George Duke wrote on Tue, Aug 26, 2008 04:59 PM UTC:
Baseball Chess 9x9, Pinch Hitters. Standard Baseball 123 LF__CF__RF
here establishes towards 100 Mutators, or rules- 456 SS__PI__2B
options. Opposite teams bargain and arbitrate 789 3B__CA__1B
beforehand choosing 2 up to 20 acceptable for a series,
from any of (a) to (z) and (aa) to (zz)... Baseball Chess makes no distinction between designated hitter and Pinch Hitter, and P.H. usually adds to rather than replaces. P.H. is introduced to the King's 3x3 nonant, White nonant being (d1, d2, d3, e1, e2, e3, f1, f2, f3), and Black correspondingly. Each side has her 3 Pinch Hitters in their dugout: Crooked Bishop, Half-Duck(Ferz + Dabbabah + Trebouchet
(0,3)), and Elbow Rook. (values 3, 4, 5 respectively) (gg) Three
opportunities per game to drop a Pinch Hitter onto any vacant nonant '8'
(nonant number '2' for Black) square as a move (hh) 'gg' and only if
checked P.H. may be dropped to interpose the check outside the Catcher-King's
nonant. (ii) 'gg', teams may pre-negotiate other mixes of the
no-more-than-three Pinch Hitters. (jj) 'ii' and Pinch Hitter, when
dropped, may not give check. (kk) 'ii' and Pinch Hitters may be dropped
in numbers only after equal or greater number of pieces are lost to the
board. (ll) 'gg' liberally implemented allows dropping of P.H. anywhere
anytime, as a move, with compensating (or exceeding) removal of own material immediately, according to (P1, N3, B3, R5, Cardinal 7, Queen 9), when outside the King's nonant. P.H. staying within the nonant mandates no such accompanying piece loss.