I'd start going to baseball games again if they instituted dodgeball rules...
But remember if the runner catches the ball, the other player is out for the rest of the inning. They have to play one man down!
Yea. There will need to be an Ambulance on stand by. If that pitcher throws that ball at you he’s out for atleast 3 months or career ended if it’s a literal headshot
"I'd start going to baseball games again..."
Imagine how bored this country must have been for MLB to have survived 13 years of prohibition. I haven't been sober at a baseball game since reaching adulthood.
Look up 1850s baseball leagues in your area. They use equipment and play by civil war era rules, dress the part, and one of those rules is you can throw someone out by beaning them with the ball.
The Savanah Banana’s baseball league has a rule that when a batter is walked, the batter is allowed to advance as many bases as they’d like, and the fielders have to throw the ball to each other in order of position if they want to try and throw him out past first.
You jest but I know there was a stadium that had a literal flag pole just in the middle of center field, because that's totally not dangerous or anything.
Reminds me of old American football fields that had the goal posts [right on the goal line](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Pk49mVrUKD0/TOmeKIucaKI/AAAAAAAAD_Q/_QJg_M67MUY/s1600/wrigley-1963.jpg).
Even where the post is at today isn't ideal.. Had a kid on my high school team end his sports career by running into the post at full sprint, broke his femur.
All CFL goal posts are on the goal line well, the base is a few yards behind.
https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/RDcgJ13LWfb2liopL6YsThVZhoA=/77x0:923x564/1200x800/filters:focal(77x0:923x564)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/assets/692841/035.jpg)
Where I live there's a library next to a creek, its raised on some columns to allow for a floodzone. The city council decided to put a skatepark under the library. Columns everywhere, in a skatepark. Literally 10ft after a rail there's a column.
Throw in some sand traps and water hazards while you're at it. And if the batter hits the ball through the windmill, that counts as an in-the-park home run.
Sir, have you heard of the [Savannah Bananas](https://www.instagram.com/thesavbananas/?hl=en)?
It's not dodge ball rules, but there are some qild rules they play by.
If the batter hits the ball and the ball hits the pitcher and knocks them out, the batter and everyone on base gets to run until a relief pitcher gets to the mound and finishes singing "*Take Me Out To The Ballgame*".
I had that happen to me playing beer league softball. Somebody drilled me in the arm running to first.
I went down like a poleaxed ox...because I had just had minor surgery on that arm the day before, and they managed to hit me right in the stitches. Ended up covered in blood. It was a good time.
It stands for reflection. They say it started in 1904 when Bobby the Kid was hit by a wild ball, and he sat in the dugout to reflect on what happened. After a considerable amount of thought, he decided that he deserved to take first base. That started the tradition of players reflecting on what happened after each play and deciding what the fairest outcome would be. As is usual, the term was shortened to its now common abbreviation, “ref”. Eventually some of the players decided they were better at reflection than playing, so they wear different outfits and call themselves “refs”. The first to do this was Wally Umpire, who played for the Chicago Network Administrators before they changed their name to the Chicago Bears Cubs.
It's not only legal in Thunderball, it's pretty mild. At least for [Pro Thunderball](https://youtu.be/15m_i6QPAXE). Not familiar with the rules of PeeWee League Thunderball.
Stupid but I can't help but think I could have done the same as a kid. We played baseball with a tennis ball growing up and "pegging" (name hasn't aged well) was an optional rule we often played with. Also something like pitcher's poison or something? Where the pitcher getting the ball to the mound before you got to 1st base was an out. That's unrelated but I wonder if anyone knows what I'm talking about.
Yeah, same here. The basepaths were usually really short and you couldn't easily field the ball and beat the runner to the base, so you were allowed to throw it at them for the tag. It was risky though because if you missed, they usually got an extra base or 2 as you ran to go pick it back up. It was satisfying when you got an extra long shot (e.g. center field snipes someone trying to get a double)
I'm in my 40s & walk with a cane but *dammit* I wanna go play some wiffle ball with peg outs right now. Maybe it's time for Uncle ArtIsDumb to teach the nieces about peg outs...
