American Darts - Rules to Baseball

Taverns and pubs across the world have thePlayers take turns shooting at the scoring
English dart board hanging on the wall, with asections of the first inning. The thin outside ring
double bullseye and a triple score ring in thescores three, the thicker red ring scores two, and
middle. In several Mid-Atlantic states you'll find athe large pie-shaped section scores one. Three
different type of dartboard hanging. It's andarts are shot per inning.
American board, with a single "cork" in the center,In team play, all of the players from a team
and both the double and triple score rings aroundshoot, then the next team takes the line for their
the outside edge of the shooting area.turn. All points count. Players taking the line to
This board is usually made of wood, with theshoot walk up to the board, tally the previous
wires set embedded into it, instead of hangingplayers score and announce it, pull the darts,
over it like an English board. The darts haveretreat to the line and throw their own darts.
turkey feather flights and wooden barrels. TheIf a dart fails to stick in the board, no points are
innings are located in the same spaces on bothawarded. If a dart falls out of the board before
boards, so you will find the 20 at 12 o'clock, andthe a shooter leaves the line, those points will not
the 3 at 6 o'clock.be counted. If a dart sticks into the barrel of
In poker, there are many variations, but almostanther dart, it earns no points.
everyone can play texas holdem. In AmericanPlayers play 9 innings. Ties are resolved by
darts there are many different games that canshooting extra innings, ending when one team has
be played, but there is a common game. Thattaken a lead after all shooters have had their turn.
game is Baseball, or One to Nine.