We recently sat down and chatted with 2005 Fast Plastic national champion and one of the true standout players of the first decade of the 21st century, Joe Nord.

In Part I of this multi-part interview, Joe discusses his origins in the sport, having famed In the Box captain Tom LoCascio as his high school teacher and later teammate/wiffleball mentor, his early years in competitive Wiffleball, and his eventual rise to becoming one-half of the only two-man team ever to win a national fast pitch championship!