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|Description=<p>A St. Louis pastime, derived from baseball, involving down-sized bats and balls. The ball is pitched overhand from a distance of 55 feet. There is no running, but imaginary runners advance as in other scrub games. Hit balls are defined as singles, and sometimes as longer hits, depending on where they land. The game is said to have originated in about 1900 among brewery workers using broomsticks and the bungs [corks] used to seal beer barrels. Team sizes vary.</p> | |Description=<p>A St. Louis pastime, derived from baseball, involving down-sized bats and balls. The ball is pitched overhand from a distance of 55 feet. There is no running, but imaginary runners advance as in other scrub games. Hit balls are defined as singles, and sometimes as longer hits, depending on where they land. The game is said to have originated in about 1900 among brewery workers using broomsticks and the bungs [corks] used to seal beer barrels. Team sizes vary.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p><span>Special thanks to Jeff Kittel, email of 10/11/09, for material on this game.</span><span> | |Sources=<p><span>Special thanks to Jeff Kittel, email of 10/11/09, for material on this game.</span><span> </span><span>See also </span><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/sports/corkball/STLhistory.html">http:///www.angelfire.com/sports/corkball/STLhistory.html</a><span>. Accessed 10/8/09.</span></p> | ||
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Revision as of 09:02, 4 July 2012
| Game | Corkball |
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| Game Family | Fungo |
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| Description | A St. Louis pastime, derived from baseball, involving down-sized bats and balls. The ball is pitched overhand from a distance of 55 feet. There is no running, but imaginary runners advance as in other scrub games. Hit balls are defined as singles, and sometimes as longer hits, depending on where they land. The game is said to have originated in about 1900 among brewery workers using broomsticks and the bungs [corks] used to seal beer barrels. Team sizes vary. |
| Sources | Special thanks to Jeff Kittel, email of 10/11/09, for material on this game. See also http:///www.angelfire.com/sports/corkball/STLhistory.html. Accessed 10/8/09. |
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