Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Snowsuit and the Icey Road (SIR) team logo revealed.

The 2008 Face and Humans have changed their name to the Snowsuit and the Icey Road (or simply known as S.I.R). Following the release of the new, and certainly orginal team name, the team is proud to reveal it's new logo.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Diablos release new Logo.


The AMS Indians have changed their name to The Diablos for 2009. With the name change, they are proud to introduce their new logo.


Monday, February 2, 2009

Welcome, Monday Night 40's!



Wrapping up the 12th spot in the league is newcomers; Monday Night 40's. All though the name states otherwise these guys will be playing in the National League (Thursday nights). Their current roster consists of Team Captain Mason Everett, Steve Everett, Chad Meints, Josh Whitfield, and Eric Stewart.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Welcome, Fightin' Roo's!

The KWL is proud to introduce to you, the newest team; The Fightin' Roo's. The Roo's current roster consists of Team Captain Kevin Marszalek, Chris Burger, Paul Wolf and Ryan Moscardelli. The Roo's will be joining the American League (Monday Nights) after a merger between the Ducks and Transformers team slot.



The team is also proud to release their team Logo for 2009.

The Lemons Team Logo revealed.




The Lemons; Consisting of Mike Raber, Adam Nash, Ben Gladsyz, Travis Branch and Brian Barber are proud to reveal their new team logo for 2009. In order to eliminate any confusion with the 2007 team, Chet's Lemons (Lem), The Lemons will go with the abbreviation of Lms.

Saturday, December 13, 2008

2008 Winter Meetings Successful! View 09' changes.

The 2008 Winter Meetings took place on Decemeber 10th, 2008. Many players from throughout the league attended and helped developed many changes for the 2009 season.

What are the Changes?

Spring Training will be 1 week shorter. While the Regular season will start 1 week earlier and consist of 12 weeks, including AllStar Break and 22 regular season games.

Extra Games: Teams will be allowed 6 extra games during the regular season. But only 3 extra games may be played after the AllStar Break.

The League will be Re-Intergrating Inter League Play for 2009. Six teams (3 teams from each side) will be needed to flex play and play 3 weeks of their season on the opposite night.

Rosters: Rosters must be set before the start of the regular season. No players can be added after the Allstar break. A player must play in 2 games before the AllStar break to be eligible to play in the Playoffs. Exceptions can be made by the League Commitee and will be addressed individually.

No Tagging up on Foul Balls.

A Hit ball hitting any part of the fence in the air will be a ground rule double.

The Top Three teams (based on winning %) from each division will make the KWL Championship Playoffs. First place teams in each division will receive a first week by.

The Four and Fifth place teams from both divisions will advance to the Tom Selleck festival of compition playoffs. More details to come!

Pitch Speed rule will be finalized and implied for 2009.

Three man pitching rotation will be required for the Playoffs only.

Mercy Rule Update:
The Dutchman: Any game over 15 runs that is not with in 8 runs = over. (meaning 15-7 at any point of the game = over).

The Stat Padder: Once a team is up by 10 runs, the leading team must hit opposite handed until the game is under 10 runs or the mercy rule goes into effect in the 4th inning.

Ladies Black Bat: All Ladies will be able to us the supplied KWL Ladies bat. Starting on week 4, only ladies with a slugging percentage under .400 (SLG %) can continue to use the bat. (using current up to date regular season stats) Captains will be required to monitor this.

Pitch Running: Once a hitter reaches base safely, they must remain the baserunner until forced to take their next scheduled at bat. Any player not currently on base can take over baserunning responsibilities.
Injured player exception: A player may pitch run for a injured player after the player has safely reached base. If a players is opting for a pitch runner, they may not field during the game.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Many KWL winners in the 2008 NWLA Wiffy Awards!

The NWLA Wiffy Award winners were announced this past week and include many KWL winners.

After a full season of colorful columns, Jacques Rimmier won the coveted Columnist of the Year. Jacques who is currently somewhere France, was unavailable for comment. Well done you weird frenchie!

The Shanghai Chuckers took the league by storm this past season and managed to finish just 1 game below .500 with a 10-11 record. They may have missed the playoffs, but they won the Team Name of the year!

Adam Nash was 10-1 with a 1.08 Era and pitched his way onto the National Pitchers 3rd team .

Setting Records in Hits, Runs, and Homeruns, Jennings pheoninal 08' hitting clinic landed him on the National Hitters 1st Team for the second straight year.

For the first time, Brian Meyers made the National Hitters 2nd team. Brian's biggest accomplishment from the plate in 08' was beating the single season Rbi total with 71.

One of the biggest surprises of the Wiffy Awards was Matt Quardokus locking down a spot in the National Fielders 1st team. In this Rookie Year, Matt made some fantastic plays all season long.

Congatulations to all the winners! An be sure to check out the NWLA website for more infomation and rankings!

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