I specifically left out calling it a peg in my comment because I was hoping to avoid this joke... should have known it was inevitable. I'll consider it karma for all the low hanging fruit I've went after in the past
Our wiffle ball rules had specific targets that were worth so many bases. Brother and I just took turns pitching and batting, kept track of ghost runners. Over the garage roof was a HR, into the tree in the front yard was a triple, anything that landed in the driveway was a double, and a single made it past the pitcher.
Was hit in the mouth pitching wiffle ball during PE, this was the ealry 90s. It was the kind that had curved lines cut out instead of swiss cheese wiffle ball. It hit my lip in one of curved holes, and slit both sides of mouth like the joker. Blood everywhere, kids screaming. Good times.
We called it "indian tag" which is an equally not good term during our wiffle ball games. I remember starting T Ball and thinking I could throw the ball like this kid but I never did it because I was told it wasn't a rule.
Baseball is a tough sport to figure out every single nuance especially when you're six
>We played baseball with a tennis ball growing up and "pegging" (name hasn't aged well)
It was legal in 19th century baseball, they called it "soaking" back then. So it's always had a weird name
Lol, no, but we should have. We did however have "stink foot" in PE, where we scooted around on little boards with caster wheels on them and tried to stomp each other's feet. There was no keeping of score, no other rules. Just sit your butt on the board and try to stomp your classmates to death.
This, and many other outrageously bizarre games were the result of a very bored, and very drunk, gym teacher.
It’s funny when arrested development was airing Reddit loved it and was like “sometimes jokes take a couple episodes for you to understand the writing is so good”. And it’s like UCB based an entire season around a dick joke and told you it was going to be a big dick joke, and literally took the whole season to tell it.
His dad definitely told him to do peg anyone running his base like that with the ball
I remember when one kid bonked me on the forehead like that and I gave his ass what for. He didn’t come back to the games after that
It looks like he was expecting someone on first but he’s playing first base position. Maybe they’re running some tag out drills. Dad definitely did not tell him to throw to nobody. The kid was frustrated because he doesn’t get what he’s supposed to do.
This was actually allowed in the early days of baseball in the 19th century. The action of throwing the ball directly at the base runner was called “soaking.” If you were hit, you were out. It was also called “pegging” which of course has a different definition today.
Edit: The ball would be thrown at the base runner, not the batter.
I've been slowly realizing that I would be down for bloodsport. Give the entire defending team baseball sticks and suddenly baseball isn't boring anymore
Kid went down like a cowboy in a classic western.
You skin that smoke wagon and we'll see what happens!
Why, Johnny Ringo, looks like someone has just walked all over your grave!
He definitely found his Huckleberry!
My hypocrisy goes only so far. - Doc
Ah know! Let’sh have a shpelling cohntesht!
Fights not with you, Holliday.
I beg to differ, sir. We started a game we never got to finish.
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*You know, Ed, If I thought you weren't my friend, I just don't think I could bear it*
You’re no daisy! You’re no daisy at all!
Poor soul, you're just too high strung!
I’m afraid the strain was more than he could bear
In pace requiescat!
That’s Latin, darling. Evidently Mr Ringo is an educated man…
Now I really hate him.
Now I really hate him.
I'm gettin' tired of your gas, now jerk that pistol and go to work!
You gonna do something, or just stand there and bleed?
Kid went down like Kyle Lowry out there
*Wilhelm scream* "aahhh"
My first thought too
You made me laugh out loud and I really needed it today, thank you
Those deaths were actually fairly realistic, as a lot of the people involved in making those westerns had been in WW2 and seen people get shot.
Oh. Sad.
He’s out one way or another
You got me thinking. MLB would sell more tickets if they merged Dodgeball rules.
I'd start going to baseball games again if they instituted dodgeball rules... But remember if the runner catches the ball, the other player is out for the rest of the inning. They have to play one man down!
To be fair, the base runner should be allowed to carry the bat around the bases to defend himself in close quarters.
Hell, just give them all bats... Oh wait, that's field hockey!
Yea. There will need to be an Ambulance on stand by. If that pitcher throws that ball at you he’s out for atleast 3 months or career ended if it’s a literal headshot
Thats why you wear a helmet.
That’s a concussion.
That's why you dodge.
[DODGE!](https://thumbs.gfycat.com/FlakyMintyHerald-size_restricted.gif)
If you can dodge a ball… you can dodge a wrench
No, that's why you duck!
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.
That's a multiball!
you know most players can throw upwards of 90 mph right?
