Leo held up one finger. "One hand, underarm swing, bare hands, must run on fouls, underarm bowler, posts not bags, rounders not runs."
"Whoa," said Maeve. "In baseball, a foul ball is dead. No running. And our bases are soft bags. Also... you have a 'bowler,' not a pitcher." differences between rounders and baseball
And they called it "Base-rounders." Everyone agreed it was better than both. Leo held up one finger
Next, Leo pointed to the soft, slightly yielding rounders ball on the desk. "Ours is harder than a tennis ball but softer than yours. And we don't wear gloves. Catching it barehanded stings, but that's the rule." No running
That afternoon, they combined them. They used the rounders ball (so no one got hurt) and baseball gloves (so no one cried). They used Maeve's baseball bat with two hands, but Leo's underarm bowling. They ran on fouls but kept innings.
Leo brought his rounders bat—short, wooden, and smooth as a river stone. Across from him, a girl named Maeve plunked down a long, thick Louisville Slugger baseball bat.
Leo shook it. "Your game sounds like a power show. Crushing the ball with two hands and a huge bat? That's fierce."