Run scoring was diminished beyond what the NCAA had anticipated. In fact, in recent years the NCAA began adjusting the official ball in an effort to add more offense back into the game. Without the ability to hit the ball over the fence, college teams began finding ways to play the game in front of the fence — well in front of the fence.
This meant more bunting — both drag and sacrifice — and more steal attempts, in an effort to create panic in the defense, eventually causing the opponent to throw the ball away.
Yet scoring runs at that level is no picnic because the pitching has become so dominating, particularly out of the bullpen where filthy, strikeout breaking balls compliment fastballs that routinely approach, or exceed, MPH. The Royals did face Familia and his 98 MPH fastball, with Hosmer on third, confident and comfortable with a series lead — the worst that could happen to his team was to lose the game and head back to Kansas City with two chances to win in front of their hometown fans.
With the bottom of the order approaching, Hosmer took the chance that would have sent Weaver to an early grave. Under a spotlight, Game 5 boiled down to a simple game of catch executed poorly by great player. Only then would the average fan begin to understand how hard the game can be to play. Funny: while ESPN floods its broadcasts with highlights of towering home runs, it is often the little things that mean the most. Year of fee payment : 4.
Effective date : More particularly, the present invention relates to a game in which a projectile is covered with a bonding material and is thrown to a receiver which engages the bonding material and holds it, the receiver being adaptable to be held on the limb of a human at a position above the hands or feet. Throw and catch games, although very old in the art, are constantly evolving and changing because of changes in materials and technology.
For example, the permutations in styles of play and the objects of a throw and catch game differ greatly when comparing a simple baseball game with a frisbee game, the frisbee being made possible by advances in light weight and durable plastics.
Examples of such projectiles are shown in U. Receiving devices to which the projectiles stick are shown in U. However, both devices only disclose receivers which fit over the hand of the receiving player. What has not been recognized in the prior art is that a more sophisticated and challenging throw and catch game may be created by placing the receiver on a part of the body other than the hand.
It is anticipated that placing the receiver on the elbows or knees would create a more challenging game of throw and catch, because the limited mobility and coordination of these parts of the body when compared to the hands makes it more difficult to catch the thrown object. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a throw and catch game in which the projectile can be caught without using the hands.
Further, it is an object of the present invention to provide a throw and catch game in which the receiver will cause the projectile to stick to it, and will be placed on parts of the body other than the hands.
Further, it is an object of the present invention to provide a more challenging and difficult throw and catch game. These and other objects of the present invention are obvious, or will become so, during the description of the preferred embodiment. A throw and catch game comprising a projectile for throwing from a first player to a receiving player, the projectile at least partially covered with a bonding material, at least one receiver for receiving and holding the projectile, the receiver at least partially covered with a bonding material and adaptable to be held on the limb of a human at a position intermediate to the extremes of the limb.
The bonding material may be comprised of a plurality of resilient fibers attached to a backing, such that when the bonding material is pressed against another bonding material the fibers intertwine and are releasably held together. The bonding material may be Velcro. The projectile may be substantially spherical with the bonding material relatively uniformly distributed over the surface of the projectile.
The receiver may be comprised of a substantially tubular elastic material adapted to fit the knee or elbow area of a limb of a person. In FIG. The projectile 10 is, in the preferred embodiment, comprised of a spherical core 12 partially covered by bonding material The core 12 is made of a foam substance, although other materials of various resiliencies may be used, depending on the flight characteristics of the projectile 10 desired and other considerations.
Playing catch with his seven-year-old son in the backyard, Fox was asked "Dad, why do we play ball, anyway? This simple question sent the trained anthropologist off on a global search to uncover the origins of our love affair with games and our inexplicably imperative tactile connections to small spheres. Why is it, that when we see a ball, we are compelled to pick it up and play with it? Fox was determined to find out. Fox's travels and research are detailed in his new book, The Ball.
From the games the ancient Egyptians and Greeks played to the birth of basketball, Fox covers a lot of ground.
However, the book focuses on many lesser known games and, for the most part, avoids modern sport.
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