Moundball

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Moundball is a side-betting game typically played by spectators sitting in the bleachers at Major League Baseball games.{{Cite book |last=Ahuja |first=Jay |url=https://archive.org/details/fieldsofdreamsgu00ahuj/page/106/mode/2up?q=moundball |title=Fields of Dreams: A guide to visiting and enjoying all 30 major league ballparks |date=2001 |publisher=Citadel Press |isbn=9780806521930 |pages=107}}{{Cite news |last=Frawley |first=Jana |date=August 4, 2019 |title=I’M GAME IF YOU ARE |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2268175134/A2663203FD53483FPQ/1 |access-date=2025-05-03 |work=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |via=ProQuest}}{{Cite news |last=Otto |first=Steve |date=April 6, 1998 |title=Miss Lillian, moundball and peanuts |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/271016999/A2663203FD53483FPQ/4 |access-date=2025-05-03 |work=Tampa Tribune |via=ProQuest}} It is often played to pass the time during slow games.{{Cite book |last=Kirkland |first=Brad |url=https://archive.org/details/jockularitylower0000kirk/page/118/mode/2up?q=moundball |title=Jockularity: Lower level of thought: The sports cartoons of Brad Kirkland |date=1998 |publisher=Addax Pub. Group |location=Lenexa, Kansas |pages=118–119}} At the start of the game, each player places their ante into a plastic cup or hat; the kitty is then passed to the next person at each half inning.{{Cite news |last=DeLapp |first=John |date=October 21, 1997 |title=The art of moundball is no place for silly games and politics |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-galveston-daily-news-the-art-of-moun/171628794/ |access-date=2025-05-03 |work=The Galveston Daily News}} The game is turn-based, with the goal of having the ball remain on the mound at the end of a player's half-inning turn, in order to win and collect all the money in the kitty.