Streetplay Discussions
Who was your best friend…
I grew up in Coney Island…
I grew up in Coney Island and played stickball throughtout the 1960’s. However, when I moved to Arizona I was involved in the greatest stickball game of my life. I started to play on Saturdays at Arizona State University with three other guys. A pitcher and an outfielder, on the fly against a brick wall. I was playing against my friend Myron (from Brooklyn also) We were both pitching. We each had a no hitter going into the ninth inning. In the bottom of the ninth, Myron hit a home run that landed on the roof of the Women’s PE building to end the game. I lost a no hitter and the game 1-0. We were so drained and I really wanted to beat him, but for that one afternoon, our game transcended time and we were back in the streets of Brooklyn. I’ll never forget it.
> We just gave everyone 6…
> We just gave everyone 6 boxus/advances if you knocked someone out of the skull. > Our start was also much further from box # 1. I will note these regional differences upon the next revision of the rules. The bonus given for the skull can really vary! When we played, we make one of the skull boxes a “K” (you became a killer instantly) and a “*” (you reversed yor direction in play–if your were going for 5 forwards, getting this bonus put you going for 5 backwards). http://www.westnet.com/~hmcnally/skully/skullyrules.pdf Keep those comments coming, folks!
We had a girl in our neighborhood…
We had a girl in our neighborhood who was very pretty and knew it. She managed to goo goo eye every boy that any of my other girlfriends went ‘with’. Well, we had many a tearful night knowing that Ellie had managed once again to steal our boyfriends. But in the end, it was she who got stuck with the loser. At this time, she is the only one amongst us who ‘divorced’ her husband, while all the other gals are still happily married to their first husbands. Maybe sometimes, it doesn’t pay to be the most attractive in a group. How does that saying go? That beauty is more then ‘skin deep’?
Loved it! Played 35 yrs…
All those outdoor toys brought…
I have written and illustrated…
I have written and illustrated a book on “City Games” played with a “pimple ball”. These games include: stickball, wallball, wireball, boxball, miniature,ledgies, points, dinky and the ultimate and most sublime of the street games, halfball. Halfball is one of the greatest games ever, and if anyone has any info or comments regarding these games feel free to e-mail me at . Thanks, Bob Bu
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This is a great suggestion – We will be participating in the Back to Brooklyn Festival on June 13 – see our coverage of it! We would like to attend some others this summer. Please send us an e-mail to discuss this more. Anyone else – feel free to add ways to go about this – particularly in other Northeastern cities besides NY. Thanks