If you have good reflexes, a good eye and you’re not color blind, you can do it.
According to Leland Fisher, owner of the Chicago area’s first Grand Slam USA in Palatine, the indoor hitting league was invented in 1984 by Gary Simon as a way to draw regular customers.
Hitting-league rules vary, but basically work this way:
Two two-man teams or two four-man teams compete by using the same batting cage. One team keeps the other team’s score.
For one token, each batter gets 14 balls to swing at. The first two are practice.
Batters get one point for a single, two for a double and so on. Hits are achieved by driving the ball into various portions of the surrounding net.
Do any of the above by hitting a red ball, and your point total is doubled. A green ball triples your score. By contrast, swing and miss at a green ball and you lose six points.
Once an inning, or every six swings from the third swing through the 14th, make sure you square away to bunt. A fair bunt is worth one point. Foul off the bunt and you lose a point.
One point is awarded for each victory over an individual opponent. Three more points are awarded to the team with the highest team total.
