Category Archives: Spaldeen games
Does anyone remember slapball?…
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Does anyone remember slapball? In the 50s in Brooklyn (Flatbush) we played this thrilling and skillful game. Three players to a team: three based 1st, 3rd and home. The pitcher stood in the middle of the gutter (we all lived on dead-end streets – a must for this game!!) and fluked (spun the ball in one of four directions, as in boxball) over a chalked in home plate. Balls and strikes were called. The batter would slap the ball hard and made sure to a) stay within the foul lines (two cars) and keep the ball from bouncing on the sidewalk first (an out). 9 innings – lots of fun.
A few Sundays ago, the Foxboro…
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A few Sundays ago, the Foxboro Stickball home run record was broken. 43 HR were hit in ONE GAME by Kyle Winter. The old record, also held by Winter, was 40 HR in a game, set back in July. Kyle hit a “tree shot” which is ranked as one of the longest homers in our history. He padded that with a “second roof” shot, which has only been acomplished a handful of times. The long, enjoyable season ends on November 10th and opening day for the year 2000 has not been scheduled. Visit the Offical Foxboro Stickball Website- www.geocities.com/dukefan08/stickball.html or e-mail the stickballers- foxborostickball [at] oaklandas-fan [dot] com
i grew up in the Bronx,…
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i grew up in the Bronx, walton ave. We played stoop ball in the school yard on one of the steps leading to the school which faced the schoolyard fence. single if it was not caught; double if it hit the bottom half of the fence; triple the top half and home run over the fence. if you caught the ball on a grounder, fly or off the fence without bouncing it was an out. so was missing the stoop.
I grew up in Coney Island,…
I TO AM Looking for Manufacturer/Supplier…
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I TO AM Looking for Manufacturer/Supplier of Pimple-Balls? I HAD ONE IN MY HAND TODAY A FELLOW WORKER WHERE I WORK IN PHILLY WHO IS ABOUT 50 YRS OLD BRING IT TO WORK TO SHOW ME I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR ONE FOR TWO YEARS NOW AND TOLD HIM ABOUT IT HE THOUGHT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIS HE SAID ITS 40 YRS OLD AND IS IN GOOD SHAPE BUT HE WONT PART WITH IT I MUST HAVE ONE
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Pete, Ron Heller mentions…
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Pete, Ron Heller mentions Chinese handball in a post of his in the ‘Running Around’ section. We used to play it in Queens, too, of course. Like regular handball, except the ball had to bounce once instead of everything being on the fly. As kids, we probably played more Chinese than regular handball, which was more for the older guys. We’d start to get more into regular handball as we reached HS age.
In the mid to late 1940’s…
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In the mid to late 1940’s a Spaldeen cost $.19 in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. I don’t remember Pensie Pinkies – did they come along in the 50’s? Three sewers was a home run. In the 30’s the “big guys” used to play great stick ball games but that stopped when they went to WWII and rubber balls were not avaialable. While most of the guys came back, they went on to other pursuits after the war. Our games were fun, but they never seemed, in my mind, to match-up with those the “big guys” played.