Skokie to Host World Wiffle Ball Championship
The Skokie Park District will be hosting the World Wiffle Ball Championship this June.
More than 30 years ago, Jim Bottorff and one of his friends had the idea to organize a Wiffle ball tournament in Mishawaka, Ind. Over time, the competition grew into the World Wiffle Ball Championship that attracted more than 55 teams in 2010. So when Bottorff moved to the North Shore and started working as the Skokie Park District’s spokesman, naturally Wiffle ball would follow. In previous years, the World Wiffle Ball Championship was held in Mishawaka, Ind. for 33 years – until earlier this week. While the Skokie Park District held a feeder tournament – The National Wiffle Ball Championship, from 2008-2012, the main event was always in Indiana. Now, the old Indiana tournament will replace the old Skokie tourney and have many more teams …
