Beep baseball

1
Beep baseball

• Special Lecture
• Sweden 2002

2
Beep baseball rules

• 6 innings
• 3 outs, 4 strikes
• 2 bases
• Sighted pitcher
• Caller for outfield
• If a fielder fields the ball before the runner
  reaches the base it is an out
• If the runner reaches the base first it is a point

3
BEEP BASEBALL

• The batter puts the ball in play and runs to the
  buzzing base while the fielding team tries to
  pick up the beeping ball in their zone before the
  batter reaches the base.

4
BEEP BASEBALL

• Blind athletes dive onto the ground to stop a
  beeping ball and run full speed toward a sound of
  buzzing base to score a run.

5
BEEP BASEBALL

• Spectators see desire, teamwork, determination
  and in many cases skilled performances of excited
  players in midst of extreme competition.

6
BEEP BASEBALL

• There are differences from regular baseball.
• There is no second base. First and third bases
  have four foot padded cylinders with speakers.