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.

posted by NoMich to baseball at 10:01 AM - 5 comments

This is awesome.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 10:26 AM on July 30, 2008

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

Video.

posted by mr_crash_davis at 01:02 PM on July 30, 2008

Game video.

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

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