Momo v. Popo, game 1

September 28, 2005 in family news by Rob | 7 comments

In the inaugural contesting of BarrettBall©, Beckie (Momo) (-fatticus) bested Rob (Popo) 14-13 in extra innings. Tied 12-12 after the regulation 3 innings, the game ended when Rob’s potentially game-tying hit was snagged by the branches of one of the leftfield trees (who had already foiled 2 of Momo’s rallies), leaving Beckie to easily pluck it down and claim victory with a shout and a spike, to the delight of the pint-sized crowd in the Backyard. The game turned on a catch turned in by Momo in the bottom of the 2nd, picking one off her shoetops to end Popo’s at bat. Afterwards, all human fans were treated to a postgame bath.

Rules, composed on the fly, were as follows:

• 3 innings, one out per at-bat.
• balls caught in the air or on one bounce, or hit over the fence, are outs.
• any ball striking the baby at all is out
• reasonably forward-hit balls count 1 run, unless*
• * they hit the back fence on the fly, in which case 2 runs are scored
• implements: the ball-thrower thing of Chomo’s** as a bat and the unbalanced funny-bouncing red plastic ball
• as usual, if Chomo pops the ball, the fun is over

**

  1. Momma Bear’s avatar

    Momma Bear on September 29, 2005 at 11:28 am

    Hey Popofatticus…

    We will finish yesterday’s leftover game tonight. Expect a “regular” spanking (and the requisite spiking).

    love, momofatticus

  2. Nana’s avatar

    Nana on September 29, 2005 at 1:47 pm

    Sounds like the Chuckit thing allows you to throw a ball further than there is room for in your backyard – do you do this over at the hospital??

  3. Nana’s avatar

    Nana on September 29, 2005 at 5:51 pm

    We need to see a picture of the action – can you do that?

  4. bh admin’s avatar

    bh admin on September 30, 2005 at 9:15 am

    Mom, it’s a baseball type game, so the chuckit is the bat, the ball is medium playground size — um, yes, I will try to set up a picture to really illustrate the proceedings

  5. Nana’s avatar

    Nana on September 30, 2005 at 10:08 am

    I just remember your backyard as being quite small, but maybe I am not remembering that correctly.

  6. bh admin’s avatar

    bh admin on September 30, 2005 at 10:33 am

    It is :)
    Self control, ie not cranking one over the fence AJones style, is key to success

  7. Nana’s avatar

    Nana on September 30, 2005 at 1:56 pm

    Ahhhh, self-control — perhaps a challenging idea for some sports folks!