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<p>May be at&nbsp;<em>https://nyti.ms/2yNiVE4</em></p>
<p>May be at&nbsp;<em>https://nyti.ms/2yNiVE4</em></p>
<p>A&nbsp; version with baserunning is shown at&nbsp;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8Aw2cBer84.&nbsp; This clip evidently shows New York area play.</p>
<p>A&nbsp; version with baserunning is shown at&nbsp;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8Aw2cBer84.&nbsp; This clip evidently shows New York area play.</p>
<p>A six-minute intro to the game on&nbsp;<em>MLB Tonight</em> with Pedro Martinez and others is at&nbsp;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzDbWAH4gL0&nbsp;</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>
<p>This item was spotted by Alexa T. McCray.</p>
<p>This item was spotted by Alexa T. McCray.</p>

Latest revision as of 10:05, 9 October 2017

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Game Vitilla
Game Family Baseball Baseball
Location Dominican Republic
Regions Rest of World
Eras Derivative, Contemporary
Invented No
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."

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.

 

 

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

A  version with baserunning is shown at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8Aw2cBer84.  This clip evidently shows New York area play.

A six-minute intro to the game on MLB Tonight with Pedro Martinez and others is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzDbWAH4gL0 

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Protoball welcomes additional details on the games rules, history, and spread.

This item was spotted by Alexa T. McCray.

 

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