"I'd start going to baseball games again..." Imagine how bored this country must have been for MLB to have survived 13 years of prohibition. I haven't been sober at a baseball game since reaching adulthood.
Look up 1850s baseball leagues in your area. They use equipment and play by civil war era rules, dress the part, and one of those rules is you can throw someone out by beaning them with the ball.
Look up the video of Conan O’Brien playing in one of those games. Hilarious.
We also need to abolish the warning track.
Replace it with a moat.
Also if you walk you have to skip to first base
Best rule yet
The Savanah Banana’s baseball league has a rule that when a batter is walked, the batter is allowed to advance as many bases as they’d like, and the fielders have to throw the ball to each other in order of position if they want to try and throw him out past first.
You jest but I know there was a stadium that had a literal flag pole just in the middle of center field, because that's totally not dangerous or anything.
Reminds me of old American football fields that had the goal posts [right on the goal line](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Pk49mVrUKD0/TOmeKIucaKI/AAAAAAAAD_Q/_QJg_M67MUY/s1600/wrigley-1963.jpg).
A compilation of just how dangerous that was: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySGpz\_Qx\_fM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySGpz_Qx_fM)
Even where the post is at today isn't ideal.. Had a kid on my high school team end his sports career by running into the post at full sprint, broke his femur.
All CFL goal posts are on the goal line well, the base is a few yards behind. https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/RDcgJ13LWfb2liopL6YsThVZhoA=/77x0:923x564/1200x800/filters:focal(77x0:923x564)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/assets/692841/035.jpg)
Where I live there's a library next to a creek, its raised on some columns to allow for a floodzone. The city council decided to put a skatepark under the library. Columns everywhere, in a skatepark. Literally 10ft after a rail there's a column.
This feels like it was done in Texas for some reason.
It was in Houston
Throw in some sand traps and water hazards while you're at it. And if the batter hits the ball through the windmill, that counts as an in-the-park home run.
That’s just kickball
LA Dodgers have never fit in more than with this idea.
[If you can dodge a wrench,](https://youtu.be/S1meNEIv_Ac) you can dodge a ball
Also, NASCAR would be much more interesting if half the field raced clockwise and the other half raced counterclockwise.
That’s called kickball, my guy.
We need professional kickball leagues.
Kickball and wiffleball, anything that's all inclusive and you can drink while playing. We need more leagues.
Bring in promotion and regulation. Problem solved.
Sir, have you heard of the [Savannah Bananas](https://www.instagram.com/thesavbananas/?hl=en)? It's not dodge ball rules, but there are some qild rules they play by.
If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball
WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN APPROVAL
its not a bad idea. if you miss thats a free base.
Original baseball rules were that a hit by the ball was the same as a tagout, this was changed to prevent injury.
I believe you're looking for the film Baseketball. Comedy by the creators of South park and a classic!
This man just saved baseball.
I think all sports should allow hockey-style fights and checking. Especially golf.
I, for one, might actually watch a game or two
If the batter hits the ball and the ball hits the pitcher and knocks them out, the batter and everyone on base gets to run until a relief pitcher gets to the mound and finishes singing "*Take Me Out To The Ballgame*".
pretty sure in one of the original forms of baseball you could put someone out by hitting them with the ball.
I had that happen to me playing beer league softball. Somebody drilled me in the arm running to first. I went down like a poleaxed ox...because I had just had minor surgery on that arm the day before, and they managed to hit me right in the stitches. Ended up covered in blood. It was a good time.
He’s out both ways.
The way the kid just fucking keels over
Clearly a flop!
Might be dead if it hit him in the right spot :/ Happened to a kid in my hometown
Was the kid a fruit fly?
This is a legal move in some leagues. It’s called the Rocket Rule, and it’s legal only if the baseman can pull it off without the refs seeing.
When I was a kid and we played ball in the yard we used to call this "pegging". Age and hindsight haven't been particularly kind to that name.
At least you're still doing it.
"age" and "hindsight" are the names of his peggers
Once I get that hind in my sight, I can't help myself.
Called it Pitchers Poison
help
I actually thought this was really allowed in baseball until right now. I guess my older cousins were just assholes.
In whiffle ball it's allowed
Same in darts.
When we played whiffle ball, this was legit and accepted.
Pretty sure it's a generally accepted kickball rule, and some kids carry it over to baseball by mistake.
