From the Don’t Try This at Home Department

Baseball at its core is a simple game. A pitcher throws the ball, the batter attempts to hit it and a fielder tries to catch said ball. (Of course, trying to explain the game to someone who has never seen it can be quite complicated.)

But now it is late November, and few of us in northern locations will venture out with a bat, ball or glove for at least another four months.

Still, a samurai in Japan and a martial arts expert in Moldova have found some inventive uses for the game’s equipment.