Dice Baseball:
Combining Two Great Pastimes
Dice baseball refers to a variety of items, including dice games, fuzzy dice of your favorite team and Major League Baseball branded games. In other words, the bases are loaded (sorry, I couldn't resist) and you've got a lot of choices available.
"Take me out to the ball game, take me out to the crowd..."
Dice Games
Three distinct versions of baseball dice games exist. Naturally, the objective in each is to win by scoring the most runs. The first version can be played with standard 6-sided game dice. To play this game, you'll need:
- 2 players
- 2 dice
- 4 place markers
- A paper with a baseball diamond drawn on it.
This dice baseball game can be played for fun. It also works well as math exercise for students learning multiplication, fractions and decimals.
You can download the free dice baseball instructions to get the fun started.
The 2nd dice baseball game requires specialized dice that include a set for batters and one for fielders. You'll need to
purchase this game, but you can
download the game instructions for free and read them to see if you like it first. Free scoresheets are available for download too.
Finally, swing for the fences with the board game featuring custom baseball dice called Slam Dice Baseball. You'll need luck, skill and strategy to win the game of Slam Dice.
"Buy me some peanuts and crackjacks..."
Fuzzy Dice of Your Favorite Team
Fuzzy baseball dice are popular with Major League Baseball fans. You can find your favorite team
and the dice will have the team name and/or logo along with the team colors.
In a few cases, fuzzy baseball dice represent popular players like David Ortiz or Daisuke Matsuzaka, who is better known by his nickname
Dice K. If you're a fan of a player who isn't a super star yet, don't worry! Create
custom fuzzy dice to show your appreciation of their superb defensive skills or speedy base running.
"For it is root, root, root for the home team, if they don't win its a shame..."
Classic Games Branded for Baseball
Major League Baseball's marketing machine has entered the world of classic games like Monopoly and Yahtzee. Chicago Cubs fans can buy the Cubs Yahtzee game with the Cubs logo on the dice. Yankees fans can buy Yankees Yahtzee with the Yankee logo on the dice. Red Sox fans can buy the Red Sox Yahtzee.
Dice on Display
Black and Red with Gold Dice
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