Method of playing a baseball board game

Claim 1

A method for playing miniature baseball utilizing a game board having a playing surface thereon, said playing surface delineating a play action area from a non-play action area, said game board having a plurality of apertures residing at the boundary between said play action area and said non-play action area, a die having indicia in the form of words disposed on the faces thereof, said words describing the baseball occurrences "homer," "single," "ball," "strike" and "out," a marker for removable insertion into said apertures, whereby the method comprises the step of throwing the die onto the surface of the game board, followed by the step of scoring the results described by the chance landing of the die in either the play action area or the non-play action area, followed by the steps whereby said marker may be manually advanced in accordance with the standard rules of baseball from one base to an adjacent base as directed by the baseball game occurrence indicated by the indicia on the uppermost die face in progressive fashion, normally only when said die lands in said play action area, the die when landing in the non-play action area scoring as a "ball" regardless of what indicia appears on the uppermost die face, and whereby said marker may be normally advanced in said progressive fashion when said die lands upon said non-play action area in accordance with said standard rules of baseball only if such landing results in the scoring of the fourth "ball" before the occurrence of an "out".

Claim 2

A method for playing miniature baseball utilizing a game board having a playing surface thereon, said playing surface delineating a play action area from a non-play action area, said game board having a plurality of apertures residing at the boundary between said play action area and said non-play action area, a die having indicia in the form of words disposed on the faces thereof, said words describing the baseball occurrences "homer," "single," "ball," "strike" and "out," a marker for removable insertion into said apertures, whereby the method comprises the step of throwing the die onto the surface of the game board, followed by the step of scoring the results described by the chance landing of the die in either the play action area or the non-play action area, followed by the steps whereby said marker may be manually advanced in accordance with the standard rules of baseball from one base to an adjacent base as directed by the baseball game occurrence indicated by the indicia on the uppermost die face in progressive fashion, normally only when said die lands in said play action area, the die when landing in the non-play action area scoring as a "ball" regardless of what indicia appears on the uppermost die face, and whereby said marker may be normally advanced in said progressive fashion when said die lands upon said non-play action area in accordance with said standard rules of baseball only if such landing results in the scoring of the fourth "ball" before the occurrence of an "out".