Drive Them In - the game

[mongoose]

another new game from Sauger, "Drive' em In"

Drive them in . . . is based on the actual game of baseball. Each team of three shooters shoots innings 1 - 9. A big white is a single, a red a double, a little white a triple, and a cork a home run.

A perfect inning is 9 runs which needs to be 3 "hits" each by the first 2 shooters and then 3 hits by the last shooter, or "hammer man" as he is refrred to with the last dart being a cork.

This is rewarded by a free beer for the shooters.

Most league games are won with around 45 runs with 50 runs needed many times. When up in Clearfield last year our best was a 65. The best game for the day was 67.

ok, i added the chugging smilies. it's an interesting game that i had never heard of. i can imagine there's some strategy involved as far as what to shoot at what point in the inning, and also setting your lineup so the best cork shooter on the team has the hammer spot.

and, i want to mention that this is a game that they shoot in league play.

with scores coming in in the say 35 to 70 range, we can keep track of that kind of scoring with the pegboard we have set up for the 1 to 9 games we usually play. so, this sounds like a game that we might be able to test out during pick-up games in the tavern.

[sauger]

One thing I forgot to mention is you are permitted to alter your line up during the game. If your hammer man isn't hitting, you may exchanges places in the line up. You can do this every inning if you choose.
The strategy is for the first two shooters to "put them on", or just get hits, no matter where. Three "singles" is a good inning if your hammer man can hit. The most important darts are thrown bt the last man as he is the one who must drive the others in with at least doubles or triples, and maybe a cork which will bring evryone in. A good measuring stick of an excellent hammer man shooter is if he can "bring in two of his own" which entails the at least two reds followed by another red, little white or cork.
Although the first two shooters are important, the hammer man makes or breaks the team, thus, he is usually your best shooter of the three.
These strategies will be better understood once you begin shooting this game. It really is a good game and has become my favorite of the three games we shoot. Of course, because of luck of the draw and other things, I may not get to shoot this on a given night but there also has been nights where I got to play it two or three times. Another of the great possibilities of the way we shoot on fridays.

[mongoose]

attached are printable versions of scoresheets used in 3-Man and 5-man Drive'em In contests (compliments of Sauger)..