Chapita

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Game	Chapita
Game Family	Baseball Baseball
Location	Venezuela
Regions	Rest of World
Eras	Derivative, Contemporary
Invented	No
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Description	An October 2017 article on the Dominican game of vitilla notes, "In other baseball-loving countries ,vitilla exists in other forms. Chapita is a similar game from Venezuela, and major league players from there said they grew up playing it."
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 one-minute clip of a non-baserunning game in Venezuela with Jose Altuve is shown at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T9C9zv2lYA
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