Play Ball! Here's Everything You Need to Play ANY MLB Teams from 1901 to Present Every Month of Your Choice from Dollar Baseba
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Play Ball! Here’s everything you need to play ANY MLB teams from 1901 to present every month of your choice from Dollar Baseball Club! Baseball Classics ©, a next generation baseball board game continues to revolutionize the way Major League Baseball fans from ages 8 to adult can enjoy playing any of their favorite game, teams, and players. Since 1987 we continue to be the only baseball board game to offer far more than any other! Here’s what makes our Baseball Classics customers get far better than any other ever offered by any game: • Front and back full color • Smooth rounded corners • Graphical player ratings • Convenient business card size • In a glance, easy to understand & play • Player performance within .0001 • 30 batter & pitcher season statistics • Authentic MLB game play • ANY MLB teams available from 1901 to present! Here’s our free, full set of game parts with everything you need to play with your Baseball Classics MLB player cards. Get more monthly as a DollarBaseballClub.com member. Enjoy Baseball Classics! Field Manager’s Rulebook Baseball Classics© Next Generation Baseball Board Game Revision 11 Baseball Classics© Baseball Game P.O. Box 6011, Naperville, IL 60567-6011 www.BaseballClassicsBaseballGame.com Free shipping in the continental USA BASEBALL CLASSICS FIELD MANAGER'S RULEBOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS Next Generation Baseball Game Play………………………………...…...1 Baseball Classics Game Parts…………………………....………...…….....2 Scorefield Pitcher Batting Cards Play Chart Fielding Grid Game Dice How to Play - Batter Up!..........................................................................3 Basic Play, Intermediate, or Advanced Play Basic Play…………………………………….............…………….………….4-5 Play Result Definitions Baseball Classics Groundout and Double Play Result Tables Intermediate Play………………………………….………………………….6-8 Bunting Base Stealing Advancing Base Runners Team Fielding Play Baseball Classics Pitching Rest Table Advanced Play……………………………………….………………………8-14 Fielding Grid Hit & Run Infield In Baseball Classics Play Action Simulator Pitcher Fatigue Showdown Manager……………………………………………………………14 Join Dollar Baseball Club …………………………………...…...……………15 Next Generation Baseball Game Play No Other Baseball Game Offers More Free Shipping in continental USA Statistically Accurate, True Baseball Realism Order ANY Major League Teams or Seasons from 1901 to present Order Specially Packaged Classic Major League Team Sets Baseball Classics baseball game contains everything you need to play. Simply add your own standard six-sided dice to play. Consider playing using our Free Baseball Classics web app which includes dice and everything you need to play including dice, simply use your Baseball Classics player cards: http://www.baseballclassicsbaseballgame.com/scorefield/ Since 1987 Baseball Classics Baseball Game has produced the ultimate in tabletop simulation baseball games. Authentic and realistic play based on each player's actual season performance! Aaron, Bonds, Gehrig, Gibson, Johnson, Koufax, Mantle, Mathewson, Mays, Newhouser, Ripken, Robinson, Rodriguez, Ruth, Seaver, Wagner, Williams, and all the rest are available today. Only Baseball Classics allows you to order any team, any season! Be at the top step of the dugout managing your favorite Major League baseball players. Realistic and exciting game play with fielding, bunting, base stealing, base running, hit & run, pitching fatigue, and virtually anything else that can happen in a Major League Baseball game. Includes Baseball Classics Major League Baseball individual player cards, game box, dice, easy to follow Field Manager’s Rulebook, charts, and the Scorefield game board. Play solitaire or against an opponent. Ages 8 to adult. Step up to the plate and play Baseball Classics Baseball Game today! Page 1 Baseball Classics Game Parts Each Baseball Classics MLB team contains up to 24 individual batter and pitcher player cards; based on their actual MLB performance. Also your complete set of Baseball Classics game parts include: Game Box, Dice, Field Manager’s Rulebook, Scorefield, 2 sets of Pitcher Batting cards, Game Play Chart, and the Fielding Grid. You can order Baseball Classics Boxed Game Parts Set from our Web Store. Scorefield Use the Baseball Classics© Scorefield game board to keep track of the innings, score, outs, and base runners. Use our markers to track all your exciting Major League Baseball game action or make your own cutting them out approximately the size of a dime. You will need 7 total (3 for base runners, 1 for outs, 1 for the current inning, and 1 for the current score of the visitor and home teams.). Pitcher Batter Cards Make a baseball lineup for each team; play with a Designated