So, I told you I was going to see a blind baseball game yesterday. It was Milan vs Bologna. Milan won. It was incredible. The players bat for themselves, so there's no pitching. They hold the ball in their left hand down low and bat it the way you would do an underhand serve in tennis. The baseball itself is hollow and has a bell in it so you have to be silent when the batter bats. There are seeing people at each base who clap so the runner knows where to go and they clap faster when they're close. The fielders listen for the ball and dive down one way or the other so that they can use their entire body to block the ball, rather than just their glove. The basemen catch fly balls just like any seeing person would do. The players were all ages and both male and female. There are 7 innings instead of 9 and foul balls are considered strikes. So three foul balls is a strike out. There are some other adapted rules also, and there was an announcer explaining them during the game. Very cool.
There was a group picture at the end and everyone had dinner together and there was a party with music. We stayed around and danced til midnight. What a blast.
Who knew. It was really incredible. Wow. My eyes well up as I write this. There's a whole world out there I know nothing about.
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