Any struck ball is in play, even a foul tip. Each team bats until all players have had a turn up. The goal is to score as many runs as you can each time around. Outs count only as missed opportunities to get base-runners. Believe it or not, an action-packed game that moves quickly.
Every batter gets a shot every inning.
The spirit counts too. There was to be no stealing, sliding or cussing, he told the players, because town ball is a gentleman's sport. At all levels, baseball today has lost much of that feeling. And in organizing youth baseball to death, we're separating our kids from their playful instincts as surely as a chain-link fence separates those on the field from those on the bench. T-ball on the White House lawn should give this great game a boost, just as its First Fan intended.