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lol, for Christ’s sake randy…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 4, 2005 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 4, 2005
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lol, for Christ’s sake randy rabinowitz…..you made my day….i used to do the same thing with the half spaldeens…..used to stick them to my face, or stick it around my mouth and try to breath….what a dopey kid i was, lol……..or maybe i was just a normal avg kid back then…..as i’m writing this i have a blue rubber ball on my keyboard…closest thing i could find to a spaldeen…anyhow, i also got a stick in my closet….taped and ready in case at the age of 41 someone wants to challenge me…….take it easy

Posted in Brooklyn, Other Spaldeen games

Anyone ever play a game…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 4, 2005 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 4, 2005
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Anyone ever play a game called hot box or it’s also known as pickle. My mom actually taught this to my younger brother and I. If you’re not familar with it I will explain it. First you need 2 bases, a ball and at least 3 players. 2 are the basemen and 1 is the base runner. One of the basemen holds the ball with the runner at that base. The runner heads for the other base as soon as the basemen throws the ball to the other basemen. The basemen try to tag the runner while the runner tries to get safe. If the runner is tagged, the runner and basemen who tagged him/her will switch positions.

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I’m also from Washington…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on December 23, 2004 by Streetplay DiscussionsMarch 24, 2019
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I’m also from Washington Heights and we called it “slug.” I think you could hit the ball three times in your own box before you had to send it down the line. It’s awesome to have these memories shared by others.

Posted in Ace King Queen, Boxball, Manhattan, Other Spaldeen games | Tagged slugs (the game), Washington Heights

I grew up in Long Beach…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on November 16, 2004 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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I grew up in Long Beach on Long Island in the early 60s. As I recall the Pinsie Pinky was .19 and the Spaldeen .29 The Spaldeen was more durable but the Pinky really flew if you hit it on the nose with a good stickball bat. Now I have a 14 year old and we live in Mission Viejo Califonia. I don’t understand it, he’s a Yankee fan and loves to play stickball with me at least twice a week as long as my 51 year old arm can take it. I had to have relatives from NY send us a real stckball bat from Spalding and a few dozen balz. These are great memories to share and make with him. …Tom

Posted in Brooklyn, Other Spaldeen games, Stickball | Tagged I grew up..., Pennsy Pinkie, spaldeen types

I’m on the job as a magazine…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on November 16, 2004 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 16, 2004
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I’m on the job as a magazine designer, looking for an image of a spaldeen. No time to read the postings here, so this is probably not news, but… the image you have here leaves out the most important feature of a spaldeen, the seam. Without it, curve-ball/screw-ball pitchers like me would have been tatooed all over the park. As spaldeen made the balls cheaper and cheaper, the seams became even more outrageous. It doesn’t get any more rewarding than when you and the batter are cracking up over the dipsy doodles those balls used to take.

Posted in Brooklyn, Other Spaldeen games

I grew up in Boston (Charlestown)…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 15, 2004 by Streetplay DiscussionsMay 9, 2019
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I grew up in Boston (Charlestown) in the 60’s. We played half ball with two players up against the doctor’s building near the monument. It was a solid 3 story brick building with just a few windows on the side of the street where we played. It was a great game because you only needed two kids and you could get a ball fairly cheap at Connie’s down the street. We’d cut a pimple ball in half and play for hours. Our rules were a hit to the opposite sidewalk was a single. Up to the first floor was a double, second floor a triple and third floor a homer. You could catch the ball off the building and it was an out. Or, you could play a one bounce rule and it was still an out. We usually used an old broomstick and threw some tape around one end for a grip. We’d always get in trouble because the doctor’s receptionist sat at the window and we’d inevitably slam one into it several times during the course of the afternoon. I don’t think we ever tried too, but it just happened over the course of the game. She was always yelling at us or telling our mothers to stop us from scaring the patients. 🙂 Those days bring back fond memories of living in the city and spending hot summer afternoons whacking around a half ball like our favorite RedSox players did at Fenway. Glad to see that some people are still keeping the memories of that game going after all these yrs. Thanks!

Posted in Boston, Brooklyn, Halfball, Other Spaldeen games | Tagged I grew up..., pimple ball, spaldeen types, Summer

I grew up on E40th between…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 15, 2004 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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I grew up on E40th between Farragut and Glenwood and so did my dad and all his brothers..we went to PS 198 but they went off to St Vincents..we all went to the park for the sprinklers and to smash bottles in the big playing field and to watch the serious athletes on the basketball courts. He remembers the pool before Pathmark – I only remember the store, but he claims it cost a dime to get in and his parents couldn’t afford it!

Posted in Brooklyn, Locales, Other Spaldeen games | Tagged Glenwood, I grew up...

Just stopped by , enjoy the…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 12, 2004 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
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Just stopped by , enjoy the site ! My question to anyone out there is Where did stoopball originate and when ? If anyone can answer this It would be appreciated. I remember playing stoopball, curve ball or off the wall when I was a kid, living on 21st in Manhattan. If anyone can direct me to the history of the game , it be great ! I heard so many different stories, one never know what the truth. My name is Joe V. and I can be contacted at: jlv301 [at] frontiernet [dot] net Hey tournament stoopball !

Posted in Manhattan, Other Spaldeen games, Stoopball, Wallball / Off the Wall/Point | Tagged Off the Wall

We played many of the same…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 2, 2004 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
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We played many of the same games, as mentioned above, in a little section of heaven, right in Philadelphia. We were considered Wynnefield, but our streets were seperated from the rest of the city by City Line Ave, Belmont Ave, and Conshohocken Ave. Loved chink, wire ball, box ball. 46th and Sherwood was the best box ball locale in the city. You had to be fast and know how to hit low grounders, with spin. We also played a version of wall ball, where we would throw it off of one wall of a back of a row house, onto the opposite row house’s back wall and the opposing player would have to catch it. Some guys were great at making them just kiss the second wall. You had to make basket style catches on those. Great days and great memories.

Posted in Boxball, Locales, Other Spaldeen games, Philadelphia, Wallball / Off the Wall/Point | Tagged wallball

I lived in Astoria growing…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 2, 2004 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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I lived in Astoria growing up in the lates 50’s We used Spaldings for stick ball but we also used the Spalding to play ” Strikebox”. This game featured a Concrete wall usually in a school yard with a box chalked onto it representing a strike zone.It was played with 4 player max ( 2 per side ) or just 2 players. The pitcher stood approx 50 feet from the wall and thru the Spalding and tried to get it past the hitter.As in normal baseball the batter had a chance to get 4 balls or 3 strikes. The outs per side were agreed to in advance as were the singles douobles etc. A broomstick handle was used for a bat. In 1958 a company actually came out with a nicely varnished broomstick just for us kids to play the game..

Posted in Brooklyn, Locales, Other Spaldeen games, Queens, Stickball | Tagged Astoria

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