The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

500 BASEBALL GAME

GAME BEGINS BY ONE PLAYER, THE BATTER, THROWING A BALL
UP IN THE AIR AND HITTING IT TO THE PLAYERS ON THE
FIELD. DEPENDING ON HOW THE BALL IS FIELDED, BY ONE
OF THESE PLAYERS, THEY ARE AWARDED A CERTAIN NUMBER
OF POINTS. IF THEY MISFIELD THE BALL, DEPENDING ON
WHAT TYPE OF HIT IT IS, THAT NUMBER OF POINTS IS
SUBTRACTED FROM THEIR SCORE. THE FIRST PLAYER TO
REACH 500 POINTS BECOMES THE NEW BATTER AND THE WHOLE
PROCESS STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN.
THE POINT VALUES ARE: "FLYBALL"--100 POINTS; "LINEDRIVE"
--75 POINTS; "GROUNDBALL"--50 POINTS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS

Date learned: 11-23-1970