SCOTTSDALE — To get outside his house during the COVID-19 pandemic, Logan Rose decided to invite friends and family to play in a Wiffle ball tournament in his backyard.

That eventually led to the Western Wiffle Ball Classic, a tournament at Scottsdale Stadium, the spring training home of the San Francisco Giants.

Now five years from those backyard games, the Classic is still going and Rose, 19. is serving as commissioner of what is billed as America’s first professional Wiffle ball league.

Turns out that if you build it, he really will come — a Wiffle ball league and actor Kevin Costner, that is.

This year’s Western Wiffle Ball Classic served as Opening Day for Big League Wiffle Ball’s first season. The 10-team league includes several celebrity owners, including Costner, whose baseball

See Full Page