Mark, Bill, Todd, bgar -- big thanks for the input! Seriously, much appreciated.
Some PMs will follow later (pressed for time at the moment).
bgar, yes, that's what we're looking for, the many variations, both drastic and subtle,
in the different "homebrew" or "folk" versions of dice baseball, and the when and where
of their origins.
Also, we're intimately acquainted with Coover's brilliant novel -- one of us (there's three
at this username, for those who don't know us) just did another lecture on the book
at an area college, and we've chatted with Coover in person (really nice guy as well as
a superb writer). The book is about so, so, so much more than dice baseball, of course --
multiple grand themes -- and indeed it should be requisite reading.
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