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#LiveStream Recorded #RallyBird #StayHome #Baseball #BoardGame Session 9

Pete vs Suzie. May 12, 2020. Game number 9 in the #StayHome series. After Suzie told me about her familiarity with softball, we launched into an overview of the rules with a couple of practice At Bats. The game starts about the 12:00 mark and moves along quickly. There was some Internet fuzziness here and there but it’s not too bad–I’m grateful for the chance to play this way, and share it with anyone interested.

Suzie named her lineup of 4 (based on the number of team tokens): 1. Chauncy, 2. Chad, 3. Brad, 4. Sad.

She learned the rules quickly and was even able to correct me on the final play.

The game had a dramatic finish! Whether relatedly or not, Suzie is a fan of the Rally Bird. She called it the Equity Bird.

#LiveStream Recorded #RallyBird #StayHome #Baseball #BoardGame Sessions 7 & 8 (doubleheader)

Hooray! StayHome LiveStream RallyBird Baseball continues! This is the 3rd game vs Drew in our series of 7. A wonderful surprise guest came: Sara, as a hotdog vendor at the 33:00 time mark!

What decided the course of this game was the long bomb and general player execution (or lack there of!). This was the first game of a double-header…

And below is our second game, which had an entirely different plot:

#Livestream Recorded #RallyBird #StayHome #Baseball #BoardGame Game 6

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#Livestream Recorded #RallyBird #StayHome #Baseball #BoardGame Game 6! This time I played Mckensi, a wonderful person I’ve known since she was little. She animates her surroundings. She didn’t know much about baseball or the board game before we started but was still eager to play. And I, I told her I would not give her any trash talk until the 9th inning. This proved more difficult than I expected.

It was a blast–a session with crazy building tension and extra innings! Thank you Mckensi!!! Let’s play again! The YouTube description includes a link to her artwork.

How to Play #Baseball (classic demonstration by Goofy in 1942)

Greetings! I’m planning another LiveStream play of the RallyBird Baseball Board Game, this time with an opponent who may not have ever seen baseball game–except for elements absorbed by growing up in the USA, seeing it on the school yard, and, these days, what, kids playing a baseball app on their phones? Hey who let the grumpy old man in here?

So I was looking at quick and entertaining “how to play baseball for beginners” videos on YouTube. This classic came up, so I offer it here in case it amuses you. This is the short version:

if you want to see the full version of this (with horrible low resolution) I found this:

If you know of a fun, short video that teaches basic baseball for beginners, please let me know.

Health to all!

#Livestream Recorded #RallyBird #StayHome #Baseball #BoardGame Game 5

StayHome LiveStream RallyBird Baseball games continue, reaching number 5. Here Drew and I meet for a second time in what promises to be a series. As you can see in the thumbnail picture, events occurred which inspired me to throw my hat.

Big thanks to Drew for playing! See you for game 3 of our series soon….