Wiffle Balls.
CORKBALL
I must say I am very partial to Corkball. Growing up, my brother and I would take 5 gallon wine corks (my dad made homemade wine) and tape them up to play Corkball while everyone else was playing Wiffle Ball. It still is one of my fondest childhood memories...coming home from school with my brother and playing Corkball in our backyard. We called our field "Busch Stadium" which got it's name from the bushes we used as the home run wall. My dad would cut the grass in the shape of a baseball diamond leaving the high grass for foul territory. A piece of plywood with a painted strike zone was our catcher and umpire...we were ready for our Corkball season.
My brother and I would create All-Star teams of MLB players, we would imitate their stance, we would keep stats and records...Tony Perez had the longest Corkball home run ever which sailed over the left field fence (bush), over the house and into the front yard.
We became experts at pitching Corkball. We could throw huge curves, screwballs, and submariners just by changing the grip on the tapered Corkball. One of the great things about Corkball is the sound it makes. I remember using a wood bat and the "thwack" it made when the Corkball hit the bat. I truly thought I was in Yankee Stadium. The Corkball traveled about 100 feet, so it was realistic watching it arch into the air and over the bushes. Yet, it didnt go far enough to lose and best of all...it couldn't break any windows.
Yes, I am partial to Corkball over Wiffle Ball (or is it Whiffle ball or maybe Wiffleball), but there is no doubt it. If you love baseball and want to have realist baseball fun in your backyard while improving your baseball hitting skills, Corkball is hands down the winner.
WIFFLE BALL
Wiffle Ball is fun. Growing up in the 70's I remember kids playing Wiffle Ball all the time. It was a game you played barefoot in the backyard with your bathing suit on in between dips in the pool. Heck, you even played it in the pool. Anyone could play, it was easy, and it was fun. But did it make you a better baseball player? It certainly didn't make you a better hitter. The Wiffle Ball is the same size as a baseball which does nothing for your hand eye coordination, and the bat was as light as feather making it awkward to take a good hard swing at the Wiffle Ball. Wiffle Ball was a great invention, but it was a game in itself...nothing like baseball and certainly nothing like hitting a real baseball. I remember trying to play Wiffle Ball with my game baseball bat because whenever I played with the Wiffle Ball bat before a Little League game, my game bat felt like a it weighed twice as much. To remedy the situation, I would play Wiffle Ball with my game bat, but the result was crushed and destroyed Wiffle Balls.
CORKBALL
I must say I am very partial to Corkball. Growing up, my brother and I would take 5 gallon wine corks (my dad made homemade wine) and tape them up to play Corkball while everyone else was playing Wiffle Ball. It still is one of my fondest childhood memories...coming home from school with my brother and playing Corkball in our backyard. We called our field "Busch Stadium" which got it's name from the bushes we used as the home run wall. My dad would cut the grass in the shape of a baseball diamond leaving the high grass for foul territory. A piece of plywood with a painted strike zone was our catcher and umpire...we were ready for our Corkball season.
My brother and I would create All-Star teams of MLB players, we would imitate their stance, we would keep stats and records...Tony Perez had the longest Corkball home run ever which sailed over the left field fence (bush), over the house and into the front yard.
We became experts at pitching Corkball. We could throw huge curves, screwballs, and submariners just by changing the grip on the tapered Corkball. One of the great things about Corkball is the sound it makes. I remember using a wood bat and the "thwack" it made when the Corkball hit the bat. I truly thought I was in Yankee Stadium. The Corkball traveled about 100 feet, so it was realistic watching it arch into the air and over the bushes. Yet, it didnt go far enough to lose and best of all...it couldn't break any windows.
Yes, I am partial to Corkball over Wiffle Ball (or is it Whiffle ball or maybe Wiffleball), but there is no doubt it. If you love baseball and want to have realist baseball fun in your backyard while improving your baseball hitting skills, Corkball is hands down the winner.
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