Cartoon softball at Lodgepole Park, the only regulation diamond ever built by beavers.

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Maple at bat

“Nice try. I was already there.”

Try a swing: tap when the ring closes on the plate. Lodgepole Park, with the batter in the box.

Pick your batter Tap a star and she steps up to the plate.

Meet the stars

Ten sluggers, ten hometowns, one pond. Flip through the dugout and meet each one.

#7 Birch Woodsworth

Pitcher · Paper Birch Hollow

Birch grew up at the Woodsworth Academy of Manners, the school her grandmother started for unruly river otters. By age six she could make a whole raft of otters sit with one look.

Specialty
The rise ball. She trains every pitch like a pet, and they all come when called.
Signature move
Sit. Stay. Strike three.
  • Carries a whistle she has never once needed to blow.
  • The wood chips on her cheeks are from carving her own glove.
  • Has gone 41 games in a row without raising her voice.

“Sit. Stay. Good batter.”

Her full story in the game

#44 Big Timber

First base · Tallpine Ridge

Big Timber was the log-rolling champion of Tallpine Ridge seven summers running, mostly because nobody else could stay on the log once she started laughing. Camp folks swear she once felled a pine so tall it landed in the next valley.

Specialty
The scoop at first base. If the throw lands anywhere near the bag, it's an out.
Signature move
The full-length stretch, with a TIMBERRR! on the way down.
  • Chews a twig at first base so she doesn't chew the runners.
  • Her cap is a size tiny. Nobody has the heart to tell her.
  • Yells TIMBER before every home run, and once after a sneeze.

“TIMBERRRR! Look out below!”

Her full story in the game

#2 Pip Paddlefoot

Shortstop · Paddlefoot Rapids

Pip is the youngest of fourteen Paddlefoots, which is why anything she touches becomes hers on the spot. She learned to field by snatching supper off the family raft as it bounced down the rapids.

Specialty
Range. She gets to grounders that were headed for center field, and keeps them.
Signature move
The full-out dive, a scramble, and a MINE! before she's back on her feet.
  • Her binder has 1,212 pages, and every one is labeled MINE.
  • Paddles home through the rapids after every game, for fun.
  • Has claimed the moon twice. Nobody has argued.

“Mine-mine-mine-MINE! Dibs forever!”

Her full story in the game

#13 Dam Dottie

Catcher · Lodgepole Pond

Dottie is fourth-generation Lodgepole, and the dam behind home plate is hers, log by log. She calls a game the way she runs Thursday bingo at the lodge: slowly, dryly, and in total control of the room.

Specialty
Blocking the plate. Runners call it "running into the dam."
Signature move
The pop-up throw to second from her knees, without looking.
  • Has never lost a game of bingo she was calling.
  • Patches the dam between innings if it so much as drips.
  • The freckles are real. The scowl is mostly for show.

“Not on my lodge, hon. Go build your own.”

Her full story in the game

#21 Maple Gnawsley

Center field · Sugarbush Valley

Maple ran the sap route in Sugarbush Valley as a kit: bucket to bucket, a mile before breakfast, and never once out of breath.

Specialty
Reading fly balls. She's under it before you're sure it's a fly ball.
Signature move
The basket catch at a jog, and not a hair out of place.
  • Has never been seen running hard. Has never been seen arriving late, either.
  • Puts maple syrup on everything, including, once, a hot dog.
  • The wristband is lucky. She won't say why.

“Nice try. I was already there.”

Her full story in the game

#99 Boulder Bucky

Cleanup hitter · Rockslide Gulch

Bucky chipped her front tooth on a fastball in her very first at-bat in Rockslide Gulch, hit the next pitch clean over the canyon wall, and decided that was a fair trade.

Specialty
Pure power. When she connects, the outfielders just turn around and watch.
Signature move
The called shot: one paw at the fence, then the ball goes there.
  • Keeps a pet rock named Pebbles. Pebbles has a tiny cap.
  • Wears 99 because 100 felt like showing off.
  • Has broken more bats than anyone in the league, mostly on purpose.

“Chew on THAT, sweetheart.”

Her full story in the game

#1 Twig

Leadoff · Willow Bend Flats

Twig won the Willow Bend Mudflat Dash when she was four, made the front page of the Willow Bend Gazette, and has been famous ever since, at least according to Twig.

Specialty
Speed. Infield hits, steals, and first to third on anything.
Signature move
The headfirst steal of second, and a wave to the crowd from the bag.
  • Still carries the Gazette clipping. It's laminated.
  • Signs autographs nobody asked for.
  • Goes by one name, like all the greats.

“Blink and you'll miss me, honey!”

Her full story in the game

#33 Mudpie McGee

Third base · Muddy Bottoms Bayou

Mudpie grew up in Muddy Bottoms Bayou, where the mud is deep and warm and, she will tell you, very good for the fur. She has not been clean since tee-ball.

Specialty
Diving stops at the hot corner, and headfirst slides into anything.
Signature move
The full-length dive down the line, and up wearing half the infield.
  • Owns one uniform. It used to be white.
  • Runs the bayou's mud-pie bake-off every spring. Do not eat the entries.
  • Motto: Dirt don't hurt!