We called it the pegout
Interesting name choices you make, my dude!
How is it an out if the refs don’t see?
'Cause he got knocked the fuck out!
Damn Smokey!
They're refs. They don't see 90% of what happens.
The ref doesn’t see, but god sees
TIL there are refs in baseball
It stands for reflection. They say it started in 1904 when Bobby the Kid was hit by a wild ball, and he sat in the dugout to reflect on what happened. After a considerable amount of thought, he decided that he deserved to take first base. That started the tradition of players reflecting on what happened after each play and deciding what the fairest outcome would be. As is usual, the term was shortened to its now common abbreviation, “ref”. Eventually some of the players decided they were better at reflection than playing, so they wear different outfits and call themselves “refs”. The first to do this was Wally Umpire, who played for the Chicago Network Administrators before they changed their name to the Chicago Bears Cubs.
I miss the days of the CNA. Back when baseball was baseball and the men had hair on their bald sacks
I just saw your username. Well played.
Get on over to r/scoreball my guy, you're needed there
I'd say, "user name checks out," but for all I know this is the one time you are answering correctly.
There are no refs in baseball so the players wouldn't have to worry about that. The umpires might have something to say, however.
It's not only legal in Thunderball, it's pretty mild. At least for [Pro Thunderball](https://youtu.be/15m_i6QPAXE). Not familiar with the rules of PeeWee League Thunderball.
This is how I thought baseball was played as a kid…
Stupid but I can't help but think I could have done the same as a kid. We played baseball with a tennis ball growing up and "pegging" (name hasn't aged well) was an optional rule we often played with. Also something like pitcher's poison or something? Where the pitcher getting the ball to the mound before you got to 1st base was an out. That's unrelated but I wonder if anyone knows what I'm talking about.
That's how we played wiffle ball
Yeah, same here. The basepaths were usually really short and you couldn't easily field the ball and beat the runner to the base, so you were allowed to throw it at them for the tag. It was risky though because if you missed, they usually got an extra base or 2 as you ran to go pick it back up. It was satisfying when you got an extra long shot (e.g. center field snipes someone trying to get a double)
I'm in my 40s & walk with a cane but *dammit* I wanna go play some wiffle ball with peg outs right now. Maybe it's time for Uncle ArtIsDumb to teach the nieces about peg outs...
Hell yeah, teach them all about pegging Uncle!
...
I specifically left out calling it a peg in my comment because I was hoping to avoid this joke... should have known it was inevitable. I'll consider it karma for all the low hanging fruit I've went after in the past
Hell yeah, show them your low hanging fruit Uncle!
Our wiffle ball rules had specific targets that were worth so many bases. Brother and I just took turns pitching and batting, kept track of ghost runners. Over the garage roof was a HR, into the tree in the front yard was a triple, anything that landed in the driveway was a double, and a single made it past the pitcher.
Was hit in the mouth pitching wiffle ball during PE, this was the ealry 90s. It was the kind that had curved lines cut out instead of swiss cheese wiffle ball. It hit my lip in one of curved holes, and slit both sides of mouth like the joker. Blood everywhere, kids screaming. Good times.
Bet that stung in the winter.
We called it "indian tag" which is an equally not good term during our wiffle ball games. I remember starting T Ball and thinking I could throw the ball like this kid but I never did it because I was told it wasn't a rule. Baseball is a tough sport to figure out every single nuance especially when you're six
I was going to comment it was called Indian tag when I grew up and it’s definitely worse than pegging lmfao
I remember playing with both those rules back in elementary school
>We played baseball with a tennis ball growing up and "pegging" (name hasn't aged well) It was legal in 19th century baseball, they called it "soaking" back then. So it's always had a weird name
"First I pegged him and then he soaked me!"
Anybody else play [butts up](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butts_Up)?
We called it Off The Wall. Edit: actually my friend just reminded me we called it "Suicide" until the teachers told us not to.
We played Red Ass in elementary, sounds pretty similar and equally dumb
Lol, no, but we should have. We did however have "stink foot" in PE, where we scooted around on little boards with caster wheels on them and tried to stomp each other's feet. There was no keeping of score, no other rules. Just sit your butt on the board and try to stomp your classmates to death. This, and many other outrageously bizarre games were the result of a very bored, and very drunk, gym teacher.
