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I enjoy this sight very…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 26, 2005 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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I enjoy this sight very much. Let me how I can help keep it going. ps what can we do to get pimple balls

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I enjoy this sight very…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 26, 2005 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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I enjoy this sight very much. Let me how I can help keep it going. ps what can we do to get pimple balls

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

I grew up on 4th place between…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 22, 2005 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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I grew up on 4th place between courtand smith sts.red hook section. we played fist ball. what a great memory. this was in the 1930s. Iam now 80 years old and still think of those great games we had. the first sewer cover was home plate first base was half way down, second base was the next sewer cover. we were able to what we called cufing a ball by cupping our hand and the ball would curve from left to right. also you could hit the ball with your fist and hit it as far as you could. if you were good you could it two sewers covers. about 200feet. I could hit about 2 and a half sewers. PS I still would Like to find a pimple ball we used.

Posted in Locales | Tagged candy store, I grew up..., pimple ball, spaldeen types

I grew up on 4th place between…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 22, 2005 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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I grew up on 4th place between courtand smith sts.red hook section. we played fist ball. what a great memory. this was in the 1930s. Iam now 80 years old and still think of those great games we had. the first sewer cover was home plate first base was half way down, second base was the next sewer cover. we were able to what we called cufing a ball by cupping our hand and the ball would curve from left to right. also you could hit the ball with your fist and hit it as far as you could. if you were good you could it two sewers covers. about 200feet. I could hit about 2 and a half sewers. PS I still would Like to find a pimple ball we used.

Posted in Locales | Tagged candy store, I grew up..., pimple ball, spaldeen types

I grew up in Boston (Charlestown)…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 15, 2004 by Streetplay DiscussionsMay 9, 2019
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I grew up in Boston (Charlestown) in the 60’s. We played half ball with two players up against the doctor’s building near the monument. It was a solid 3 story brick building with just a few windows on the side of the street where we played. It was a great game because you only needed two kids and you could get a ball fairly cheap at Connie’s down the street. We’d cut a pimple ball in half and play for hours. Our rules were a hit to the opposite sidewalk was a single. Up to the first floor was a double, second floor a triple and third floor a homer. You could catch the ball off the building and it was an out. Or, you could play a one bounce rule and it was still an out. We usually used an old broomstick and threw some tape around one end for a grip. We’d always get in trouble because the doctor’s receptionist sat at the window and we’d inevitably slam one into it several times during the course of the afternoon. I don’t think we ever tried too, but it just happened over the course of the game. She was always yelling at us or telling our mothers to stop us from scaring the patients. 🙂 Those days bring back fond memories of living in the city and spending hot summer afternoons whacking around a half ball like our favorite RedSox players did at Fenway. Glad to see that some people are still keeping the memories of that game going after all these yrs. Thanks!

Posted in Boston, Brooklyn, Halfball, Other Spaldeen games | Tagged I grew up..., pimple ball, spaldeen types, Summer

You got to be kidding the…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on August 26, 2004 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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You got to be kidding the pinkie (high bouncer) was always prefered over the pimple ball for both stick ball stepball & halfball at least in the fifties in philly. Does anyone remember wall ball

Posted in Brooklyn, Halfball, Other Spaldeen games, Philadelphia, Stickball, Wallball / Off the Wall/Point | Tagged Does anyone remember..., pimple ball, spaldeen types, wallball

I grew up in Port Richmond…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 21, 2004 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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I grew up in Port Richmond and played all the ball games stick ball, halfies, wire ball, boxball etc. I see a lot of people looking for pimple balls, the closest I have come is website littlebitofphilly.com They sell halfies , it is better than no pimple balls.

Posted in Boxball, Locales, Other Spaldeen games, Philadelphia, Stickball | Tagged I grew up..., pimple ball, spaldeen types

I grew up in Southwest Philly….

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 9, 2004 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
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I grew up in Southwest Philly. We played box ball, wire ball, stick ball, step ball, etc. We also played Kick the Can, which was like Jailbreak. Somebody was “it”. Everyone else had to hide. The person who was it had a can and a jail. They had to identify the person that they saw hiding, grab the can and bang it on the street saying 1-2-3 I see Joe hiding behind Mr. Doyle’s car. If that was right, the person would go in the jail. The rest of the people had to try to sneak up the street to kick the can to free anyone in jail and hide before the person who was “it” saw you. It could take awhile before you caught everyone if you were it. What a thrill to kick the can and set everyone free. You were a hero for a minute. I also remember Hide the Belt and Buck Buck and Break the Golden Gate. I wish that I had a whole pimple ball. I have one half ball left.

Posted in Boxball, Halfball, Johnny on the Pony, Locales, Other Spaldeen games, Philadelphia, Stickball | Tagged I grew up..., pimple ball, spaldeen types

read allan laxton message,…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 12, 2004 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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read allan laxton message, i grew up at lawrence and bristol,in philly and played all those street games especially,stick ball and chink, and all we needed was the pimple ball and of course someones broom handle for the bat, actually i just purchased a stick ball and two pink balls thru a cataloge, good memories!!!!!!!

Posted in Locales, Philadelphia, Stickball | Tagged I grew up..., pimple ball, spaldeen types

Dave B from Sothwest Philly.We…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 6, 2004 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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Dave B from Sothwest Philly.We played all of those games and it was great.All you needed was a pimple ball and one other guy and you could play games for hours.How many times did we dive in front of the sewer intake to keep the ball from going down the hole.If it made it down the hole the smallest guy got dangled by his feet down the sewer hole.Man did it stink.Does anyone remember “chipsies”?Whoever touched the ball last before it got lost was responsible for buying a new ball and turning it over to the previous owner.

Posted in Locales, Philadelphia, Street Lifestyle | Tagged chips on the ball, Does anyone remember..., pimple ball, spaldeen types

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