New York Yankees Grand Slam Trivia DVD Game
If you’re like me, and you pause to pay attention at Yankee Stadium when they flash a Yankees trivia question on the scoreboard between innings, or, if you’re the type that always takes a stab at the AFLAC trivia question during the YES Network broadcasts, then I’ve got news on a new product that will interest you: it’s the New York Yankees Grand Slam Trivia DVD Game.
Setting up the game is simple – you just pop it into your DVD player and use your remote to navigate through the game.
There’s a Batting Cage portion of the game that you can use as a warm-up. The questions there, to me, were extremely simple. I would only recommend this portion of the game to those new to baseball and the Yankees.
However, the Grand Slam Trivia portion of the game is challenging. Here, it’s two teams playing against each other – where you can play both sides (playing against yourself), or play against a friend, or have several friends playing at once (with them teaming up to form the two teams).
The Grand Slam Trivia portion is a three inning game where each team gets four At Bats in their inning. Get one question wrong and the inning is over. In your inning, you can choose the level of question that you want: single, double, triple or homerun. (Singles and doubles are easier questions than triples and homers.) Your baserunners move along the diamond, according to your hit, when you answer the question correctly. That’s how you score your runs. With the choice of “hit,” this adds some gamesmanship to the contest. Do you go for the lead-off homer, and risk being out with the tougher question? Or, do you play it safe and try four singles in a row and play for one run?
The questions in the Grand Slam Trivia portion of the New York Yankees Grand Slam Trivia DVD Game are good. I like to consider myself a pretty good Yankees trivia buff. Using my level of skill against the types of questions, I would say that 15% of the questions are “tough” (meaning I had to guess and/or got them wrong). I would figure that the “average” Yankees trivia buff would find 30-50% of the questions to be a challenge.
Another thing that I liked about the DVD was that it includes video clips that are played when some of the answers are disclosed. That’s always fun to see the old footage, etc.
On the downslide, I did notice two things that I thought could have been better:
It’s possible for a question to be repeated within the Grand Slam Trivia portion of the game – meaning one team can have the question in one inning and then the other team gets it later in the game. That’s like a free hit for the other team if they’re paying attention.
Also, I believe that every once in a while, the game sneaks in a question that has nothing to do with the Yankees. (Like “Who won the 1979 World Series?”) But, I only saw that happen once when I previewed the game. So, maybe it doesn’t happen all that often.
On the whole, I enjoyed playing the New York Yankees Grand Slam Trivia DVD Game. And, I expect to be popping it into the DVD player again – it’s the perfect “toy” for when there’s nothing on TV.
In addition, since it’s a new product, I think it would be an excellent Father’s Day 2007 gift idea. It’s a cool gift for the dad who’s difficult to buy for – assuming he’s a Yankees fan who likes trivia. The game lists for $24.95 – however, I’ve seen it listed at $19.99 at Amazon.com as well. (Since Dad’s Day is not that far away, you may want to grab a copy of the New York Yankees Grand Slam Trivia DVD Game soon.)
If you have any questions on the game, list them in the comments section below. I’ll try and answer as many as possible.
