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We played on Navy Street…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 14, 2013 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
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We played on Navy Street between DeKalb Avenue and Willoughby St. We played all the games you could play was with the Spaldeen. One game we played was Curb ball. Two players every bounce was a base. Catch it on a fly and you were up.

Posted in Brooklyn, Curbball, Other Spaldeen games | Tagged DeKalb Avenue, Navy Street, Willoughby Street

NorthEast Philly and Feltonville…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on September 1, 2011 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
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NorthEast Philly and Feltonville in the late 40s and 50s. Step(stoop) ball, curb ball, wall ball, wire ball were all the best games. Many of the row houses had alleys between them, so you got points by the times you hit both walls. Only had smooth Pennsie Pink and white-pimple balls, and each had it purpose. Loved the smell of the new ball. Charlie, Mike, Leroy, Bobby all great street ballers. Richie was a big kid that usually won, and beat you up if he didn’t. Nancy was as tough as Richie and she beat us up too, but nobody cared. LOL

Posted in Brooklyn, Curbball, Other Spaldeen games, Philadelphia, Wallball / Off the Wall/Point | Tagged Pennsy Pinkie, pimple ball, spaldeen types, wallball

Grew up in Juniata Park during…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on September 19, 2010 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
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Grew up in Juniata Park during the 60’s. I remember all the above. I have not seen any comments about curb ball (use the curb instead of steps) and ass ball a devilish version of box ball. Any one remember that one?

Posted in Boxball, Curbball, Locales, Other Spaldeen games, Philadelphia

Hey everyone, I grew up…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on November 25, 2005 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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Hey everyone, I grew up around 165th and Gerard. School at PS 114. Then we moved to Jersey. Eventually I came back, to Knox Pl, just off Mosholu Pkwy. But left again.LOL. I remember playing stickball, curb ball and stoop ball all over the neighborhood. Some friends were Mike Gearty, Joe Marsicano.

Posted in Bronx, Curbball, Locales, Stickball, Stoopball | Tagged I grew up...

I just found this site and…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on November 17, 2005 by Streetplay DiscussionsMarch 24, 2019
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I just found this site and it’s great.We played skully for hours on end on 189th St.in Manhattan.In between,we’d play stickball,off the point(curbball)or Johnny ride the pony.Also,I noticed someone mentioned “slugs”.We called this “Chinese” which I found out was short for Chinese handball.How about that,a bottlecap,a broomstick,and a “spaldeen” was all the equipment we needed for fun from March to November.Who needs Playstation?

Posted in Ace King Queen, Boxball, Curbball, Manhattan, Skully, Stickball, Wallball / Off the Wall/Point | Tagged Chinese handball, off the point, slugs (the game)

Spaldeen was the ball of…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 11, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
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Spaldeen was the ball of choice on Bennett Ave. in Washington heights for curbball, punchball, and in the pan. We used to sneek up on the roof of P.S. 152 to get all the balls that were hit up on the during stickball games and punchball games in the schoolyard.

Posted in Brooklyn, Curbball, Manhattan, Other Spaldeen games, Punchball, Stickball | Tagged Washington Heights

Hey I am 48yrs old and for…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on September 4, 2000 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
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Hey I am 48yrs old and for some odd reason I was talking to my wife about some games I played up in Baltimore as a child. We would buy a penn pinky and play on the steps of the school house. If you were good enough you would slam the ball on the corner of the the steps which would make that ball fly, otherwise if you hit the ball on the flat surface of the step yuo would have a ground ball. We chalked in bases and played just like stickball. I beleived we called this game curb ball…Did other places play this way?

Posted in Curbball, Other Spaldeen games, Stickball | Tagged Pennsy Pinkie, spaldeen types

I think people are confusing…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 28, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
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I think people are confusing Curb Ball and Stoop Ball….Stoop ball was played against a stoop of someones house and we also played with fielders. Catch it on a fly and you’re out! Past the sidewalk on one bounce was a single, past grass a double etc. Curb ball was much the same but played ONLY against the curb while we were in the street…and there were bases that u had to run! There was no running involved in stoop ball…Dee (The Bronx)

Posted in Bronx, Curbball, Other Spaldeen games, Stoopball

off 164th and the concourse,…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 7, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
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off 164th and the concourse, in the mid-late 50’s, we played mostly 1 bounce “fungo” (self hit) stickball with a spaldeen. hits dtermined by distance. in riverdale from 1960-69, we played with a shaved tennis ball (which curved, threw screwballs) against a chalk box in the ps 24 schoolyard. sometimes had an outfielder. that was MY game. also played bench ball, punch ball, stoop ball, and curb ball (back in the old neighborhood-the concourse). and box ball.

Posted in Boxball, Bronx, Curbball, Locales, Other Spaldeen games, Punchball, Stickball, Stoopball | Tagged Riverdale

In the Bronx we also played…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 30, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
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In the Bronx we also played curb ball – played in an intersection with 5 or 6 on a side (although sometimes played with less) – corner sewers served as bases – players typically played positions similiar to baseball (1st base – 2nd base/ss – 3rd base – outfield) – After throwing the ball off the curb you ran – Play was just like baseball with the exception that if the ball did not go fair it was a strike – 2 strikes was a strikeout.

Posted in Bronx, Curbball, Other Spaldeen games, Stoopball

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