Pesapallo

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Game	Pesapallo
Game Family	Baseball Baseball
Location	Finland
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Description	“Finnish Baseball.” This invented game is based on American baseball, kuningaspallo, pitkapallo, and poltopallo, and was introduced in 1922. Some call it Finland’s national game. It involves two 9-player teams, pitching via vertical toss from next to the batter, a zigzag basepath of progressive length [about 65 feet from home to first, about 150 feet from third to home], optional running with fewer than two strikes, a three-out-side-out rule, runners being “put out” or “wounded” [not counted as an out, and allowed to bat again], no ground-rule home run and four-inning games.
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