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About The Core Game

Fast Inning Baseball (FIB) is a modern tabletop baseball game inspired by the "condensed game" format seen on MLB websites. Rather than tracking every pitch and at-bat, FIB focuses on the key moments that define a baseball game—clutch hits, web gems, pitching decisions, and dramatic home runs.

With FIB, you can:

Play a complete 9-inning game in just 10 minutes
Generate realistic line scores including runs, hits, and errors
Capture pitcher decisions and key at-bats
Experience thrilling game moments without the complexity of other baseball simulations

The core game uses a streamlined system of team qualities (Scoring, Power, Defense) and player grades to create a baseball experience that's easy to learn but provides the drama and unpredictability of real baseball. Whether you're looking to replay a historical season or create your own baseball universe, Fast Inning Baseball delivers fast-paced baseball action with minimal setup and record keeping.

The Commissioner Handbook : Build Your Baseball Universe

The Fast Inning Baseball Commissioner Handbook takes your FIB experience to the next level, allowing you to build and manage your own evolving baseball universe. This comprehensive expansion transforms FIB from a quick-play game into a complete franchise management system. What the Commissioner Handbook adds:

Complete Player Development System: Create rookies, develop prospects, and watch players progress through their careers from fresh-faced rookies to potential Hall of Famers
Prospect Pipeline: Manage your farm system with unique prospect development mechanics
General Manager System: Each team gets a unique GM with distinct management philosophies and risk tolerance that influences their roster decisions
Trade Deadline Procedure: Simulate the excitement of the MLB trade deadline as teams decide to buy or sell
Free Agent Market: Sign veteran players to bolster your roster
Injury System: Deal with the realities of player injuries throughout the season
Contract and Salary System: Optional mechanics for managing team finances
Manager Evaluation: Assess performance and make tough decisions about your team leadership

Remembering a Classic: Avalon Hill's Pennant Race

For fans of classic tabletop baseball games, the Commissioner Handbook offers many of the franchise management elements that made Avalon Hill's Pennant Race beloved, but with modern design sensibilities:

Streamlined Complexity: Where Pennant Race often required extensive bookkeeping and complex calculations, the Commissioner Handbook maintains FIB's philosophy of accessibility while adding depth
Player Development: Both games feature player progression, but the Commissioner Handbook uses an intuitive archetype system (Five-Tool Player, HR King, Defensive Specialist, etc.) that makes player careers feel unique and realistic
Team Building Philosophy: Unlike Pennant Race's more generic team management, the Commissioner Handbook gives each GM unique qualities that influence how they build their teams, creating narrative-rich league stories

The Commissioner Handbook is perfect for baseball fans who love the idea of managing a franchise but don't want to get bogged down in excessive record-keeping. It strikes the perfect balance between depth and playability, allowing you to focus on the fun decisions of running a baseball team.

Print & Play

Fast Inning Baseball & the Commissioner Handbook are both available as a "Print and Play" PDF download. The game materials contain all of the play charts, as well as the instructions and a scoresheet. The only thing you will need to supply are the dice!

There is no official physical version of the game, but if you want to make a more "professional" version of the game for yourself, we have formatted the game charts for double-sided printing and coil binding - as shown in the photos on this page. See the FAQ for more information.

Head on over to the Game Downloads page to start playing today!

Gameplay Video

Get a demonstration of the game while watching me roll a few games between 1999 Arizona and 1979 Pittsburgh.

Build your baseball universe, one Fast Inning at a time!

Whether you're looking for quick baseball action with the core Fast Inning Baseball game or want to dive into the deeper experience of running your own baseball league with the Commissioner Handbook, this system lets you play baseball your way.

Support a Non-Profit

The game is free to download, but if you enjoy it I encourage you to donate to your favorite charity or one of the charities below.

Stories of Donations

"I donated today to Ganga Ghar, a charity that is helping children, especially girls, get an education in Nepal. The money I donated is going straight towards rebuilding a school that is still recovering from the earthquake that devastated the region nearly a decade ago. The school still has no electricity or running water. The village they are in has little in the way of clean, drinkable water as it is. Boys are always prioritized for schooling and girls often end up becoming servants or worse, being forced into the sex trade. Giving girls an education in Nepal goes a long way towards ensuring they can escape that kind of future."

"Due to your hard work and the great baseball game you have gifted to the Community, [I have donated to] the RNLI (lifeboat charity in the UK)."

"[I have made 2] donations in support of the “Never Alone Cancer Foundation” (https://nacf.ca/). As a Cancer survivor, my charity of choice."

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