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|Term=Over-the-Line | |Term=Over-the-Line | ||
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|Description=<p>This game[141] is described as a reduced form of softball with no running (ghost runners determine when runs score) and soft tossing by a team-mate as pitching. Fair ground is defines by an acute angle much smaller than 90 degrees, and a line is drawn about 20 yards from home. Three or four players make up a team. Balls hit past the line and not caught on the fly are counted as singles, unless they pass the deepest fielder. A bobbled grounder is counted as Reached on Error. The game is played as a beach game in the San Diego area[142].</p> | |Game Eras=Derivative, Post-1900, Contemporary | ||
|Invented Game=No | |||
|Description=<p>This game[141] is described as a reduced form of softball with no running (ghost runners determine when runs score) and soft tossing by a team-mate as pitching. Fair ground is defines by an acute angle much smaller than 90 degrees, and a line is drawn about 20 yards from home. Three or four players make up a team. Balls hit past the line and not caught on the fly are counted as singles, unless they pass the deepest fielder. A bobbled grounder is counted as Reached on Error. The game is played as a beach game in the San Diego area[142]. Pitches are gentle lobs. Peter Morris writes that this game is an offshoot of softball.</p> | |||
|Sources=<p><a href="http://www.baseballfit.com/otl.htm">http://www.baseballfit.com/otl.htm</a></p> | |Sources=<p><a href="http://www.baseballfit.com/otl.htm">http://www.baseballfit.com/otl.htm</a></p> | ||
<p><a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_2251292_play-over-line.html">http://www.ehow.com/how_2251292_play-over-line.html</a></p> | <p><a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_2251292_play-over-line.html">http://www.ehow.com/how_2251292_play-over-line.html</a></p> | ||
<p>Peter Morris, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">A Game of Inches </span>(Ivan Dee, 2010 single-volume edition), page 499.</p> | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:25, 18 December 2012
| Game | Over-the-Line |
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| Game Family | Baseball |
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| Eras | Derivative, Post-1900, Contemporary |
| Invented | No |
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| Description | This game[141] is described as a reduced form of softball with no running (ghost runners determine when runs score) and soft tossing by a team-mate as pitching. Fair ground is defines by an acute angle much smaller than 90 degrees, and a line is drawn about 20 yards from home. Three or four players make up a team. Balls hit past the line and not caught on the fly are counted as singles, unless they pass the deepest fielder. A bobbled grounder is counted as Reached on Error. The game is played as a beach game in the San Diego area[142]. Pitches are gentle lobs. Peter Morris writes that this game is an offshoot of softball. |
| Sources | http://www.baseballfit.com/otl.htm http://www.ehow.com/how_2251292_play-over-line.html Peter Morris, A Game of Inches (Ivan Dee, 2010 single-volume edition), page 499. |
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