Off The Wall
| Game | Off The Wall |
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| Game Family | Hat ball |
| Location | Brooklyn |
| Regions | US |
| Eras | Derivative, Post-1900 |
| Invented | No |
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| Description | The game was often played at a handball court or wall in a schoolyard. Team that is up throws the ball off the wall. If it is caught it is an out. If it lands in foul territory it is an out. (Foul territory is determined by consensus at the start of the game.) For each bounce the ball takes it is a base gained. Four bounces is a home run. Invisible runners. As a backyard game, the ball can bounce off the garage door, gutter, or slanted roof behind the fielder. If it hits the gutter and bounces it is an automatic triple. If it bounces of the roof and hits the ground it is an automatic home run. If you throw the ball high off the first wall you can have the ball hit the roof and bounce all the way back off the first wall, making for a difficult catch. The "lightening" option -- When the fielder catches the third out, he/she can throw the ball off the wall immediately, catching the new fielder out of fielding position. An easy way to get a home run. Lightening has to be called in the beginning of the game. You can also play that the thrower has to call lightening out loud before the throw. As a game played in an alley (10 to 12 feet between houses): The player at bat throws the ball against one wall, to a minimum height of 10-15 feet, depending on how tall the players are. Skills: [a] throwing the ball off one wall so that it hits the other wall just above the fielder, making for a hard catch, [b] throw the ball so it hits the fielder and rolls away for a home run.
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| Sources | Communication from Neil Seldman and Mark Schoenberg. |
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