Satchel gave nicknames to all of his pitches, like the bee-ball, the barber, the two-hump blooper, the jump-ball, the trouble-ball, the long-ball, the bat dodger and his fastball, which he called Long Tom. His most unusual throw was called the hesitation pitch, because he stopped his arm for a second right before he released the ball to throw the batterâs timing off.
Jenga is played with 54 wooden blocks. Each block is three times longer than its width, and one fifth as thick as its length 1.5 cm Ã 2.5 cm Ã 7.5 cm (0.59 in Ã 0.98 in Ã 2.95 in).
Fall is here and many of us are enjoying our backyard fire pits and getting in those last barbecues before it is too cold to hang out outdoors. With a few two-by-fours and a saw you can make a large version of the classic Jenga board game to entertain your guests. Design weblog K.I.D. Collective shares their Jenga design using 54 blocks cut from two-by-fours that are 10.5 inches long. I've seen larger homemade Jenga designs but this size is both big enough to stand out and small enough that it won't damage your guests when it topples over. little shop of...