Hitter in your lineup or choose from one of 3 different Pitcher Batting Cards to represent your Pitcher when they bat. Most pitcher's would be Pitcher 2 card, though pick the one you want to represent your pitcher. Game Play Chart One of the key reasons Baseball Classics Baseball Game is fast to play is because we designed our game with an efficient Play Chart. The Play Chart is used to look up the result of bunting, base stealing, base running, fielding, injuries, and the Play Action Simulator. The Play Action Simulator is optional, though when used, your play will include virtually anything that can happen in a Major League Baseball game! Fielding Grid Follow the play action on the field, see where the ball was hit in the field of play, who made the play, and if it was fielded cleanly or an error occurred. The Fielding Grid is optional, though for those that want to get down to the ground level to see who made the play, it’s a perfect companion for your play. Game Dice Game play is based on one binary die (0,1) and 3 same color six-sided dice. The binary die is used to determine if the Result lookup for an at bat is on the batter or the pitcher card. The 3 six-sided dice are used to reference the “Roll” and Result column on the player cards. They are also used to reference the Baseball Classics Play Chart, and Fielding Grid. Need Dice? No worries, you can use our Free Baseball Classics Dice Cards and play all day long! You’ll find them on the last page. Enjoy Baseball Classics! You can also order our complete Baseball Classics Boxed Game Parts Set on our website at our Baseball Classics Store to get our dice and everything here along with our deluxe Game Box! Page 2 How to Play – Batter Up! Baseball Classics© baseball game has been designed for fast, easy play, blended with true Major League Baseball realism and highly accurate results based on the each player’s statistics. Our player cards contain color-coded ratings so with one glance it’s simple to see how to play. Every batter and pitcher player cards are designed to enhance your game playing experience. “Traffic Highlighting” makes it easier to determine each player’s strengths and weaknesses at a glance in their Results column, plus their Bunt, Steal, Run, and Fielding ratings also use the same colorful method as well as symbols to quickly gauge the ability of each player in these fundamental areas. Once the lineups are set for both teams, you’re ready to play. Have both the current batter player card and current opposing pitcher player cards in view. When the batter is ready to swing, roll all four dice to get the play result. First, look at the binary die; if that die has an even number, refer to the opposing pitcher’s player card, if that die is odd, refer to the batter’s player card. Next add the total of the 3 six-sided dice and lookup that roll in the batter or pitcher Result column. Using the Jackie Robinson and Ed Walsh All-Time Greats player cards to the right as an example; roll all four dice. The result is a 0 (even number) from the binary die and a 3, 3, and 4 totaling 10 from the 3 six- sided dice. With a 0 result, the play is on the pitcher’s card, so we refer to Ed Walsh and reference the Roll of 10 in his Result column next to it, thus it’s a Groundout. Basic, Intermediate, or Advanced Play Baseball Classics© has 3 levels of play. Fans of all types can enjoy their level of play. Whether you’re a Little Leaguer or expert baseball fan across the decades, this game is for you. Basic Play – baseball fundamentals for the beginner level Intermediate Play – incorporates bunting, base stealing, base running, and team fielding Advanced Play – includes virtually anything that can happen in a MLB game! Page 3 Basic Play Baseball Classics Basic play level uses standard Major League Baseball rules and uses fundamental play outcomes located in the player card Results column as listed and defined in the following Play Result Definitions table. Play Result Definitions Play Result Definition Groundout When the Result is “Groundout” refer to the Baseball Classics Groundout Result Table. Groundout* Batter grounds out, any base runners advance 1 base. <Various play results> Roll binary die again, if 0 (zero) the outcome is the Result as shown, otherwise batter hits into as many outs as possible. Example: <Flyout> if binary die is 0, the outcome is Flyout. Double Play Double play, refer to the Baseball Classics Double Play Result Table. Flyout Fly out, batter out, runners hold. (Flyout) If there is a runner on 3rd base with less than 2 outs; the runner tags up and scores. The batter is out with a sacrifice fly out. Also, if the lead runner is on 2nd base, that runner may tag up and try to advance by rolling the 3 six-sided dice and referring to the Base Running Chart with their Run rating. Otherwise the result is a fly out, runners hold. Popout Infield popout, batter out, runners hold.