Six Man Baseball

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Game Six Man Baseball
Game Family Baseball Baseball
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Eras Post-1900
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Along those same lines comes a version of baseball that I've never seen before. It was featured in the December 1939 issue of Popular Mechanics

 and was invented by Stephen Epler to allow smaller groups of players to play games quicker. Epler had, five years previously, invented a game called "six-man football" so, naturally, he also came up with "six-man baseball". From the magazine:

Each team is composed of six players – two infielders, two outfielders, a pitcher and a catcher. Instead of four bases, the "diamond" is composed of three, including home plate. Bases are equal distances apart – ninety feet when a hard ball is used – and they are located at the corners of an equilateral triangle. A full game is six innings, and two strikes, instead of three, retire the batter. Foul balls are counted as half-strikes, and the hitter is called out on four fouls. Three balls, instead of four, give a base on balls.

The picture above is an artist's rendition of the sport, and, I have to admit, it looks intriguing. It got me wondering just how the game would play if baseball were really played this way.

Sources https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/14729/wezen-ball-analyzing-six-man-baseball/
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