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My name is Charles Petersil….
Original author: Charles Petersil [e-mail]
My name is Charles Petersil. I grew up in the Bronx, in an area called Highbridge. I was called Husky as a kid. I played stickball on a regular basis on Nelson Avenue, and I used to hit three sewers. I also belonged to a group known as the Satanic Dukes. If anybody remembers me, send an e-mail to me at .
As a youth growing up in…
Original author: Mike Rubin [e-mail]
As a youth growing up in South Philly, 6th & Shunk, we played many street games, but the ultimate street game was Halfball. We never played lobs or floaters. We played fast pitch with an umpire calling balls and strikes. We used the four corners of an intersection as our diamond. We threw sidearm, three quarter sidearm and submarine. We could make that ball rise, curve or drop. I could start a riser low and inside and it would finish as a strike. I could go on and on talking about the old halfball days. It is a great game!!!
Hey, Mike. Thanks for livening…
1964 World’s Fair:
We used to play stickball…
Original author: Frank Roberts [e-mail]
We used to play stickball all the time at ps85 schoolyard on Webster Ave. and 187 st.in the Bronx Most of the time we did’nt use any gloves but we made some pretty spectactular catches with our bare hands.There was one occasion I will never forget,this one day we were playing in the street at 182 st.We were getting a game together and we kept asking this guy (Ithink his name was Red) if he wanted to play. He said no thanks because he usually would end up breaking the ball. Well we all thought he was bragging and we finnally got him to play.When it was his turn to bat,he tossed the ball in the air and swung at the ball so hard and you guessed it he broke the ball in half. My mouth dropped in awe,Ihave never seen anything like that happen before or sinse.
I am 71 years old and lived…
you can buy nok hockey at…
Original author: jay [e-mail]
you can buy nok hockey at sneaks and cleats in nanuet n.y.(20 min. outside of manhattan) jay
Hello from Ireland, …
Original author: Stephen [e-mail]
Hello from Ireland, This may not be the most used part of the site but I will start anyway. I am trying to remember the rules for a game that kept me occupied for hours and would like to pass it on to my children. In Dublin we called it Snap the rasher. The gist of it was two teams facing each other across a road. In the middle (it was a quiet road) was the “rasher”, an object, one or other of the teams called a player from the other team . The two players ran out to the middle as fast as could be. The object was to “snap” the rasher and get back to your own side without being tagged by the other person. I have no idea how scoring, if any, was kept or how you decided who did the calling or who they called. Any help or thoughts on similar games in the US would be greatly appreciated. Stephen