Devil's Hopyard CT Meet

[ILuvPizzaTimes10]

Hell yeah!!! WIFFLE BALL FOR THE WIN!!!! we have a meet coming up for a wiffle ball tourny need to fine tune the meet itself. BUT maybe we can do it at this place Feather????!!!

[*LS1* Queen]

sweet name....im scared hahahahaha

[Formula413]

Originally Posted by BrokenFeather78

I have no idea what that smiley sign means pizza. I'm computarded remember

It means Quoted For Truth


I've actually been to this place years ago, I don't remember it that well but I think it was pretty nice there. There is a castle not too far from there actually, I was down there seeing the castle at the time.

[BrokenFeather78]

Gillette castle Alex? It's a nice place.

Pizza I think I'll chip in on some cheapo base bags if you want. It'll be a little easier to do a tourney in a large park that way.

Here is the story behind the name Devil's Hopyard:

At some time prior to 1800, there was a malt house near a small tributary of the Eightmile River called Malt House Brook, on George Griffin’s farm. Although the malt house was abandoned prior to 1814, during the period of its operation, Griffin grew hops in a small clearing—the "hopyard" -- beside the road running through the area now called Devil's Hopyard. But the Devil's presence in this hopyard is not so easily explained. The “devil” part focuses on the potholes near the falls, which are some of the finest examples of pothole stone formations in this section of the United States. Perfectly cylindrical, they range from inches to several feet in diameter and depth. These potholes were formed by stones moved downstream by the current and trapped in an eddy where the stone was spun around and around, wearing a depression in the rock. When the rock wore itself down, another would catch in the same hole and enlarge it. We know this now, but to the early settlers the potholes were a great mystery that they tried to explain with references to the supernatural. They thought that the Devil had passed by the falls, accidentally getting his tail wet. This made him so mad he burned holes in the stones with his hooves as he bounded away.

[ILuvPizzaTimes10]

wiffle ball doesnt include base running. haha well atleast the way i play. this way you dont have to have like 5 guys per team you can just do doubles or triples and you assume base runners per hit distance.


3000th post FYI!

[BrokenFeather78]

Well soooooooooooooooooorry

[*LS1* Queen]

thats an interesting story...NOT! lol i was hoping for some scary shit! lol

[Formula413]

Mark, did you forget about that serial rapist/axe murderer from that area that was never caught?

[BrokenFeather78]

He's probably down in FL now. For some reason that's where this countries serial killers end up. Still trying to figure that one out.

[*LS1* Queen]

Originally Posted by Formula413

Mark, did you forget about that serial rapist/axe murderer from that area that was never caught?

for real??? lol