Few things go together better than baseball and booze. A day at the ballpark just isn’t complete without a beer or six. Citizen’s Bank Park has a great selection of local microbrews, and it’s nice you don’t have to spend $7 on standard stadium swill. But it’s way too rich for our blood to play beer an inning.
Instead you’ll often find us playing a drinking game some friends taught us a few years back. Called baseball, it’s a combination of beer pong (beirut) and cups (flip cup). All you need are some plastic cups, a few ping pong balls and a table. You can play with any number of people, but we’ve found three to a team works best.
The rules are pretty simple — the same as a regular baseball game with 3 outs per inning, 9 innings per game. If you get on base, you can steal by running over to the side and drinking and flipping. Of course the other team can try to ‘throw you out’ by flipping their cup.
All in all this is a great game, fun for the whole family. Making up your own rules such as errors or bunts can add some drama. But beware, the brews can add up quickly, especially if you play a doubleheader.
5 Comments
April 18, 2008 at 1:56 am
Having heard of this game multiple times now and having never played, I must say I am intrigued. One of these days, some sort of tournament should be played.
April 30, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Where are the posts?
May 6, 2008 at 10:39 pm
I think that the lack of posts on this site is giving me E.D. Thanks a lot.
May 7, 2008 at 6:56 pm
I think I might keep posting stupid comments until some new shit goes up on this site. I want to play baseball outside this weekend. I am going to bring cups and ping pong balls. I don’t know what we will use for a table, but my inner MacGyver says we can come up with something.
May 8, 2008 at 7:39 pm
This site should be called Chesco Doesn’t Drink. Or maybe the Townie Teetolers. Or the West Chester One Beer Queers. Or the Pennsylvania Prohibitionists. Or the Dub-C Don’t Posts. Or the Suburb Sandy Vagina.