Designated Hitter (game show)

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Designated Hitter is a game show on ESPN that aired from December 1993-March 1994. The show was hosted by New York City sports DJ Curt Chaplin (his second game show that he hosted, the first was Grandstand from 1988-1989) and announced by ESPN V/O Rick Stern. Three contestants competed in a Jeopardy!-like game that tested their sports knowledge. Categories included baseball, football, basketball, and one called "curve ball" that covered other sports.

The set was made to resemble a baseball stadium, with the category/dollar board looking like a baseball scoreboard, and the contestant's podiums having scoreboards that resembled a baseball field (with eggcrate scoring displays on the green part), and the red buzz-in lights looking like a dugout. Curt's podium had a giant wooden baseball on it as well. Contestants also wore the uniform of their home baseball team.

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[edit] Round 1

The three contestants picked a category and a dollar amount, $25 for a "single", $50 for a "double", $75 for a "triple", and $100 for a "homer", plus there was a "pinch-hit" question, worth a random amount, and available only to the contestant who selected it. While game shows like Family Feud would have "strikes" for a wrong answer, on this show, a wrong answer was an "out", and earning three of them dropped your score by $100. When the round ended, the top two moved on to the second round. If two contestants tied with the same score for last place, or if all three tied, a tie-breaker question (or two) was asked to determine who moved on.

[edit] Round 2

Played just like round one, except there were no "pinch-hit" questions. The highest score at the end won the game and moved on to the bonus round. Again, if the game ended in a tie, a tie-breaker question would be asked to determine the winner.

[edit] Bonus Round

The winner played the "Grand Slam" bonus round where he or she answered as many as four questions correctly, one from each of the four categories. The first question was worth $250, the second $500, the third $750, and the last one was worth $1,500, making it worth $3,000 if all four questions were answered correctly.

[edit] Links

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XZEgRBhXji4 - One contestant's unlucky experience on five game shows (Designated Hitter being one of them)

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