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Played stick, stoop, punch,…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on August 3, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 3, 2020
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Played stick, stoop, punch, hand, box, base and softball in Rego Park, Queens in the late 40s and early 50s. Used spaldeens for the 1st 5, as Pennsy Pinkies were considered inferior in that neighborhood. There were 2 basic versions of stick: 1) balls and strikes against a wall with chalked strike zone (between shoulders and knees of a medium sized kid and about 18″ wide) and pitches thrown on a fly, with a minimum of two players, but no base-running and; 2) in the street with a sewer as home, a car as 1st, another sewer as 2nd and another car as 3rd, pitches on a bounce and base running. This version needed lots of players. Punch ball was like 2nd version of stickball.

Posted in Punchball, Queens, Stickball | Tagged Pennsy Pinkie, spaldeen types

OK Cuz, I think you…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 31, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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OK Cuz, I think you should have one of your talented and creative pals write a screenplay or Broadway musical about stick ball and how it created for one average Brooklyn born boy the discipline and courage to become a big business mogel or owner of the Yankees or something. Once the movie or musical sweeps the nation, streetplay can be the official website with interviews with the stars and such. Your merchandising alone could be worth millions…T shirts reading “From catcher to Chairman of the Board” on the back with a picture of a stickball team on the front. Lunchboxes, action figures, comic books…egad the sky is the limit.

Posted in Brooklyn, Site suggestions, Stickball | Tagged Streetplay business goals

What a great story! Might…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 31, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsJuly 31, 1999
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What a great story! Might want to bring this up somewhere ont he site – “Useful Childhood skills” or something like that – please send an e-mail to discuss.

Posted in Other Spaldeen games

Regarding “fishing ball…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 30, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
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Regarding “fishing ball out of sewer”: About ten years ago, corner of West Broadway and Ericsson Street downtown Manhattan. Woman emerges from coffee shop with breakfast, is putting change back into purse, driver’s license falls out, falls into sewer. Several men who harbored cherished memories of lying on their stomachs and retrieving spaldeens spring into action: “Get a coat hanger!”, “Don’t worry, Lady — I’m an old hand at this.”, “Oh my God! I haven’t even thought about this in forty years!”, etc.. A hanger is produced, the tool is properly fashioned, the license (which had lodged on a dry ledge within the sewer), was adroitly brought to the surface, and returned to its owner. Woman proceeds to work with grateful “thank you” to all. In her wake, a very unlikely group of various New Yorkers were all grins while a common memory cast its spell.

Posted in Manhattan, Other Spaldeen games

As a child growing up in…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 29, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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As a child growing up in Queens co.,I played many baseball related games. One was stoopball where I would pitch the ball on the steps catching the rebound as a grounder or fly.It was practice pitching, but I was really simulating pitching for a big leauge time, wearing my number 41 jersey like my idol, Tom Seaver. I also played intersec- tion ball, where all 4 corners were used as bases. We used a standard bat and a tennis ball, with self pitching.In the lawn behind 3rd base was a HR with a “roofer” going for a loss.

Posted in Queens, Special topics, Stoopball | Tagged 1999 Back to Brooklyn Festival

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

On my block, there were…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 24, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
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On my block, there were a few more games played with either the Spalding ( courser better feel) or Pensie Pinkie. The first was stoop ball. On Haring Street in front of 2450 the stoop consisted of 4 steps. Each step was assigned a point value. The bottom three 100 points if hit directly on the point while the top step 500 points ( more hazardous). Games were for 1000 pts with 5 pts for hitting the stoop and catching it on 1 and only 1 bounce. 10 pts were gotten if the ball hit the stoop and caught on a fly ( not the point area). You were out if the ball was caught with more than one bounce, errored, or missed the stoop entirely(trying to hit the top stoop and failing, and finally hitting one of the elder mean you can’t play here or block the stoop from us using it to go down B00000000.Games could be either one on one or teams.Box ball ( 2 squares of concrete lenthwise), Box baseball ( 3 squares lenthwise), 4 person boxball ( 4 squares in a square pattern) and finally stoopball baseball. Finally I might add, actually the best balls for stickball off the wall was the cheaper no-name ones. They were usually 5 – 10 cents each (spalding 25 cents) softer, either yellow or pink and could be manipulated such that you could throw a really mean sinker Knuckleball, and a wicked slider that broke of the end of the table. Unfortunately they split easier too.

Posted in Box Baseball, Boxball, Other Spaldeen games, Stickball, Stoopball, Wallball / Off the Wall/Point | Tagged Off the Wall, Pennsy Pinkie, spaldeen types

In the two Bronx neighborhoods…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 24, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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In the two Bronx neighborhoods where I grew up there was no debate…the Spaldeen was the ball of choice. The Pinkie was a very inadequate second choice. Yes, a Spaldeen hurt your hand in punchball if you hit it wrong, but if you hit it just right, it would just take off. Same thing in stickball…seemed that the Spaldeen always flew off the bat a lot harder and faster than the Pinkie. Very very happy to see the Spaldeen has been revived. Now if they only sold ’em in the Atlanta area!

Posted in Bronx, Other Spaldeen games, Punchball, Stickball | Tagged I grew up..., spaldeen types

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Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 23, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
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This week the 1999 Stickball Classic took place in the boro of the Bronx. Streetplay was on-hand hoping to provide live coverage of the events. However, the Internet connection didn’t work, so we will got the pics and stories and will have to finish composing them off-line. Look to Monday 7/26 for the on-line copy.

Posted in 1999 Stickball Classic, Bronx, Special topics, Stickball

Do they have any information…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 19, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 13, 2014
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Do they have any information about leagues in the stickball hall of fame?

Posted in 1999 Stickball Classic, Special topics, Stickball

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