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Played on Garden St. in the…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on November 7, 2010 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: nel
 

Played on Garden St. in the Bronx in late 50s to mid 60s. Always played in the street, never played “pitching in” against a wall until we were several years older. In the street it was fungo — never a pitcher. The sidewalks were fair territory, as were the countless fire escapes that each apartment building had. A ball was “live” when it got up into the fire escapes. The batter was out if a fielder caught the ball off the fire escape on a fly. If it bounced, the hit was usually a triple or homer — by the time the ball bounced around the fire escape and its stairs, before finally bounding back to the field, most batters were able to get an extra-base hit with ease. Regarding a four-sewer man: if it’s true that the general NYC layout was 250 between sewers, that meant a 1000-ft shot. Think about it: that’s more than 3 football fields laid end to end. I’d have to see it to believe it.

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I grew up in Manhattan om…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 13, 2010 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 16, 2019
Original author: Elmer Vega (dsports22) [e-mail]
 

I grew up in Manhattan om the lower east side…Jacob Riis Projects….We played there and then as I grew older we played on 13th St between Ave A and 1st Ave…. I just recently found a Spaldeen ball… and I;m looking to start a league here in Virginia…Today is only the second day of this adventure…. My goal is to get a team up and match up with those in NYC… and so on… To eventually play in Puerto Rico’s World Series… I use to play all version’s of this game… and now that I’m 55 years old and in relatively good shape.. I’m looking to play once again!!!!

Posted in Locales, Manhattan, Stickball, Stickball rules | Tagged "The Projects", I grew up..., Lower East Side

What is the usual distance…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 21, 2010 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014
Original author: Stan Gewant [e-mail]
 

What is the usual distance between man-hole covers in Brooklyn? As a boy living in Brooklyn, that was the criteria for measuring most street sports Stan G

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We played on 108th Street…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on September 24, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014
Original author: mark mooney [e-mail]
 

We played on 108th Street facing Central Park back in the 1940’s . Naturally a home run had to go over the park wall. This presented a special challenge to the outfielder who had to stand on the white line on Eigth Avenue and dodge the traffic which was two ways back in those days.

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Another factor in distance…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 16, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsJuly 16, 2009
Original author: steve
 

Another factor in distance is the age of the Spaldeen. The was a lot of energetic bounce in a new one, but I remember that faded fairly quickly with use.

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I don’t know how far apart…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 2, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: Kenny
 

I don’t know how far apart the manhole covers were where I played, but there were players that could hit a spaldeen four sewers on teams in the South Bronx, Harlem and Little Italy. You didn’t see it often. Only the hard hitters could do it and they usually were Chops with the wind. This was back in the 1950’s.

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I don’t know how far apart…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 2, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: Kenny
 

I don’t know how far apart the manhole covers were where I played, but there were players that could hit a spaldeen four sewers on teams in the South Bronx, Harlem and Little Italy. You didn’t see it often. Only the hard hitters could do it and they usually were Chops with the wind. This was back in the 1950’s.

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As measured via Google Earth,…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 2, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
Original author: steve
 

As measured via Google Earth, on our Queens street the sewer manhole covers were 150 to 160 feet apart. Only the stronger, older teens could hit a spaldeen two sewers (300 to 320 feet), and even then it was not common. I believe that in older sections of the city the manhole covers were often closer, perhaps 100 feet apart.

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OK, fast pitch stike ball….

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 21, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 21, 2009
Original author: Boib C
 

OK, fast pitch stike ball. We played at several school yards around the Kings Highway Coney Island Ave area. PS 153 on East 12th st Between Ave S and Ave T had a small fast pitch field. We chaulked a strike box on a wall. We would us either a “Spaldeen” High Bouce or a tennis ball which we had rubbed all the covering just about off. What were our favority pitches. Fast ball, Curve ball and screw ball. The PS 153 field had a short fence about 30 feet high on the north behind the pitcher. On the other side of the fence was what appeared at that time to be a large house with a black iron short fence around it. I think the rules were: off the fence catch and out, ground past the pitcher, single; hit the lower part of the fence – double; hit the upper part of the fence- triple; hit over the fence home run. Hitting over the fence required that you carryfully sneak into the yard (Mrs. Hardish/) and try to recover you ball.

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my brother, is the coach…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 1, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
Original author: rikers289 [e-mail]
 

my brother, is the coach of the bandits in the bronx, new york. We seen to be losing streak but i feel we will recover

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