Captain's League holds draft for Golfball and revises rules
Teams are in place for the Warehouse's newest discipline.
In a video released on Thursday, Jomboy Media conducted the draft for the four teams that will be playing Golfball in Captain’s League: The Deuce.
Here are the announced teams:
The Rippers
Jack Doyle (Captain)
Ryan Cohen (1)
Luke O’Brien (12)
Joez McFly (2)
The Freezers
Dan :”Shelfy” Robinson (Captain)
Dalton Feely (10)
Big Baby David (8)
Dan Rourke (4)
The Breakdown
Jimmy (Jomboy) O’Brien (Captain)
Rob Shirocco (3)
Lou Dab (11)
Sarah “Swilly” Wilson (7)
The Story
Jake Storiale (Captain)
Jack “Jolly Olive” Oliver (5)
Zo DeMalia (6)
Lucas Daversa (9)
Going into Golfball, Shelfy’s The Freezers is currently leading the overall Captain’s League 2 standings with 10 points, followed by Jack Doyle’s Rippers with 6 points, Jomboy’s The Breakdowns with 4 points and Jake’s The Story riding the rear with no points.
Updated Golfball rules
Jomboy also did a new explainer on the rules of Golfball. This was a tweak on the rules from the prototype game that aired on July 7.
First of all, the “green” area has been made larger and is now closer to the side walls and looks more like a real baseball diamond.
There are still 8 tee shots made by the offense players (4 players per team taking two shots). The foam ball is hit by a golf club. It must still hit off the back wall. Playing in the field the defense team will have their four fielders located between the green and the back wall. The offense team can continue hitting balls until either 8 balls are hit or two outs are recorded. An out is recorded when:
A fielder catches the ball on the fly after it bounces off the back wall; or
A fielder is able to prevent the ball from hitting the back wall (similar to a “2” in Ball in Play).
If the fielder touches the bounded ball and the bobble it or otherwise lose control of it, the offense team will be allowed to do a “gimme” and place the ball 7 feet from any of the four holes.
If two outs are made, any remaining tee shots are forfeited and the half of the inning moves on to the second part.
The ball must stop rolling on the green. At that point, a rubber duck is used as a ball marker.
After all of the tee shots are made, the duck ball marker is replaced by a regular baseball. There are four “bases” which are recessed square-shaped holes. In order to score a “duck”, the offense player will use a putter and try to putt the ball into one of the four holes. That same hole cannot be putted into for at least two more putts. The other holes must be used. If the putt misses the hole, then all remaining balls are withdrawn, however, once per inning, per team, a second putt can be made in order to get the ball into the hole.
Borrowing a Banana Ball rule, the team with the most ducks (points) in their half of an inning wins the inning. Win the inning, win a point. Therefore, if each team wins an inning, they win a point. The first team to two points wins. (I have posed the question to Jomboy about what would happen if both teams achieve the same number of ducks in a single inning resulting in a tie).
Michi’s take
Of all of the games that have been introduced in the warehouse so far, Golfball is definitely the “most original” concept and should be an interesting watch. From a configuration standpoint, it is the first discipline of Warehouse Games where the game play originates from the “inner” wall (where the loft is). It will be interesting to see how this plays out considering that there does not appear to be many golfers at JM. If this ever goes to a franchise series, I could only imagine the collaborations.
JM has not yet released a schedule for Golfball but it is likely that episodes will air on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Make sure that you are subscribed to their Warehouse Games YouTube channel.