Brännboll

Brännboll (pronounced [ˈbrɛnbɔl]) is a game similar to rounders, baseball, lapta and pesäpallo played on amateur level throughout Sweden, Norway and Denmark, mostly on meadows and in public parks, but it is also part of the PE curriculum in some areas. The name is derived from the act of catching a player between two bases at the end of a batting round, referred to as burning them (Bränna), roughly equivalent to being out in baseball.

Once the batsman successfully hits the ball, he drops the bat and makes his way around the four bases (usually counter-clockwise), while the players in the catching team catch and throw the ball back to the designated catcher positioned by the outing base (Brännplatta), who announces the end of the batting round with "Out" (Bränd) once he has made contact with the outing base whilst holding the ball.

If a player from the batting team is caught between two bases at the end of the batting round, he moves back to the last visited base and the catching team scores a point. If a batsman is unsuccessful at batting after the three attempts allowed, he moves to the first base and will run once the next batsman bats a valid hit.

If all players on the batting team fail to reach the fourth base (and thus rejoin the queue) and no batsmen remain in the queue, the inner team is caught out ("utebrända"), and depending on local rules extra points may be awarded to the opposing team in return for the safe passage on the players to the queue. Alternatively, the inner team gets to switch sides as batting is often more lucrative for scoring points.