With yesterday being Easter Sunday and the season finale of
The Walking Dead you would think those would have a duopoly on resurrections. However, you would be wrong. The biggest news in resurrections this weekend is the bats in WSEM!
One of the greatest things about Wiffle is the challenge it presents to the hitter and the creativity it lends to pitchers. That said, those hitters and how much they enjoy playing is every bit as integral to the game. Pitchers dominated in 2012, so we made a few rule adjustments to improve the experience from the hitters' perspective: correcting the pitching distance (which was always supposed to be 45' from the plate) and bringing in the Easton Pro Stix and Louisville C271 bats.
| 2012 Season RPG |
| All teams: |
2.7 |
| Winning Teams: |
4.6 |
| Losing Teams: |
0.7 |
| 2013 Sat. #1 RPG |
| All teams: |
6.1 |
| Winning Teams: |
9.2 |
| Losing Teams: |
3.0 |
The average runs scored by teams at the first Satellite Tournament on Saturday was 6.1 per game. Breaking that down further we get 9.2 runs scored per game by winning teams and 3 by losing teams. During the rough 2012 season teams averaged just 2.7 runs per game; winning teams averaged 4.6 and losing teams averaged a bone chilling 0.7 runs per game.
In slightly less analytical terms for those just observing the games: of the eleven games played on Saturday there were only two in which a team was held scoreless, while ten games saw a team score seven runs or more. Furthermore, five games saw both teams score three runs or more. While a niche group exists that loves pitchers' duels, for most people more scoring chances, more runs, and more action mean better excitement.
Sure, this was one day in March and not a full season. Sure, this was the first opportunity for many teams to play together and try things out. Sure, batters may be a bit ahead of pitchers at this early point. But if we look at the small sample of numbers from 2012 "spring training" we see that they are very pitcher friendly: 0.7 runs per game per team, 2 runs per game for the winning teams, and 0 scored by losing teams. Those pretty much held up to tell the story of the 2012 season.
Popular opinion is that the bats are going to see a resurgence this year, and the early numbers support that assertion. Hopefully so, because when the people are having fun this game gets better and better!
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