Tournament Scoreboard
Little Fenway & Little Wrigley will help you keep up-to-date with the 2008 Travis Roy Foundation WIFFLE Ball Tournament. You will be able to register for text message and email updates for games of your choice.
Click here to view the tournament schedule and scores as the games progress.
There will be limited copies available this year. Books are available for immediate shipment.
If you are interested in purchasing more than one book please call Pat O'Connor at 802-899-3633 or email him at homerunpat@gmail.com so we can save you some of the shipping cost.
The Jack Hammers, led my coach Jack Shadduck, surprised 23 other teams to run the table at the 7th Annual Travis Roy Foundation Wiffle ball tournament in August 2008. They won 6 straight games including a comeback victory over Nite Feeders in the Championship Game 6-5. Jack Shadduck was named the Tournament MVP. Over $175,000 was raised for the Travis Roy Foundation bringing the 7 year total to just under one-half million dollars.
Bill Currier and the University of Vermont Baseball Cats visited Little Fenway on Saturday, September 20, 2008, for a Fall team-building Wiffle ball tournament. Many of the strong Catamount hitters went deep at Little Fenway as the wind was blowing out. Home runs at Little Wrigley were fewer and far between with the wind blowing in.
Captain Dean Strong and the University of Vermont Hockey Cats visited Little Fenway on Sunday, September, 21, 2008, for some pre-season training. The rain held off and they enjoyed an afternoon of Wiffle ball at both fields.
Little Wrigley opened for action on the first day of the 2007 Travis Roy Foundation's annual WIFFLE ball tournament. 2008 has been the first full season of games and when Tom O'Connor put in the last brick (a real brick from Wrigley Field) on July 4, 2008, our hope was it would break the 100-year curse on the Chicago Cubs, just like we had done for the Red Sox at Little Fenway. So far there is still hope for the Cubs as baseball's second season starts next week. Pictures of the new field can be viewed at www.littlewrigley.com. A special thanks goes out to everyone who contributed to the field. We look forward to many years of fun Wiffle ball games.
Little Fenway can be viewed on Google Maps here. Construction of Little Wrigley had not commenced when the photos were taken.
Little Fenway, Essex Vermont --- "The next best thing to taking batting practice at Fenway Park"..."it's the eighth Wonder of the World"..."the Green Monster, the manual scoreboard, the Citgo sign, the tomato plants in the bullpen, all this place needs is a World Series banner." These are a few of the quotes from baseball enthusiasts who have visited the miniature ballpark known as Little Fenway, located in the valley of the Green Mountains in Essex, Vermont.
Little Fenway is a one-fourth scale replica of Boston's famed Fenway Park designed for WIFFLE ball. The Green Monster is 12.5 feet tall with a six foot net attached above the wall (Monster seats may be added in the future). Built in 2001, Little Fenway is situated in the backyard of Pat & Beth O'Connor about 3.5 hours north of Boston. It has served as the site for numerous charity and community events including a WIFFLE Ball game to benefit the September 11th disaster relief efforts, an annual tournament for the Travis Roy Foundation to benefit research into cures for spinal cord injuries, and weekly charity games sponsored by Vermont's number one radio station, CHAMP 101.3 FM.
"WIFFLE ball is the great equalizer," says Little Fenway owner Pat O'Connor. "It doesn't matter how skilled you are. Men, women, boys and girls can all play WIFFLE ball at the same time and have a lot of fun and laugther. We have had all sorts of folks here - Little Leaguers, youth camps, high school and college athletic teams, professional athletes, former major league ball players, businesses, and even a group of 70-90 year olds from an elderly day care. I never imagined this idea would grow into something which provides so much enjoyment for so many people. We are very blessed. I guess you could call it an east coast Field of Dreams."
Little Fenway is a one-fourth scale replica of Boston's famed Fenway Park designed for WIFFLE ball. The Green Monster is 12.5 feet tall with a six foot net attached above the wall (Monster seats may be added in the future). Built in 2001, Little Fenway is situated in the backyard of Pat & Beth O'Connor about 3.5 hours north of Boston. It has served as the site for numerous charity and community events including a WIFFLE Ball game to benefit the September 11th disaster relief efforts, an annual tournament for the Travis Roy Foundation to benefit research into cures for spinal cord injuries, and weekly charity games sponsored by Vermont's number one radio station, CHAMP 101.3 FM.
"WIFFLE ball is the great equalizer," says Little Fenway owner Pat O'Connor. "It doesn't matter how skilled you are. Men, women, boys and girls can all play WIFFLE ball at the same time and have a lot of fun and laugther. We have had all sorts of folks here - Little Leaguers, youth camps, high school and college athletic teams, professional athletes, former major league ball players, businesses, and even a group of 70-90 year olds from an elderly day care. I never imagined this idea would grow into something which provides so much enjoyment for so many people. We are very blessed. I guess you could call it an east coast Field of Dreams."