“Dirt don't hurt, sugar!”

Her full story in the game

#50 Old Oakley

Coach · Old Oak Bend

Coach Oakley has lived in the same hollow oak at Old Oak Bend for longer than anyone can remember, including Oakley. She played in the very first beaver league, when the bases were lily pads and the balls were river rocks.

Specialty
Strategy. She has seen every play at least twice, and called it both times.
Signature move
One long blast on the whistle, then a story about 1986.
  • The whistle is older than the ballpark.
  • The glasses are for reading signs. And reading you.
  • Still keeps a river rock in her jacket pocket, for luck.

“In MY day we hit river rocks!”

Her full story in the game

#22 Larry

Left field · Sunnyshore Beach

Larry grew up on Sunnyshore Beach, where the sun bleached her ponytail and the days were long and lazy. She learned to hit by swatting driftwood out over the lake from her hammock.

Specialty
Home runs. Most of what she hits leaves the park, usually into the pond.
Signature move
The lazy, one-handed home run swing, and a yawn on the way round.
  • Naps in left field between pitches. Still makes the catch.
  • Counts her home runs in splashes.
  • Asked about the name, she yawns.

“Relax, everybody. Larry's got it.”

Her full story in the game

Two apps, one ballpark

The same game on iPhone and iPad, in two flavors. Pick the one that fits your dugout.

Beaver Ball on a phone: a Logrollers batter waits for the pitch on a sunny day at Lodgepole Park, with the Swing! button under her.

9+ For everyone

Beaver Ball

  • Kid-friendly lines from the players, the umpire and the booth.
  • Brought to you by Lodgepole Root Beer. It's mostly bubbles.
  • Free to play, with Game Center achievements and leaderboards.

Coming soon to the App Store

Beaver Ball: After Dark on a phone: the same batter under the stadium lights on a starry night.

18+ For grown-ups

Beaver Ball: After Dark

  • The same softball, under the lights, with commentary written for a late-night crowd.
  • Two comedy settings for grown-ups, plus the family lines when company drops by.
  • Free to play, with no ads.

Coming soon to the App Store

What's in the game

On the mound at Lodgepole Park: the pitch picker offers a fastball, changeup, riseball or drop, with the press box behind home plate.

On the field

Real softball physics

A regulation fastpitch diamond: 60-foot base paths, a 43-foot pitch and fences at 200 and 220 feet. Every ball flies with drag and spin, bounces and rolls, and fair or foul is called where it lands.

Pick a fastball, changeup, riseball or drop and paint the corners. At the plate, swing when the ring closes. Easy plays the field for you; Normal and Hard hand you the bases and the throws.

Big Timber of the Logrollers chomps on her bat after a home run as wood chips fly past the catcher.

Comedy first

Tail slaps, stomps and bat flips

Belly-flop after a grounder with a Tail Slap. Stomp Run your runners home. Get caught in a pickle and dodge the tag.

When one leaves the yard, the wood chips fly and Peg and Stu have a few words about it from the press box.

Meet the Stars: Larry, number 22, stands on Sunnyshore Beach next to her hammock, with her lines to play and her story beside her.

The cast

Ten stars with stories

Every star has a hometown, a specialty, a signature move and her own voice. Visit her postcard, watch her swing and cheer, and hear the lines she's famous for.

  • The Player Editor on a phone: Birch Woodsworth stands on the mound above a row of hairstyle tiles: ponytail, bun, braid and pigtails.

    Player Editor

    Make her yours

    Hairdos, hats, glasses, faces and gear, every one shown as a picture you tap. Search everything at once, and see what each change does to her stats.

  • A walk-up card on a phone: Twig, the Mudflat Chompers' leadoff hitter, steps into the box for her first at-bat of the day.

    Like it's on TV

    Walk-ups and replays

    Every batter gets a walk-up card, the big moments get an instant replay, and the final shows the box score.

  • The daily streak on a phone: a row of checked-off days and the milestone rewards for keeping it going.

    Come back tomorrow

    Daily streaks

    One at-bat a day keeps your streak going. The longer it runs, the more Beaver Bucks and Locker looks you unlock.

The Locker: a Logrollers player holds a tooth-carved bat, next to racks of bats, uniforms, helmets and celebrations to choose from.

Your club

Team Builder and the Locker

Pick your stars, name your squad and choose its colors. Earn Beaver Bucks in every game and spend them in the Locker on tooth-carved bats, uniforms, helmets and celebrations.

Career and Leagues

Build your own beaver and climb the Pond League ladder, or start a league with friends and play your games when it suits you.

Home Run Derby

Ten pitches, one goal: put it in the pond. Every homer scores, and your longest one goes up on the board.

Leaderboards and trophies

Game Center leaderboards and achievements in the apps. On the web, the Hall of Fame keeps score.

Plays offline

The apps carry the whole ballpark. In the browser, the game keeps working without a connection after your first visit.

Batter up!

Three quick innings, one pond, no waiting. The beavers are already warming up.

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