In honor of the first game of the World Series taking place tonight, I am fortunate enough to be able to introduce a newly discovered deck of playing cards that doubles as a baseball game or vice versa. It is called Batter Up by C.F. Bennett, Meriden, Conn., copyright 1925, printed by Nutmeg Press and consists of 52 cards without a joker. The cards are square cornered and each of the 13 ranks (A-K) shows one baseball play. Unfortunately, in my opinion, the same play is repeated in each suit and so there are only a total of 13 plays of baseball represented in this deck. It is also rather uninspiring in it's graphics. Please see the accompanying photos of the original box, the front of two cards and an example of the back design. This game also came with a 4-page instruction leaflet. Interestingly, Hochman SE12, Baseballized Playing Cards also came out in 1925.
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