Two Highlights from the FanGraphs Staff Wiffle Ball Game
Team FanGraphs defeated Team RotoGraphs, 13-12, on a walkoff single by managing editor Dave Cameron off opposing pitcher Brad Johnson, scoring Craig Edwards in the middle of a field at Prospect Park in Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon. FanGraphs editor Paul Swydan was named the game’s MVP, mostly for an athletic jump over a thrown wiffle ball while advancing to third base.
What follows are two Very Important Highlights, taken from the author’s Snapchat account.
Very Important Highlight #1
FanGraphs CEO and Dark Overlord, David Appelman, showing off his athleticism while also making a catch look far harder than it should have been by bobbling it half a dozen times into foul territory. Also featured: exuberant fist pump by Dave Cameron, annoying exclamation by camera man August Fagerstrom:
Very Important Highlight #2
FanGraphs author and wiffle ball reliever Craig Edwards, flashing plus-plus with a slider to generate a swinging strike against RotoGraphs author Mike Podhorzer:
Bonus Image
RotoGraphs author and FanGraphs database guru Jeff Zimmerman scouting left-handed starter Jeff Sullivan, pitching for Team FanGraphs. Also featured: Team RotoGraphs captain Eno Sarris whiffing badly.
Radar gun at @fangraphs whiffle ball game. pic.twitter.com/Q8sWtDZ3Gt
— Sean Dolinar (@seandolinar) June 18, 2016
This has been an important baseball blog post.
August used to cover the Indians for MLB and ohio.com, but now he's here and thinks writing these in the third person is weird. So you can reach me on Twitter @AugustFG_ or e-mail at august.fagerstrom@fangraphs.com.
So much unathleticism…
I would like to subscribe to this newsletter.
You could have, but Notgraphs is dead.
Eno looks like he missed that pitch by like a foot haha.
You could say he had…trouble with the curve.
He’s the only one using a real wiffle ball bat though.
If I could choose where my “contributing member” money went, I would vote for more coverage of these games.
Best article of the year, hands down.
Events from the game you neglected to cover:
1. My three ‘Bank Notes Bombs’ (grand slams)
2. I made love to a shapely co-ed in those trees behind left field between the third and fourth innings.
Has Banknotes graduated to love making? I thought he was all about the Pounding.
Disappointed to see Sullivan isn’t entirely dressed in Argyle. Man has a reputation to uphold.
Remind me again – Why was Notgraphs killed?
Because of the way Cistulli flipped his bat in the last wiffle ball game.
I would buy a set of baseball cards made to commemorate this game/read the hell out of a piece where such things are created and proposed.
This would be in no small part just to fully appreciate the fantastic Mops, Whiskers, Chops etc. on display here. This is what I imagine a wffleball skit on Portlandia would look like.
Not to mention that bitchin’ puka shell necklace sported by radar-gunslinger Jeff Zimmerman
How many staff writers played in college? High school?
I heard that Dave was so excited he blinked! Twice!
Shout out to Eno for being in a different time zone than that changeup
There’s no way that bat is regulation. No wonder the score is so high…
This is just plain awesome! Maybe next time you guys to step it up and play TapeyBeercone instead!