Spaldings were the ball…
Original author: Marino Cabrera (titoisme) [e-mail]
Spaldings were the ball of choice at McCarren Park in Greenpoint, Bklyn. Some used the Pinkies, but everyone had their blue ball with their initials or tags either written with a magic marker or engraved using either a knife or a small piece of broken glass (which there was a lot of back in the day).