Streetplay Discussions
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What a great day. All kinds of dialogue going on around from broad philosophical conversations on the meaning of sports for kids, to heated debates on the real rules of skully and whether or not the Bronx rules should apply here in Brooklyn (Masta Blasta Hugh McNally is a Bronx boy). The mood here has been fantastic. Anyone who’s come by has said how great it was. We’ve had a constant line of people ranging in age from 3 to 70 come by to take a swing with their choice of stickball bat. The hardest part of the day has been maintaining the computer connection. Several times we lost network connection (we’re wireless and coverage in this non-residential, non-commercial zone is weak). Well, now the batteries are failing – will have to post more pics sometime tommorow – Great day
Hey all, My day…
I think these games were…
I think these games were the great equalizer. The way we’d solve our mini racial conflicts was we’d have a showdown with a game. Handball, stickball, touch football. I’m not saying we won all the time but you lost you shut up. It was a humblin experience It took out the tensions. A lot of negative aggressions were turned positive from sports. Now MTV is raising the children You see now, they’re cutting the funds from sports and music and those are the thins that brought people together
You guys should advertise…
You’d always want to win…
You’d always want to win Chinese Handball, because if you lost Booty’s Up Chinese handball was very skillful, unlike regular handball you really had to cut the ball, like table tennis. I had a friend named Maxine in East New York, she could make that ball die. She beat all the guys in regular handball and Chinese handball. She was murder on us. I’m going to call her up and tell her about today.
Pensie Pinkey is a woman’s…
Hi Mick! Hi Pez! Hi Lor!…
I grew up in Bensonheurst…
I grew up in Crown Heights….
I grew up in Crown Heights. I’m from a family of 7 children, 5 boys and 2 girls. My brothers would never let me hang out and play stickball, probably because i was really and I could beat them. They wouldn’t let me play – but I played anyway. i plaed hopscotch, stoopball, all those games you have. Some of my best times was doing that. I enjoyed being a Tom boy.