Category Archives: Stickball
I can picture a brand new…
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I can picture a brand new spaldeen vividly today, almost smell it. What a great feeling to go to the local “candy store” and buy a new spaldeen. Always preferable to a pensy pinky, which were also good.We used spaldeens in stickball, punchball, fungo, slapball, A’s-up,stoopball, and different “box games”-boxball, box baseball, five boxes, hit the penny, etc., in Bayside, Queens. As far as Johnny Pump goes, it brings to mind the old game “Johnny on the Pony”. I would love to buy some spaldeens, if there is a place to order them, I’d like to know.
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HEY ANONYMOUS, I WENT TO…
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HEY ANONYMOUS, I WENT TO THAT STICKBALL BAT SITE BUT IT COULDN’T BE FOUND.IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER INFO. LET ME KNOW, THANKS. IF YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT MY STYLE OF BATS (WILLIVILLE), THERES A GUY IN MANHATTAN NAMED PETE VASQUEZ WHO PLAYS WITH THE BARRIO GENTS WHO HAS A COUPLE. LATER, THRILL
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Spaldeens were used for…
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Spaldeens were used for Stoop,Stick and Wall Ball. In the area known as Red Hook south Brooklyn. There was a street game that most called “punch ball” We chose to call it fist ball, since you didn’t hit it with a punch but rather your closed fist or in some instances an open hand, to slap it or slice it. The ball was hit with the exposed flat joints and heel of the hand The prefered ball for this was known as a “Pimple ball”, it was white and a little softer than a Spaldeen. The ball had dots in between lines that ran around the ball. Some had a star at the top and bottom of the ball. There was no room on our block to play stick ball, with cars parked on either side and there were only a few stores in the area that sold it. One was Scamadellas, on Court and Baltic Streets. 15 cents each.