Slapball
Game | Slapball |
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Game Family | 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."
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Sources | Dina Anastasio, The Pinky Ball Book, (Workman Publishing, 2000), pp 155-157. |
Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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