Ballpark (ballparkplay.com)

About Ballpark (ballparkplay.com)

Ballpark, at ballparkplay.com, posts one numbered game a day with a lineup of five sports questions, the same for everyone. The home screen shows the lineup by sport before you start; on the day this page was written it was NFL, golf, MLB, NFL and tennis. The questions have numbers for answers, such as yards, points, wins or percentages, and there is no multiple choice.

Each question is an at-bat. How far your estimate is from the real answer decides the hit: within 5 percent is a home run, then triple, double, single, walk and fly out as you drift further away, and more than 75 percent off is a strikeout. Percentage questions use points instead, with a home run inside 3 points. Land within 1 percent and the ball leaves the stadium with fireworks, for the same runs.

The questions get harder through the game, so the bases fill up to make up for it: the first at-bat starts with the bases empty, the second with a runner on first, then first and second, and the last two with the bases loaded. Two hits in a row put you on fire for 1.5 times the runs, three or more for double. A 20-second pitch clock runs on every question, and answering inside 5, 8 or 12 seconds multiplies your runs again.

Your total goes onto the day's leaderboard under a name you can change. Outside the daily game there is a one-minute Home Run Derby of easy questions, and runs from it can be spent in a Clubhouse Shop on jerseys and ballparks. This is a different game from the Ballpark at theballpark.io.

How to play Ballpark (ballparkplay.com)

1. Open ballparkplay.com, look at today's lineup of five sports and press Play Ball.
2. Read each question and type your best number, or slide to it for a percentage, then press Lock It In.
3. Answer within the 20-second pitch clock; faster answers earn more runs, and at zero whatever is in the box counts as your guess.
4. See your hit, from strikeout to home run, and drive in the runners on base.
5. After five at-bats, check your runs on today's leaderboard.

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Tips

• Answer quickly on questions you know well: inside 5 seconds doubles the runs.
• Keep a streak of hits going, since two in a row gives 1.5 times the runs and three gives double.
• The last two at-bats start with the bases loaded, so a close guess there is worth the most.
• A rough guess still helps: a walk is anything within 50 percent.

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