red barber board game

[Skoonj]

Butch, you are right, Real-Action does have a 1947 and 1966 copyright date. I never asked Mr. Hart, but my guess is that many elements of the newer game were pioneered in Red Barber, so he included a 1947 date. By the way, one of the changes brought in with the newer game was the throwing speed by fielders. He raised it to three spaces per turn. In Red Barber, it was two except in the case of a caught line drive (the ball hits the space the outfielder is standing on). The three space per turn throw was something Danny and I considered doing in Red Barber, at least for outfielders. It does speed up the game, and in our opinion, made it more realistic.

[JayZim13]

I have a Red Barber Game. The board shows the copyright of 1947....1950.
I would like to confirm that my game is complete. It has the board, 3 small red dice, 11 red round pegs and 11 blue round pegs (plus the yellow box that they originally came in. There are 2 official scoresheets (unmarked)There is also a GR Anthony pamphlet for books and one letter for Baseball Personalities by Jimmy Powers-plus a prepaid envelope to order stuff.
I also have the original box.
Is this a complete game? Thanks in advance

[jcmtiger]

Here is a picture and description of the game from: Baseball Games by Mark Cooper.

Joe

[Butch7999]

Joe, thanks -- as we (and Mark) now know, there's a later box-lid variation that replaces Shotton and Roe with Musial and Campanella.

Jay, as far as we know, your game sounds entirely complete with the exception of the one white marble (we think it's actually wood)
that sits in the concavity atop a peg to indicate (if we understand the rules correctly) where the fielding action is taking place.
There's been no separate parts box in any of the many examples of the game we've seen -- do you mean the yellow build-up
(as it's known to boardgame geeks) that fits inside the box bottom and holds the pegs and dice in place?