Gnome Baseball

Gnome baseball game ready to play. Red Caps vs Green Caps.

   This summer my wife asked me if we could go to watch the Harbor Hawks, the local baseball team that belongs to the Cape Cod Baseball League. The Cape Cod Baseball League is a summer league for college baseball players and have seen players that end up playing in the major leagues.

 We went to the game and had an enjoyable evening. We have gone to several more games and it got me thinking of my youth.

   My oldest brother and a friend had a card baseball league that used playing cards. My brother taught me how to play, including keeping records of the different player stats. It was a great game that could be played against an opponent  or solo. Most of my games were solo, as my brother graduated  high school and joined the Marines.

   When I got home from one game I started thinking of my old league. I also was wondering if there was a dice baseball game. Of course there was. I almost was going to buy a rather expensive game. I had second thoughts though, and just printed out a copy of the game.

  After printing it out, I was wondering what figures to use. I was going to use those useless Airfix running US Marine figures, but then I thought it might be fun to use some of my Peter Pig Gnomes figures.

    " A couple of garden gnomes heard the humans hooting and cheering a little way off. They decided to see what the hooibau  was about. They found the humans scattered in a field, with one throwing a ball at a man with a stick,who in turn swung at the ball. When the ball was hit, everyone started running around yelling. It was most confusing! 

   " After watching for a while they realized that the humans were playing a game, and found themselves enjoying watching the humans at play. Indeed, they started to understand  the  rules. They found themselves going back to watch the games, bringing more gnomes with them. Eventually the gnomes decided to try the game for themselves."

Green Caps has bases loaded with 2 outs.

The Green Cap batter hit a double, driving in two runs!

The Red Caps had bases loaded with two outs.

The batter rolled a 3 and a 4; a triple, which brings home 3 runs.

The final score: Red Caps 18, Green Caps 7.

This could be an enjoyable game if you kept track of the players statistics. Although a game of luck like the old card baseball game,you would find some great batters and pitchers that you would get invested in.