500
A.K.A. FIVE DOLLARS
This game needs a couple of kids and a ball (both a football or a baseballare common).
One person is the thrower, and everyone else clusters about throwingdistance away from the thrower. The thrower toss the ball in the air towardseveryone else and annouces a number between 50 and 500, like so: "I'vegot 200 up for grabs". If a kid catches it they get as many points as thethrower yelled. If someone drops it though, they lose the same number ofpoints (negative score are possible).
The first person to get 500 points wins and become the thrower for thenext game.
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The baseball was batted and there was a set number of points for each typeof hit. A "grounder" was 25, a line drive on the fly was 50 and anythingof the order of a pop fly was 100.Contributed by Chuck Miller
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One person is the thrower, and everyone else clusters about throwing distanceaway from the thrower. The ball is then thrown (or kicked) towardsthe group. If caught on the fly, it is worth 100 points; after thefirst bounce: 75, second bounce: 50, and after the third bounce: 25.First person to 500 becomes the thrower (or kicker) for the next round.
Contributed by Brian McClendon
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Five Dollars
The baseball is batted to players ina field (batter throws the ball up for him/herself to hit; no pitching). Thereis a set number of points for each type of hit fielded. The players continuedfielding balls until someone reached exactly $5.00. The person reaching exactly$5.00 becomes the new batter, with the old batter going to the field. If a ballis dropped, the player loses that much money. A player can go "in thehole" if they continue to lose money beyond zero.
Hit Values
Grounder .25
1 bounce .75
2 bounces .50
3 bounces .25
In the air 1.00
If the ball stops rolling (grounder)before being retrieved by the player, no money is awarded.
If a player has $4.75 and he catchesa fly ball, he stays at $4.75 because he did not reach $5.00 exactly.
Contributed by Brian Myers
