Patent ID: 6884185

Claim:
A baseball game playing apparatus comprising: a base member comprising two halves, a ball support member mounted on said base member, said ball support member including a first vertical support member extending upwardly from said base member, a means for securing the first vertical support member to the base member, including means for securing together the two halves of the base member, second vertical support member engageable with and extendable from said first support member, means for adjusting and setting the vertical height of said second support member with respect to said first support member, a ball holding member engageable with and extending vertically from said second vertical support member, said ball holding member including means at the upper end for receiving and holding a ball, said base member including a central opening, said first vertical support member including a lower threaded end supporting member extending into said opening, and a threaded base member extending from the bottom of said base member into said opening and engaging said threaded end support member of said first vertical support member, wherein said base member is divided along a center line into two separable horizontally extending mating segments, a first segment having spaced protrusions along said centerline, and a second segment having spaced pockets along said centerline, said protrusions being engageable with said pockets, said central opening providing a locking collar divided by said centerline into two halves within respective segments.