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|Game Family=Fungo | |Game Family=Fungo | ||
|Game Regions=US | |Game Regions=US | ||
|Game Eras=Post-1900 | |Game Eras=Derivative, Post-1900 | ||
|Description=<p>Fuzz-Ball evidently takes many local variant forms, but all employ a tennis ball (often with its surface fuzz burned off and a slim bat. The number of strikes per out and outs per inning, among other parameters, vary from place to place. | |Invented Game=No | ||
|Description=<p>Fuzz-Ball evidently takes many local variant forms, but all employ a tennis ball (often with its surface fuzz burned off and a slim bat. The number of strikes per out and outs per inning, among other parameters, vary from place to place. It is placed in the "fungo" category here, but in some areas real baserunning is seen, making it close to baseball. Teams are often small.</p> | |||
<p>In St. Louis, some players use the term [[Corkball]] for Fuzz-ball.</p> | |||
|Sources=<p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzball_%28sport%29</p> | |Sources=<p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzball_%28sport%29</p> | ||
<p>A nice introduction to local Fuzz-Ball variants is at <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzULVIftxuQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzULVIftxuQ</a>.</span> </p> | |||
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Latest revision as of 04:18, 14 July 2024
| Game | Fuzz-Ball |
|---|---|
| Game Family | Fungo |
| Location | |
| Regions | US |
| Eras | Derivative, Post-1900 |
| Invented | No |
| Tags | |
| Description | Fuzz-Ball evidently takes many local variant forms, but all employ a tennis ball (often with its surface fuzz burned off and a slim bat. The number of strikes per out and outs per inning, among other parameters, vary from place to place. It is placed in the "fungo" category here, but in some areas real baserunning is seen, making it close to baseball. Teams are often small. In St. Louis, some players use the term Corkball for Fuzz-ball. |
| Sources | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzball_%28sport%29 A nice introduction to local Fuzz-Ball variants is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzULVIftxuQ. |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Comment | Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Edit with form to add a query |
| Has Supplemental Text |
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