The Rule Book

To play a game you need two players (or one player can play both sides), data and three dice. There is a data sheet for each team which hands out grades for each player, as well as a season page which creates tables for stealing, batting, and running. The dice should be three different colors, to make it easier to read out the numbers of a roll. Follow these steps for each batter, keep score and repeat until the game is over.

1. Either player can make substitutions to their lineup, provided the rules of baseball are followed.
   
2. The pitcher can intentionally walk the batter.
   
3. Runners on base can steal or run on pitch. When stealing:
   
   • Roll dice on the stealing table, depending on the stealing and holding grades, to find out if runner is safe or out.
4. The batter can bunt, or swing. When swinging:
   
   • Tally the batter and pitcher grade: adjust for number of batters faced, park, number of outs, runners on base, hitting and pitching streaks.
     
   • Roll dice on the batting table, depending on the tally, to find out what the batter does: strike out (K), ground out (G), fly out (F), walk (W), single (S), double (D), triple (T), or home run (H).
     
5. Roll dice on the running table, depending on what the batter did, to find out what runners do.