David Mullany and the Wiffle Ball

David Mullany created the wiffle ball after watching his son and his friend play baseball with a golf ball and broomstick.  He wanted to create a new ball that would curve and be harder to hit!  Wiffle Ball Inc. is now based in Shelton, Connecticut.

Magazines:

• It Curves!  A Brief History of the Wiffle Ball

• Having a Ball at 50!

eBooks:

• Where I Live: Connecticut (Chapter 7)

• Inventing the Wiffle Ball

Websites:

• Wiffle Ball

• NPR: Wiffle Ball- Born and Still Made in the USA

• An Inside Look at the History of Wiffle Ball (video)

• Inside the History of Connecticut's Own Wiffle Ball (video)

• ConnecticutHistory.org

  • Wiffle Throws a Curve in American Leisure Time (Challenge)

Library Books:

• Yankee Doodle Numbers: A Connecticut Number Book by Elissa D. Grodin (Number 50)