Monday, October 28, 2013

Team Preview - #5 Bald By Choice

With less than a week to go before tournament day and anticipation building, we look to preview each of the  teams taking part in the Fall 2013 Mill Creek Park Wiffleball Tournament and provide them with a pre-tournament ranking.  We will count down from 5 to 1 with the # 5 ranked side today and unveiling the pre-tournament #1 on Friday.



Coming in at #5 is Bald By Choice.  Teammates Carl Parker and Bill Houston have never met and have thus far only exchanged a few emails in order to decide on the teams dome inspired moniker.  The teams logo may give us our best indication of the type of play we can expect from BBC.  The logo pairs Bryan Cranston (probably most well know for playing one of the biggest bad asses in television history, Walter White, a chem teacher turned killer meth dealer) and Samuel L. Jackson (is there anything he does where he not a bad ass?) to not only represent the baldness of Bill and Carl but also perfectly display the tenacity and fortitude that we can expect form these boys.  However, hard work can only go so far.  With Parker only putting in 4 games this year in the SWBL and Houston being a total newbie, one has to wonder if the skill to be competitive is there. In his 4 SWBL games this season, Carl managed just a 1-3 record while only recording 1 RBI along with 0 K's and 0 home runs. In a pre-tournament interview Bill did state that he hasn't played wiffleball since he was a kid.  So while his skill set is unknown, is 5 first round games enough to shake off the rust and help his team grab that 4th playoff spot.  I'm not sure.  If they can steal a win somewhere along the way and hope for some favorable outcomes from the other games, they may have a slight chance, but don't count on it.

Tomorrow we will announce the pre-tournament #4 and break down their chances to rise to the top.