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{{Game | {{Game | ||
|Term=Five Hundred | |Term=Five Hundred | ||
|Game Family=Fungo | |Game Family=Fungo | ||
|Description=<p>Fielders catch fungo hits, with a caught fly worth 100 points, a one-bouncer 75 points, etc. A player who accrues 500 points becomes the hitter. In some versions, muffed catches deduct points, and the Hit-the-Bat option is employed. | |Description=<p>Fielders catch fungo hits, with a caught fly worth 100 points, a one-bouncer 75 points, etc. A player who accrues 500 points becomes the hitter. In some versions, muffed catches deduct points, and the [[Hit-the-Bat]] option for returned throws is employed. Land’s review of schoolyard games includes two references to 500. It is also evidently called [[Twenty-One]] in some localities.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p><span>G. Land, | |Sources=<p><span>G. Land, </span><em>Growing Up with Baseball</em><span> (UNebraska, 2004), pages 61 and 174.</span></p> | ||
|Game Eras=Derivative | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:46, 28 November 2012
| Game | Five Hundred |
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| Game Family | Fungo |
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| Eras | Derivative |
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| Description | Fielders catch fungo hits, with a caught fly worth 100 points, a one-bouncer 75 points, etc. A player who accrues 500 points becomes the hitter. In some versions, muffed catches deduct points, and the Hit-the-Bat option for returned throws is employed. Land’s review of schoolyard games includes two references to 500. It is also evidently called Twenty-One in some localities. |
| Sources | G. Land, Growing Up with Baseball (UNebraska, 2004), pages 61 and 174. |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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