I was thinking of the games we used to play with a Spaldeen. There were games for only one person up through a full baseball team. As I remember them they were:
1 Person
Catch with yourself- throw the ball up and catch it.
Practicing your pitching against a box on the wall
Throwing the ball against the wall to see how high you could throw it. On the roof was the ultimate
Throwing the ball off the wall (or stoop) and practicing your catching ability.

2 Persons
Box Baseball
Hit the penny.
Stickball
Catch
American Handball, paddle ball, etc.
Off the wall
Stoopball

3 Persons
Monkey in the middle
Running Bases
Salugi (?) or keep away
Chinese handball
Larger Groups Punchball
Slapball

I’m sure there are more. But for 25 cents, nothing could beat thatbeautiful pink ball with the word Spaulding stamped on it. We didn’t need our parents making schedules, driving us all over the place. Just us and a little ball, and we were in heaven for hours. Mark Podhorzer Now of Atlanta GA, but in my heart always from Brooklyn