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|Description=<p>A Swedish game, also played in Germany and Denmark. A batting and running game with four bases, this game involved fungo-style hitting to start a play. As in some forms of longball, a base can be occupied by more than one runner. A caught fly ball gives a point to the out team, but the runner is not thereby retired. Innings are timed. A home run is six points. A 90-degree fair territory is employed. This game may relate to Swedeball. It | |Game Regions=Europe,US | ||
|Sources=<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brannboll">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brannboll</a><span>.</span><span> | |Game Eras=Post-1900,Derivative | ||
|Description=<p>A Swedish game, also played in Germany and Denmark. A batting and running game with four bases, this game involved fungo-style hitting to start a play. As in some forms of longball, a base can be occupied by more than one runner. A caught fly ball gives a point to the out team, but the runner is not thereby retired. Innings are timed. A home run is six points. A 90-degree fair territory is employed. This game may relate to Swedeball, a game reportedly played in the US upper midwest. It has been reported that that Brannboll is played in Minnesota, but no such references are known.</p> | |||
|Sources=<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brannboll">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brannboll</a><span>.</span><span> </span><span>See also </span><a href="http://www.brennball.de/english/davidcurle.htm">http://www.brennball.de/english/davidcurle.htm</a><span>.</span><span> </span><span>[Accessed 10/09/09.]</span></p> | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:45, 28 November 2012
| Game | Brannboll (Brennball) |
|---|---|
| Game Family | Baseball |
| Location | Sweden |
| Regions | Europe, US |
| Eras | Post-1900, Derivative |
| Invented | |
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| Description | A Swedish game, also played in Germany and Denmark. A batting and running game with four bases, this game involved fungo-style hitting to start a play. As in some forms of longball, a base can be occupied by more than one runner. A caught fly ball gives a point to the out team, but the runner is not thereby retired. Innings are timed. A home run is six points. A 90-degree fair territory is employed. This game may relate to Swedeball, a game reportedly played in the US upper midwest. It has been reported that that Brannboll is played in Minnesota, but no such references are known. |
| Sources | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brannboll. See also http://www.brennball.de/english/davidcurle.htm. [Accessed 10/09/09.] |
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