Slapball

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Game	Slapball
Game Family	Scrub Scrub
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Regions	US
Eras	Derivative, Post-1900, Contemporary
Invented	No
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Description	"Slapball. The game is similar to Stickball but there are fewer players, no teams, pitchers, or strike zones, and the ball is slapped instead of hit by a stick or bat. It is usually played when there are not enough players aaround fjor a game of Stickball. Players: Three to five. Supplies: Pinky Ball, four bases or chalk. Object: To slap the ball hard and far enough to run around all the bases without being tagged or forces out at a base. To play: All the players except the hitter are out in the field or covering the bases. The hitter throws the ball up, fungo-style, slaps the ball in mid-air with the palm of her hand, and runs around the bases." If the batter completes the circuit, she is given a run and bats again. If put out, she takes the last field position and rotates until having another batting turn. "Variation: Punchball. In this game, the hitter throws the ball fungo style and punches it instead of slapping it with her hand."
Sources	Dina Anastasio, The Pinky Ball Book, (Workman Publishing, 2000), pp 155-157.
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