High School: Events: Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association Championships
World Wood Bat Best Tools, Top Prospects Nov. 2, 2007 Here's a look at the top 10 seniors at this year's WWBA tournament, as judged by national writer Alan Matthews in consultation with scouts in attendance. Rankings reflect the player's ceiling and likelihood of reaching that ceiling, with some consideration to performance at the event. [...] Continue Reading »
WWBA Class Of 2008 17-U Top 10 Prospects Jul. 27, 2007 Suburban Atlanta is the site of more than a month of high school, wood bat tournaments each summer. The 17-and-under event featured more than 2,500 rising seniors, juniors and sophomores, and following is a ranking of the top rising seniors in attendance. [...] Continue Reading »
World Wood Bat Class Of 2007 Top 20 Prospects Nov. 2, 2006 The WWBA fall championship is the final major scouting event of the year and has become a valuable setting for scouts to evaluate some of the country's best high school players. Here's a look at the top 20 seniors in attendance, as judged by BA's Alan Matthews in conjunction with scouts in attendance. Rankings reflect the player's ceiling and likelihood of reaching that ceiling with some consideration to performance at the event. [...] Continue Reading »
Baby 'Canes Paving Path Aug. 9, 2006 Perfect Game's World Wood Bat summer championship series wound down in suburban Atlanta with a familiar team finishing on top. [...] Continue Reading »
Rain-shortened Event Features Highlights Aplenty Dec. 1, 2005 The Sunshine State was anything but this fall, and thanks to that, 67 teams composed of high school seniors, juniors and sophomores had to wait an extra three weeks for the eighth annual Perfect Game/Baseball America World Wood Bat Fall Championship. [...] Continue Reading »
High School Wood Bat Event Postponed Oct. 28, 2005 The Baseball America/Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association Fall Championship was postponed late Tuesday because of ongoing relief efforts in southeast Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Wilma. [...] Continue Reading »
Many Top Draftees Impress At WWBA Jul. 15, 2005 MARIETTA, Ga.—Most of the scouts and college recruiters at the Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association summer championship are concentrating on rising seniors, attempting to evaluate the top players in the high school Class of 2006. [...] Continue Reading »
Rain Postpones Majority Of WWBA Tournament Jul. 14, 2005 MARIETTA, Ga.—At Perfect Game's summer tournaments, many high school players will use wood bats exclusively for their first time. This week in suburban Atlanta, that hardware has come in handy, more often as paddles than bats, however. [...] Continue Reading »