Baseball Bingo

What is the one way to keep baseball fans absolutely glued to a match? How can you keep attention on the pitch at all times, no matter how slow the game goes or how long it lasts for?

The answer is Baseball Bingo -- an exciting and fun diversion that's growing increasingly popular at all levels of the game. Baseball Bingo is played with printable cards, sets of which can be downloaded off the internet free of charge. Cards are traditional five by five bingo tickets but numbers are replaced by baseball terms, like ‘home run’, ‘walk’ or ‘flyout to center.’ The first player who completes either a horizontal, vertical or diagonal row is the winner.

Some baseball parks now hand out cards as spectators enter the stadium and it's even available as an iPhone app -- taking it to a whole new level.

Moreover, it is easy to play and fulfils two different functions. Firstly, Baseball Bingo increases educational awareness of the game -- depending on how sophisticated you make your cards, it's a great way for youngsters and new fans to learn the many different terms.

Secondly, it keeps attention firmly on the game, even during those long stretches where ‘not much happens,’ and you feel you could have gone home, tidied your garage, sat and read the paper and then made your leisurely way back via Wendy’s.

It’s true, Baseball Bingo turns even the dullest of games into an adrenaline rush – try it next time and you won’t just be cheering when your team makes a home run.