LONGBALLS
RIDLEY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA
2019 NWLA TOURNAMENT 3RD PLACE | 2019 MAW 2ND PLACE
TOURNAMENT ROSTER
Colin Pollag (c) - RHP/RHB - Age 22 - Pennsylvania
2016, 2017 & 2019 RPWL NL MVP; 2016 RPWL Champion; 2019 MAW Fall Draft MVP
Sean Bingnear - RHP/RHB - Age 22 - Pennsylvania
2017 RPWL Champion; 2019 MAW Fall draft tournament champion (captain)
Cam Farro - RHP/LHB - Age 18 - Pennsylvania
2018 RPWL Rookie of the Year; 2018 RPWL Champion; 2019 MAW Rookie of the Year
Tommy Loftus - RHP/RHB - Age 20 - Pennsylvania
9th on 2019 DROP 100; Captain of the RPWL Dodgers
TEAM OVERVIEW
The bigger the event, the better the Longballs were in 2019. In July, the Ridley Park squad went on a run at the NWLA Tournament and ultimately finished in 3rd place. The Longballs handed the eventual champions (AWAA Blue Kamikazes) their only loss, eliminated the MAW Mafia from the tournament, and suffered their only losses at the hands of the first and second place finishers. Almost two months to the date later, the Longballs found themselves up one game to none in the best of three Mid Atlantic championship series against ERL (Connor Young, Devin Torres, Jordan Robles, Kenny Rodgers Jr.) and were a mere seven outs away from the title. Unfortunately for them, ERL mounted a remarkable comeback and the Longballs had to settle for a second-place finish.
The Longballs team that will compete at the United Wiffle®Ball National Championship in October has youth, experience, and depth – a potentially lethal trifecta. Pollag and Bingnear are “young veterans” with good power at the plate and quality stuff on the rubber. Tommy Loftus is one of the sport’s hardest throwers and is coming off a fantastic 2019 season at the NWLA Tournament and in Mid Atlantic. Farro is a young and talented two-way player who gained invaluable experience competing in MAW for the Blueballs in ‘19. As a unit, the Longballs are well-rounded and their pitching depth could leave them in better shape late in the tournament - if they make it there - than many of their competitors.
