Baseball Drinking Game

This is a game you can play while watching a baseball game on TV or at the ballpark. Based on the outcome of each at-bat/plate appearance, a certain amount of drinks must be taken.

In these instructions, I will refer to the people playing the drinking game as Players, and the Major League Baseball players as the Batters. In other terminology, a drink is basically a gulp.

Equipment	Beverage of choice, I will assume beer Printed version of the drink amounts Some token to pass around, to remember whose turn it is
Players	With 1-5 players, each is on their own team of one. With 6 or more players, divide into teams of 2 or 3, with each team counting as 1 player
Turns	Players take turns being up to bat. With each new batter in the real baseball game, it is the next player in the drinking game's turn being up. Depending on the outcome of the batter's plate appearance, either the player will drink or the other players will drink. It's difficult to explain, here is an example: In this example, there are 3 people playing the drinking game while watching the Braves - Red Sox game from June 30, 2002. Real Life Batter up to bat Drinking Game Player whose turn it is Rafael Furcal ATL Player 1 Julio Franco ATL Player 2 Gary Sheffield ATL Player 3 Johnny Damon BOS Player 1 Carlos Baerga BOS Player 2 Nomar Garciaparra BOS Player 3 Manny Ramirez BOS Player 1 Chipper Jones ATL Player 2 Andruw Jones ATL Player 3 Vinny Castilla ATL Player 1 Darren Bragg ATL Player 2 Javy Lopez ATL Player 3 Shane Hillenbrand BOS Player 1 Brian Daubach BOS Player 2 Doug Mirabelli BOS Player 3 Jesse Garcia ATL Player 1 Refael Furcal ATL Player 2 Julio Franco ATL Player 3 Play repeats over and over with Players 1,2,3 in order. However, the batter changes with each new batter in the baseball game. Notice that whether the batter is on Atlanta or Boston does not matter. Also notice that the first time Rafael Furcal was up, Player 1 had him. The second time Furcal was up, Player 2 had him. The batters and teams are pretty evenly distributed.
Drinking	The outcome of each batter's appearance dictates who drinks and how much. Basically, when your batter does poorly, you drink. When your batter does well, your opponents drink. The following is a table of the drinking amounts, based on the possible outcomes: Good Outcomes Opponents drink Bad Outcomes You drink Walk 1 Strikeout 3 Single 1 Groundout 2 Double 2 Hit into double play 3 Triple 3 Fly out 1 Homerun Half a beer Hit into triple play Whole beer Hit by pitch Half a beer Grand slam Whole beer Other Outcomes Both drink Sacrifice 1 Fielder's choice 1 Reach on error 2 Fan interference Whole beer Caught stealing (Does not end current turn unless it ends the inning) 2
Example	Here is our example list of batters and players again, this time with the outcomes and drinking amounts filled in: In this example, there are 3 people playing the drinking game while watching the Braves - Red Sox game from June 30, 2002. Real Life Batter up to bat Current Player Outcome Current Player Drinks Other Players Drink Rafael Furcal ATL Player 1 Walk   1 Julio Franco (Furcal caught stealing) ATL Player 2 Caught stealing 2 2 Julio Franco (Player 2 still up) ATL Player 2 Flyout 1   Gary Sheffield ATL Player 3 Flyout 1   Johnny Damon BOS Player 1 Flyout 1   Carlos Baerga BOS Player 2 Single   1 Nomar Garciaparra BOS Player 3 Flyout 1   Manny Ramirez BOS Player 1 Groundout 2   Chipper Jones ATL Player 2 Single   1 Andruw Jones ATL Player 3 Strikeout 3   Vinny Castilla ATL Player 1 Single   1 Darren Bragg ATL Player 2 Hit by pitch   Half a beer Javy Lopez ATL Player 3 Hit into double play 3   Shane Hillenbrand BOS Player 1 Flyout 1   Brian Daubach BOS Player 2 Strikeout 3   Doug Mirabelli BOS Player 3 Flyout 1   Jesse Garcia ATL Player 1 Groundout 2   Refael Furcal ATL Player 2 Flyout 1   Julio Franco ATL Player 3 Flyout 1
Courtesy	Common drinking game courtesy is to go to the kitchen or to the beer stand if you cause someone to drink and finish their current beer.
Double Stakes	If any of the drinking game players participate in fantasy or rotisserie baseball, any batter on their roster playing in the baseball game will have double stakes, regardless of which drinking game player is up. A strikeout will be 6 instead of 3, and homeruns will be a whole beer instead of a half. In lieu of fantasy baseball players, you can arbitrarily select a player from each team for double stakes such as a favorite player or a player from your college.

It may seem complicated just reading about it, but once you start playing it is very easy. Just keep track of whose turn it is, and have the drinking rules handy. Enjoy!