By order of the Commissioner
Official Rules: Baseball
- The cups. Four in a line per side: single (a quarter full), double (half), triple (three-quarters), home run (full, farthest away).
- Batting. Shoot at the other team's cups, in batting order.
- Strike. Miss every cup. Three strikes, you're out.
- Foul. Hit a cup and bounce out. Caught one-handed by a fielder: out. Otherwise: a strike.
- Hit. In a cup: single, double, triple or home run. The fielders drink that cup and every cup in front of it, then refill.
- Runners. Advance with every hit. Cross home: a run.
- Steal. After the refill, a runner may flip cup against the catcher. Win: take the base. Lose: out.
- Three outs a half-inning. Nine innings. Most runs wins.