Google Doodle celebrates July Fourth by letting you play baseball with your favorite foods (2024)

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A little baseball with your food?Credit: Google

For the Fourth of July, Google wants you to play with your food.

The newest Google Doodle lets you play baseball, that classic American pastime, with a bunch of "characters" based on our nation's favorite foods. They include a hot dog ("H-Dog"), popcorn ("Power Pop"), and a corn on the cob ("Cobbra").

Google Doodle celebrates July Fourth by letting you play baseball with your favorite foods (2)

Quite the lineup, at the ballpark or the barbecue.Credit: Google

You can play on desktop or on mobile. After a brief intro, you get to start swinging away with a random food character.

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Take me out to the Doooooooodle....Credit: Google

Follow the on-screen instructions and, well, play ball against a team of peanuts while trying not to get too hungry.

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Big Pretzel EnergyCredit: Google

Here's what all the fun looks like on mobile, though the person who thinks of celery as a great American snack food clearly has a hidden agenda (unless, of course, we're talking in a Bloody Mary).

Google Doodle celebrates July Fourth by letting you play baseball with your favorite foods (5)

Celery swings for the fences.Credit: Google

And, for even further fun, here's a collection of initial character sketches shared by Google.

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Enjoy the old school feel of these Doodle character sketches.Credit: Google

If you're going to while away the holiday on your phone, you might as well be smacking homers with a sirloin steak.

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Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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Google Doodle celebrates July Fourth by letting you play baseball with your favorite foods (2024)

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Google Doodle celebrates July Fourth by letting you play baseball with your favorite foods? ›

Google's latest Google Doodle is an interactive baseball game celebrating Independence Day. The game features classic cook out foods going to bat against a team of peanuts. Players include a hot dog, popcorn, ice cream and watermelon. All the characters have their own names, like "H-Dog," "Power Pop," and "Big Red."

What is baseball with your food in a new July 4th Google Doodle? ›

The newest Google Doodle lets you play baseball, that classic American pastime, with a bunch of "characters" based on our nation's favorite foods. They include a hot dog ("H-Dog"), popcorn ("Power Pop"), and a corn on the cob ("Cobbra"). You can play on desktop or on mobile.

How do you play doodle baseball? ›

Doodle games for sports fans

Just click on the bat to swing it when you see the ball coming towards you and want to hit it to score.

What is baseball google? ›

Doodle Google Baseball, a delightful game embedded within the iconic search engine's homepage, offers a fun and nostalgic way to spend a few moments immersed in the world of baseball.

What is the 4th of July Google trick? ›

Queries for terms such as "fireworks," "fireworks near me," or "Fourth of July" will set off a flurry of brightly colored fireworks on the search results page. Searches for related Spanish terms, such as "cuatro de julio" or "fuegos artificiales" offer the same mini-show.

How do you play baseball? ›

A game is played by two teams of nine players. Each team takes turns playing defense in the field and offense via batting. The pitcher throws the ball to the batter. Defensive players field the ball when it's hit and try to get the runner out.

How do you play marshmallow baseball? ›

Each base tag is worth ONE POINT. Batter continues tagging bases until the marshmallow is thrown back to the catcher. Once catcher has mallow, that batter's turn is over. When Team A bats, Team A people in crowd must sit on their hands and not interfere with Team B fielding.

How old is baseball? ›

While there are reports that the New York Knickerbockers played games in 1845, the contest long recognized as the first officially recorded baseball game in U.S. history took place on June 19, 1846, in Hoboken, New Jersey: the "New York Nine" defeated the Knickerbockers, 23–1, in four innings.

Does baseball still exist? ›

MLB is the second-wealthiest professional sports league by revenue in the world after the National Football League (NFL). Baseball games are broadcast on television, radio, and the internet throughout North America and in several other countries.

Why is there no Christmas Google Doodle? ›

Google typically abstains from referencing or celebrating religious holidays specifically in Doodles, or in cases when they do, religious themes and iconography are avoided.

When was the baseball Google Doodle? ›

Google Doodle Baseball Game Fourth Of July 2019.

Why is Google Doodle celebrating pizza? ›

“Today's interactive #GoogleDoodle celebrates one of the world's most popular dishes - pizza! 🍕On this day in 2007, the culinary art of Neapolitan “Pizzaiuolo" was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity," says Google.

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