Baseball Board Game

Abstract

Disclosed is a baseball board game and method for playing a baseball board game the includes a game board having a baseball diamond provided thereon, one or more conventional, six-sided game dice that are rolled to achieve a sum value of three through eighteen, and rules which include batting outcomes that correspond with the three through eighteen sum values to determine events that occur during a simulated baseball game that includes two participants taking turns rolling the dice, each turn including three or more dice rolls and representing three outs of the simulated baseball game, each out being determined according to the batting outcomes. In some embodiments, the baseball board game also includes two sets of nine or more baseball cards that may be positioned at locations proximate each of the four bases on the baseball diamond. One or more score sheets are also provided in some embodiments.

1 . A baseball board game comprising:
 at least two sets of baseball cards, each set comprising nine baseball cards, each baseball card representing one batter in a simulated baseball game;   a game board including first indicia provided thereon, said first indicia defining a scoreboard and a baseball diamond having a home plate, a first base, a second base, and a third base, said first indicia further defining a location for placement of one of said baseball cards at each of said home plate, first base, second base, and third base;   one or more game dice having a plurality of sides with indicia to represent a numeric value on each side, said game dice being adapted to be rolled to achieve a sum value ranging from three to eighteen; and   a score sheet having second indicia provided thereon, said second indicia defining a plurality of rows and intersecting columns configured contain game data corresponding to at least one batting outcome of one of said batters in said simulated baseball game;   whereby each of said possible sum values achievable by rolling said game dice corresponds to possible batting outcome in said simulated baseball game; whereby two participants may take turns rolling said game dice on behalf of at least one of said batters represented by said baseball cards to determine at least one batting outcome of said at least one batter in said simulated baseball game; and whereby said at least one determined batting outcome may be recorded on at least one of said scoreboard and said score sheet.   
     
     
         2 - 3 . (canceled) 
     
     
         4 . The baseball board game of  claim 1 , wherein said scoreboard is a nine-inning scoreboard. 
     
     
         5 - 6 . (canceled) 
     
     
         7 . A method for playing a baseball board game, the method comprising:
 providing a game board including first indicia provided thereon, the first indicia defining a scoreboard and a baseball diamond having a home plate, a first base, a second base, and a third base, the first indicia further defining a location for placement of a baseball card at each of the home plate, first base, second base, and third base, each baseball card representing a batter in a simulated baseball game;   providing one or more game dice having a plurality of sides with indicia to represent a numerical value on each side;   rolling the one or more game dice to achieve a sum value ranging from three to eighteen;   matching the achieved sum value with a corresponding batting outcome of a batter in the simulated baseball game;   recording said batting outcome on a score sheet having second indicia provided thereon, the second indicia defining a plurality of rows and intersecting columns configured to contain game data corresponding to at least one batting outcome of one of the batters in the simulated baseball game; and   repeating the rolling and matching operations until three outs have resulted according to the batting outcomes;   whereby, two players take turns performing the rolling, matching, and repeating operations, each turn including three or more rolling and matching operations and representing three outs of the game, each out being determined according to the batting outcomes.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the corresponding batting outcomes and sum values include: 3=HOME RUN: advances each card to score; 4=TRIPLE: advances each card three bases; 5=DOUBLE: advances each card two bases; 6=BASE ON BALLS: advances each card one base; 7=SACRIFICE FLY: (i) if a card is on third base, advances that card to score and records one out for the card at bat, unless the sacrifice fly is the third out of the inning, or (ii) if no card is on third base, records one out; 8=DOUBLE PLAY: (i) if a card is on first base, records two outs for the card on first base and the card at bat and advances cards on second base and/or third base one base if there were no outs prior to the at bat, or (ii) if no card is on first base, records one out for the card at bat and advances cards on second base and/or third base one base if there was one out or less prior to the at bat; 9=FLY OUT: records one out for the card at bat; 10=GROUND OUT: records one out for the card at bat; 11=FLY OUT: records one out for the card at bat; 12=DOUBLE PLAY: same as 8; 13=STRIKE OUT: records one out for the card at bat; 14=SINGLE: Advances each card one base, and if a card is on second base it advances to home for a run scored; 15=SINGLE: same as 14; 16=DOUBLE: same as 5; 17=TRIPLE: same as 4; 18=HOME RUN: same as 3. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 providing a set of nine or more baseball cards to each player;   selectively ordering the set of nine or more baseball cards according to a preferred batting order;   positioning a baseball card corresponding to a batter in the simulated baseball game on the game board at one of the locations for placement of a baseball card at the home plate, first base, second base, and third base according to a batting outcome of the batter in the simulated baseball game; and   moving the baseball card to another one of the locations for placement of a baseball card at the home plate, first base, second base, and third base of the game board based on a subsequent batting outcome.   
     
     
         10 . (canceled) 
     
     
         11 . The baseball board game of  claim 1 , wherein each said column of said second indicia corresponds to one type of game data of said simulated baseball game. 
     
     
         12 . The baseball board game of  claim 11 , at least one of said columns of said second indicia corresponding to a lineup of said simulated baseball game, at least nine of said columns of said second indicia corresponding to respective innings of said simulated baseball game, and at least one of said columns of said second indicia corresponding to batting statistics of said simulated baseball game. 
     
     
         13 . The baseball board game of  claim 12 , said at least one column corresponding to batting statistics of said simulated baseball game being subdivided into a plurality of sub-columns, each said sub-column corresponding to one of an at bat statistic, a number of runs per game statistic, a number of hits per game statistic, and a number of runs batted in statistic. 
     
     
         14 . The baseball board game of  claim 1  wherein at least one of said score sheet and said scoreboard portion of said game board are fabricated from an erasable markerboard material to allow marking and erasing of marks thereon. 
     
     
         15 . A method for playing a simulated baseball game, the method comprising:
 providing three game dice, each game die having six sides with indicia on each side representing a numeric value of one through six;   designating a batting outcome in the simulated baseball game corresponding to each of a range of numbers from three to eighteen, at least one designated batting outcome being an out;   rolling the three game dice to determine a countable side of each die;   adding the numeric values of the determined countable sides to achieve a sum value ranging from three to eighteen;   determining a designated batting outcome corresponding to the achieved sum value;   recording the determined batting outcome on a score sheet as game data corresponding to an outcome of a batter in the simulated baseball game; and   repeating the rolling, matching, and recording operations until three outs have resulted according to the batting outcomes.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the designated batting outcomes include a home run, a single, a double, a triple, a base on balls, a sacrifice fly, a double play, a fly out, a ground out, and a strike out. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15  further including the operations of:
 providing a plurality of baseball cards, each baseball card representing a batter in the simulated baseball game; 
 providing a game board having indicia provided thereon, the indicia defining a baseball diamond having a home plate, a first base, a second base, and a third base; 
 positioning a baseball card corresponding to a batter in the simulated baseball game on the game board at one of the home plate, first base, second base, and third base according to the determined batting outcome to represent the outcome of the batter in the simulated baseball game. 
 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17  wherein the indicia of the provided game board include locations for placement of a baseball card at the home plate, first base, second base, and third base, and wherein the operation of positioning a baseball card corresponding to a batter in the simulated baseball game on the game board includes positioning the baseball card in one of the locations for placement.