Beeping ball helps blind play baseball.

Wednesday, 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 at 10:01 AM - 5 comments - add a comment -

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This is awesome.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 10:26 AM - reply - flag:

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 - reply - flag:

Video.

posted by mr_crash_davis at 01:02 PM - reply - flag:

Game video.

posted by NoMich at 01:31 PM - reply - flag:

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 - reply - flag: