Split into teams. Determine what the Benji Ball (Wildcard) sides of the ball mean. One person from each team rolls the ball, the team who rolls the best outcome gets to choose if they hit or field first.
Pitch and Play ⚾
Start the game! There are three outs per inning. Outs can be made all the same was as normal baseball + if the ball lands on either "OUT", "DOUBLE PLAY", or "STRIKE" to add up to three strikes.
Keep Playing ⚾
Keep track of the score. Runs are scored the same was as normal baseball + if the ball lands on "HOME RUN", "GRAND SLAM", or any other outcome that would bring a runner home who is already on base
It's a hit: Inventor's Benji Ball brings joy to differently abled ballplayers
The crack of the bat may evoke images of a home run over the Green Monster, but recent UMass Lowell graduate Benjamin McEvoy is hoping to score with a whole new game designed for players often left behind in sports.
UMass Lowell & Groton-Dunstable Grad Makes Playing Baseball Accessible & Inclusive For All
While Whiffle Ball enjoys status as a family favorite form of a baseball game, that status will be seriously challenged by a new form of baseball game that has been created and developed by a Dunstable resident who is a graduate of UMass Lowell and Groton Dunstable Regional High School.
McEvoy, a junior business major with concentrations in finance and entrepreneurship, has been racking up wins as a DifferenceMaker competitor with his idea for an inclusive combination of baseball and cricket, Benji Ball.
A game modified to make baseball more inclusive, created by a DifferenceMaker team on a winning streak, topped 10 student teams to take home the $6,000 Rist Campus wide DifferenceMaker award at the seventh annual Idea Challenge competition.
