| This is the third installment in a world of incredibly | | | | initial first inning roll. Each consecutive inning |
| fun sports games played with dice. In the first | | | | thereafter that the player continues to perform a |
| installment I taught you how to play the college | | | | first odd roll continues the no-hitter up until the |
| version of Dice Football. Then in the second you | | | | player finally rolls an even number. If they fail to |
| learned the Pro Football dice game. Now it is Dice | | | | roll at least one even number in nine innings that |
| Baseball, which is the first dice game that I ever | | | | means you pitched a no-hitter. Time to call |
| invented. Just as in my football games you will | | | | Cooperstown! |
| need two dice, notebook paper and a pen or | | | | So where are the homeruns? I bet you are glad |
| pencil to play dice baseball. | | | | that I asked. Any time a player rolls a double-dice |
| You will recall that in the college football game you | | | | roll, he has hit a Homerun! That is all that it takes; |
| got your box score set up so that you can begin | | | | doubles aka, two of a kind. Better yet, if there |
| the game and just take turns for four quarters. | | | | are any men on base then they score with the |
| In the baseball game you will have to make a box | | | | homerun. Yes, with the bases loaded a homerun |
| score sheet that has nine boxes split in half. | | | | is a grand slam. |
| These two halves represent the home team and | | | | This is an example of how the baseball game can |
| the visitors. Remember that in baseball the home | | | | be played. Let us say the visitors roll a 2+3 on his |
| team always bats last and should be on the | | | | initial first inning roll. The visitors inning is |
| bottom of the two box halves. | | | | considered over and with no hits. The home team |
| As in real baseball each team rolls for nine innings. | | | | rolls a 4+6 (10) on the first roll. That represents a |
| The exception of course is the home team. If the | | | | base hit or one man on base. The home player |
| home team is winning after the visitor has finished | | | | then rolls a 3+5 (8) thus getting a second man on |
| his half of the ninth, then there is no need for the | | | | base. Then he rolls a 1+4 (5). The inning is over. |
| home boys to roll the ninth. Just like in real | | | | End result of the first inning is 0 to 0. |
| baseball the game is over and the dice can hit the | | | | The visitor starts his second inning with a pair of |
| showers. | | | | threes (3+3). Boom, he hit a homerun. He then |
| Batting is pretty simple. Each team gets to start | | | | rolls a 2+5 (7), which means the inning is over. |
| their half of an inning by rolling the dice once. If | | | | The visitor has scored a run in their half of the |
| the two die total an even number then they can | | | | second and leads the game, 1 to 0. The home |
| roll again. That is because even dice totals equal | | | | team starts with a 2+4 (6) single. Then on the |
| one single. An even dice total will be one of the | | | | next roll the home player rolls a pair of fours |
| following combinations; 1+3=4, 1+5=6, 2+4=6, | | | | (4+4). The home player has hit a two run |
| 2+6=8, 3+5=8, 4+6=10. If the next roll yields an | | | | homerun since there was a man already on base. |
| even number then there has been another hit. | | | | The next roll is a 3+4 (7) out and that ends the |
| Now in baseball terms this means that there are, | | | | second inning with the home team ahead, 2-1. |
| two men on base. The rolling player now gets a | | | | Now for the rest of the game neither team |
| third roll. As you can see where this is going, | | | | scores again until the ninth inning when the visitor |
| another even number means that the bases are | | | | strings together six consecutive even numbers |
| loaded. A fourth consecutive even dice result will | | | | before rolling the inevitable odd number. That |
| bring home the first run and each consecutive roll | | | | means the visitor scored three runs and now |
| will continue to bring home runners until the roller | | | | leads the game, 4-2. Then the home team follows |
| finally rolls an odd dice total. | | | | with three consecutive rolls of doubles |
| Any odd dice total represents the end of an | | | | (homeruns); which means they won the game, |
| inning. Thus, if a player rolls an odd number on his | | | | 5-4. What a comeback! |
| first roll, then that inning is over. The odd dice | | | | If the score ends in a tie after nine innings then |
| totals are as follows; 1+2=3, 1+4=5, 1+6=7, | | | | just keep playing one inning at a time until |
| 2+3=5, 2+5=7, 3+4=7, 3+6=9, 4+5=9, 5+6=11. A | | | | someone finally wins. That is what baseball calls, |
| really cool thing to do during this game is to see if | | | | extra-innings. In the next article I will attempt to |
| you can get a no-hit game. You can do this by | | | | teach you about the college basketball dice |
| simply putting a dot in the innings that a player | | | | games. Till then, keep on rolling. |
| rolls an odd number. You can start this on their | | | | |