Some NASA caliber freakin’ genius once said, “I know let’s play baseball with a keg of beer at home plate”! And the world cheered.
Time went on, and some friends of mine thought we would give it a shot. Then we realized we didn’t have the requisite number of bats/gloves etc, and thought of better of standing in front of a one hopper to the short stop after a few cold ones.
Thus the idea of Sloshball as drinking kickball was born! Playing kickball instead of baseball meant we didn’t need gloves/bats, or the ability to rattle off the infield fly rule.
Due to the popularity of this plan, we not only had a great time, but were even able to charge $20 a head, and donate the money to charity. What a game!
Rules to Sloshball Kickball:
- Batter fills cup before coming to the plate.
- Batter must finish cup before crossing home base, or their run doesn’t count.
- Spilling beer on purpose is considered a crime against decency, and will result in an automatic out.
- Multiple base runners are allowed on each base, thus force outs only at first.
- If a batter is still on base when his/her turn to bat comes along, they must forfeit their place on the diamond. NO Ghost Runners!
- Pegging is allowed, and if pegged the runner is out.
- Game continues until you run out of beer, or get tired of playing.
- Use baseball rules when not spelled out above.
The above are more or less “guidelines”, and anyone arguing about the rules of Sloshball Kickball will deemed to completely miss the point, and will be mocked voraciously.
Game results:
On a sunny summer Friday afternoon, we had about 15 people show up to play Sloshball Kickball. Game worked perfectly with this number of people, and at $20 a head we were able to donate over $200 (after paying for the keg etc) to a very worthy cause, S.I.G.N. We even made a video montage, see above!
SIGN: Surgical Implant Generation Network. They make a super slick surgical kit that can repair a femur for $100, which is a huge help if you are a 3rd world county with lots of compound fractures (as it turns out, that's all of them).
Sloshball Resources: eHow Sloshball main Page