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The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J.Henry Waugh, Prop.
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This game was inspired by Robert Coover's magnificent novel "The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J.Henry Waugh, Prop.", 1968.
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"It is here not at all requisite to prove that such an
intellectus archetypus is possible, but only that we are
led to the Idea of it ..."
---KANT, Critique of Judgement
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Roll three same colored dice and read from lowest to highest.
Use FIRST column results unless it says "REROLL". If it does,
roll again and use SECOND column.
Column 1 Column 2 Column 1 Column 2
111 TRIPLE-------HOMERUN 244 SINGLE-------WALK
112 WALK---------HIT BY PITCH 245 flyout-------HOMERUN
113 strikeout----DOUBLE 246 dp/grounder--infield fly
114 SINGLE-------infield fly
115 infield fly--ERROR 255 SINGLE-------DOUBLE
116 strikeout----DOUBLE 256 infield fly--HOMERUN
122 DOUBLE-------TRIPLE 266 WALK---------ERROR
123 REROLL !!!---HOMERUN
124 dp/grounder--SINGLE 333 PASSED BALL--TRIPLE
125 flyout-------HOMERUN 334 SINGLE-------infield fly
126 groundout----SINGLE 335 ERROR--------DOUBLE
336 DOUBLE-------ERROR
133 SINGLE-------WALK
134 groundout----HOMERUN 344 strikeout----HIT BY PITCH
135 flyout-------infield fly 345 flyout-------ERROR
136 groundout----SINGLE 346 infield fly--HOMERUN
144 SINGLE-------DOUBLE 355 SINGLE-------infield fly
145 flyout-------HOMERUN 356 groundout----SINGLE
146 dp/grounder--ERROR
366 WALK---------ERROR
155 SINGLE-------HIT BY PITCH
156 groundout----SINGLE 444 WILD PITCH---DOUBLE
445 strikeout----HIT BY PITCH
166 strikeout----DOUBLE 446 WALK---------infield fly
222 WILD PITCH---strikeout 455 SINGLE-------WALK
223 strikeout----DOUBLE 456 dp/grounder--SINGLE
224 WALK---------infield fly
225 SINGLE-------DOUBLE 466 REROLL !!!---TRIPLE
226 strikeout----HIT BY PITCH
555 BALK/pickoff-strikeout
233 SINGLE-------infield fly 556 strikeout----DOUBLE
234 REROLL !!!---HOMERUN 566 WALK---------TRIPLE
235 flyout-------ERROR
236 groundout----SINGLE 666 HOMERUN------DOUBLE
This chart is based on the composite major league baseball
statistics of 1946-1960.
When there were 16 teams and a 154 game schedule.
And the teams traveled by train ... Oh! We had an America!
And it was an America without parallel!
We've got to go back to America!
Roll three same colored dice and read from lowest to highest.
Use FIRST column results unless it says "REROLL". If it does,
roll again and use SECOND column.
Baserunner advancement on SINGLES and DOUBLES: roll dice and use TOTAL.
If result is a "long" or "medium", roll again, and if 111,222,333,444,555,666,
lead runner is thrown out!
SINGLES
"long" "medium"
(advances all runners 2 bases) (advances lead runner 2 bases)
if 0 out 5,10,11,16 6,15
if 1 out 5,10,11,16 9,12
if 2 out 3,6,10,11,15,18 4,5,7,9,12,14,16,17
DOUBLES
"long"
(scores the runner from first)
if 0 out 5,10,11,16
if 1 out 4,5,10,11,16,17
if 2 out 4,5,8,10,11,13,16,17
Sacrifice Bunts are successful in advancing the runner for the following
totals: 3 thru 9 and 12 thru 18
the lead runner is out on totals of 10 and 11.
Stolen Base Attempts are successful for 5,6,8,10,11,13,15,16
BALK/pickoff -- roll again -- even total is BALK, odd is pickoff.
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