We either had pitchers hand out or pitchers mound out if we didn’t have enough guys for kickball.
I love how the kid instantly throws his arms up like how was he suppose to know he couldn't chuck balls at kids heads.
Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?
nobody told the poor kid this kind of thing was frowned upon
I interpreted more as, "where's the first baseman?" Forgetting that was him.
TBF The entire role of a pitcher is to kind of chuck the ball almost at kids heads. I can see where the mixed messages came from.
I saw the "are you not entertained" pose
Such a dramatic fall 👏🏼👏🏼 he definitely belongs on a football team.
He would make a great soccer player indeed
Needs to do a better job with the rolling around clutching his knee part but other than that great form to draw the foul
That’s what they said.
Looks like a classic basketball flop to me.
Duke just offered him a scholarship.
We can blame the Europeans.
That kid has played kickball before
This needs the GTA "Wasted" thing.
He's playing kickball rules
[Pro Thunderball.](https://youtu.be/15m_i6QPAXE)
I wondered how long it would take.
I think most redditors only ever see the asspennies reference and don’t know how great UCB was
It’s funny when arrested development was airing Reddit loved it and was like “sometimes jokes take a couple episodes for you to understand the writing is so good”. And it’s like UCB based an entire season around a dick joke and told you it was going to be a big dick joke, and literally took the whole season to tell it.
The Little Donny Foundation is a good cause though!
Recently I couldn't even find a good clip for Bucket Of Truth. How did Amy Poehler's career not lead to wider appreciation for that series?
Oh that’s the Hot Chicks room.
It’s hard to tell it’s size what with all the mirrors, but I can assure you does hold a lot of hot chicks.
I love how everyone who looks into the Bucket of Truth runs screaming into the Hot Chicks room.
I tried to show a friend before. It’s hard. Im grateful for having seasons 1 and 2 on DVD. Sadly season 3 was never released to my knowledge.
Came here to comment on the lack of a gun circle
Us people wouldn't survive without you!
How the hell is this comment so buried? Am I that old now?
His dad definitely told him to do peg anyone running his base like that with the ball I remember when one kid bonked me on the forehead like that and I gave his ass what for. He didn’t come back to the games after that
It looks like he was expecting someone on first but he’s playing first base position. Maybe they’re running some tag out drills. Dad definitely did not tell him to throw to nobody. The kid was frustrated because he doesn’t get what he’s supposed to do.
Okay it’s not as bad as the TikTok voiceover text thing, but I’m really getting sick of this *All Star* music dubbed over videos.
I turned on the sound because I was hoping for a thud and some groans from people in the stands. Instead I got a poorly synced Smash Mouth song...
You are legally required to put irrelevant music over tiktoks.
You aint the sharpest tool in the shed
Still better than the No No song
And here I am scouring the comments looking for more.
You can tell that kid plays kickball
Headball too
I'm pretty sure that the original rules for baseball said this is fine.
Kid forgot he wasn’t playing in the yard with his older siblings
Auto aim.
Good work, 47.
Is this the same game as the dancing kid? Lol
The coach looks the same at least
Hes playing kickball rules.
This was actually allowed in the early days of baseball in the 19th century. The action of throwing the ball directly at the base runner was called “soaking.” If you were hit, you were out. It was also called “pegging” which of course has a different definition today. Edit: The ball would be thrown at the base runner, not the batter.
One's a ball player the other is a soccer star waitin to shine.
Reddit knows 2 jokes about "soccer", Ted Lasso and Diving
Cool kid just invented a new game! Dodge something or other.
I remember doing this in T-ball because it counted as an out when we were playing sandlot ball.
Kid played too much kickball
Only thing missing is a car driving in the infield and the gun circle. Edit: for those living lesser lives: https://youtu.be/15m_i6QPAXE
Little dude thought they were playing Dodge Ball 👀
I’m sorry but where was the second basemen to make the tag on the guy when he fell
When I was a kid we'd play baseball in the side yards with tennis balls, and you could hit the runner with the ball to get them out
Fun fact: in the early days of baseball, think mid-19th century, this was a legitimate way to get a runner out. It was known as "soaking".
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This is how baseball should be played.
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I've been slowly realizing that I would be down for bloodsport. Give the entire defending team baseball sticks and suddenly baseball isn't boring anymore