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Growing up in “The Projecks”…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 24, 2013 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 16, 2019
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Growing up in “The Projecks” as pronounced it, the best ball for playing stoop was the Pensie-Pinkie. I’ve heard people say that these were great for punch ball also but they were harder and tougher on the knuckles. There was no feeling – or sound – like hitting a Pinkie off the “sweet spot” the protective metal on a housing project stoop.

Posted in Brooklyn, Other Spaldeen games, Punchball | Tagged "The Projects", Pennsy Pinkie, spaldeen types

In the Norwood section of…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 19, 2012 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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In the Norwood section of the Bronx in the ’50’s and 60’s we played with Spaldeens or Seconds which were cheaper. Mostly punchball or stickball. The P.S. 94 schoolyard had a concrete diamond for punchball and a big concrete wall with a stike zone drawn on it for stickball.

Posted in Bronx, Brooklyn, Other Spaldeen games, Punchball, Stickball

anyone add punchball to the…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 20, 2012 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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anyone add punchball to the list? Played with a white pimple ball

Posted in Other Spaldeen games, Punchball | Tagged pimple ball, spaldeen types

how about hit the penny and…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 21, 2010 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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how about hit the penny and box baseball. I grew up on 63rd street in Mill Basin. Best punch ball players. Other blocks would come by and challenge us. NO CONTEST. With 20 guys on the block we had lots of talent. Both balls were great and it wqas good to switch off. Our children don’t know what they missed. By the way the best handball player in Brooklyn was Al Britvan as far as a defensive player on a doubles team. The man….now 81….never ended a game without bleeding from scraping the ground. Long Live our memories…..

Posted in Box Baseball, Brooklyn, Hit the penny / stick / etc., Other Games, Other Spaldeen games, Punchball | Tagged I grew up...

I grew up in Astoria, Queens…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 4, 2010 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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I grew up in Astoria, Queens 60’s – 70’s went through countless number of spaldeens (most lost on roof of P.S. 85). Played Ace King Queen, Punchball, Stickball and Russia (Russian). Have 3 spaldeen balls a 60’s, 70’s and one of the new ones probably 90’s. Moved to Malvern, PA in ’74 and nobody knew what a spaldeen was.

Posted in Ace King Queen, Locales, Other Spaldeen games, Punchball, Queens, Spaldeen games, Stickball | Tagged Astoria, I grew up..., Russian 7/10/12 (the game)

It was Cornelia Street between…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 10, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
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It was Cornelia Street between bushwick and Broadway. Stickball was king unless Mrs. Grillo (2nd floor #24 on the block) called the cops at the 81st Precinct. Mostly they just told us to quit. a few mean ones would drop the bats down the manholes. if they did that, we’d just swich to punchball. Do something about that, Mrs Grillo! When it wasn’t stickbasll or punchball it was triangl;e, stoopball, Ace-King-Queen, zig-sag-tag, johnny on the pony or ringelevio. Boxball was also popular and every so often someone would get those wooden paddles with the little ball attached. When the rubber string broke, we’d use the paddles to play a sort of tennis. Lots of fun until the guy who was losing took his paddle and hit the ball as far awy as possible. Oh well, time to play stickball again. Bill Mahan

Posted in Ace King Queen, Boxball, Johnny on the Pony, Locales, Other Spaldeen games, Punchball, Stickball, Stoopball

Oh, the memories. Spaldeens…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 16, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
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Oh, the memories. Spaldeens ruled, anything else was second rate. I keep one in my car to this day. In the Dyker Heights section we used the Spaldeen for everything,slap ball, punch ball , handball, cather-flyers-up, stoop ball, box ball, stickball. Didn’t know pensies existed till we moved to Nassau County. We would use them if local candy store was out of spaldeens or we couldn’t put together the 25 cents for the real deal.

Posted in Boxball, Brooklyn, Food & Drink, Other Spaldeen games, Punchball, Stickball, Stoopball | Tagged candy store, Pennsy Pinkie, spaldeen types

I grew up in Bayside, Queens…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 10, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 3, 2020
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I grew up in Bayside, Queens in the 1950s. We used Spaldeens for stickball and stoopball. The new ones cost a quarter and bounced higher than Pensie Pinkies (which, I believe, cost 15 cents.) Girls used Pensie Pinkies for punchball because they were so much softer. For that reason, they were also preferred for box baseball. For stickball, we played “fungo,” that is, no pitcher. Toss the ball in the air and hit it. Anyone remember the term “fungo?”

Posted in Box Baseball, Brooklyn, Other Spaldeen games, Punchball, Queens, Stickball, Stoopball | Tagged I grew up..., Pennsy Pinkie, spaldeen types

We played this game back…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 30, 2008 by Streetplay DiscussionsDecember 4, 2019
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We played this game back in the day in the School Yard on Hull Avenue in The Bronx;teams of 20-30 per side;we also played Box-Baseball,PunchBall,Stickball(Both Fungo Style and Pitching In Vs a Box drawn on a wall as a strike zone).Also played Ace-King-Queen with the loser playing in a game called Cans Up.Also played Stoop Ball(also called Off The Point)using Spaldeens and Pennsylvania Pinkys!

Posted in Ace King Queen, Bronx, Johnny on the Pony, Other Games, Punchball, Stickball, Stoopball, Wallball / Off the Wall/Point | Tagged off the point, Pennsy Pinkie, spaldeen types

In my neighborhood (Brooklyn…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 1, 2007 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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In my neighborhood (Brooklyn in the 1950’s) we played punchball. One sewer was home, the next sewer was second and the next sewer was the center field fence. Everyone wanted Sonny on their team because he could “punch two sewers”

Posted in Brooklyn, Other Spaldeen games, Punchball

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