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How Wiffle Ball Has Endured Without Advertising, Licensing or Product Placement

This ordinary plastic sphere with 8 holes became the national pastime of the American backyard

persp-wiffle-content-2019 — Wiffle still makes all of its balls in a two-story brick building in Shelton, Conn.Dianna McDougall

May 6, 2019

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Nineteen fifty-three was a seminal year in world history. Biologists discovered the double helix of DNA. Sir Edmund Hillary reached the top of Everest. Dr. Jonas Salk perfected the polio vaccine. And in a suburban backyard in Fairfield, Conn., a bunch of kids played the first game of Wiffle Ball.