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<p>Accessed 10/9/2017 via search for <nyt broomstick bottle cap></p> | <p>Accessed 10/9/2017 via search for <nyt broomstick bottle cap></p> | ||
<p>May be at <em>https://nyti.ms/2yNiVE4</em></p> | <p>May be at <em>https://nyti.ms/2yNiVE4</em></p> | ||
|Comment=<p>Protoball welcomes additional details on the games rules, history, and spread</p> | |Comment=<p>Protoball welcomes additional details on the games rules, history, and spread.</p> | ||
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Revision as of 09:18, 9 October 2017
Game | Vitilla |
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Game Family | Baseball |
Location | Dominican Republic |
Regions | Rest of World |
Eras | Derivative, Contemporary |
Invented | No |
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Description | The game of vitilla ("vee-TEE-ya') is reportedly played widely in the Dominican Republic. "What Dominican doesn't play vitilla?," asked Yankee catcher Gary Sanchez. Several other Major Leagues attribute some of their skills to the game. ". . . the concept is the same [as baseball] -- to hit a moving object with a stick. But because the vitilla is smaller than a baseball and moves unpredictable when thrown, and because the bat is thinner, some . . . believe playing it so regularly helped their hand-eye coordination." A Times article does not detail the game's rules, and it is not yet clear to Protoball whether batters actually run bases. A photograph suggests that balls and strikes are determined by whether a pitched cap hits a small (12 inch?) target set up behind the batter. The article refers to a similar game, called chapita, played in Venezuela.
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Sources | James Wagner, "Dominican Players Sharpen Their Skills With a Broomstick and Bottle Cap," New York Times (Sports Sunday section), October 6, 2017. Accessed 10/9/2017 via search for <nyt broomstick bottle cap> May be at https://nyti.ms/2yNiVE4 |
Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
Comment | Protoball welcomes additional details on the games rules, history, and spread. This item was spotted by Alexa T. McCray. Edit with form to add a comment |
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