11/05/24
July 30, 2008
Beeping ball helps blind play baseball.: Just as keen eyesight is important in baseball, acute hearing is critical in beepball. At one point, the noise of a plane flying overhead briefly halted Saturday's tournament. Yes, beepball, or "beep baseball" if you would rather call it that.
This is actually quite amazing to witness. We have a large blind population in our town and I saw our local team running drills in advance of this game while we were walking through the park near our house.
posted by Jugwine at 12:02 PM on July 30, 2008
posted by mr_crash_davis at 01:02 PM on July 30, 2008
posted by NoMich at 01:31 PM on July 30, 2008
There's a version of cricket for the blind that uses a ball with a bell in it. I played it once with a blindfold. Fiendishly difficult.
posted by owlhouse at 05:10 PM on July 30, 2008
This is awesome.