Stat Chug: There is No Such Thing as an “Average” Tapey Beercone Batter

Stat Chug: A specially brewed stats based draft.

There is No Such Thing as an “Average” Tapey Beercone Batter: How the uniqueness of the Tapey Beercone player base means no one is average.

Tapey Beercone has been chugging along for nearly 10 years now, and for the majority of that time detailed statistics have been kept on the games that have been played and the players that have played in them. In total, over two thousand individual plate appearances have been logged, and from those a clear and stable image has been deduced as to what average batting looks like in the sport of Tapey Beercone.

    An Average Batter:

  • Has a batting average just north of .600.
  • Reaches base safely about two-thirds of the time
  • Slugs somewhere just south of .800.
  • Drinks at a rate of about seven beers per six inning game.

There’s only one problem: There isn’t a player in the annals of Tapey Beercone that fits this description.
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Buckos Bulletins: Beer Pope Day 2018

With Beer Pope Day 2018 approaching, plans were formulated for a gathering at The Ranch, the hallowed birthplace of Tapey Beercone. At first it seemed like we would have just a small group, but as the big weekend approached, it became clear that a significant gathering would occur. Joining 4 regents (“The Hammer”, “The Coach”, “The Dragon”, and “The Reverend”) and an experienced and valued member of the Tapey Beercone Beercongress, (“The Stud”) would be season 5 rookie Frank Lenney. As a rookie, Frank joined the beer congress lacking in experience, but also lacking in a nickname.
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Photos from the 2016 Tapey Beercone Open Game

July of 2016 saw the first running of the Tapey Beercone Open Game. A simultaneous round robin tournament, open to all, and played in the scorching heat of the Northern California summer at Trailerville Acres. The game brought a host of new players to the sport and saw exciting action up to the finish including three out of the park home runs. In the end it was “The Dragon”‘s team that won in an extra inning after the final matchup was tied through one inning.

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Photos from the Oregon Coast 2011

During a multi-state road trip in 2011, the opening game of season 2 was held at Humbug Mountain State Park on the Oregon Coast. The field for the game, Hydrocline Beach, was the first beach field, and the players, of which their were only three, had to create a new way to play which became 3 player Tapey Beercone of which there have been many more games played since.

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