(Jae C. Hong, The Associated Press)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — When the hiss and whiz of a Wiffle Ball game really start to fly, that classic, plastic yellow bat survives about as long as a Bomb Pop in July. So Nolan Arenado made a phone call.
"I called Old Hickory, the bat company I use, and said: 'Hey, I play Wiffle Ball with my boys. Can we make some bats?' " Arenado said. "Because every other bat we get is terrible. And I actually got my model in a Wiffle Ball bat. It has my name on it.