stickball
noun
stick·ball
ˈstik-ˌbȯl 
: baseball adapted for play in streets or small areas and using a broomstick and a lightweight ball
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The takes, visible on documentary film, of Mays playing stickball up on St. Nicholas Place are also reminders that New York at that time was largely segregated.
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
As a player for the New York Giants, Mays lived on St. Nicholas Place, blocks from work, and would play stickball with kids in the street in the mornings before and evenings after games at the Polo Grounds.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 19 June 2024
There was no stickball in the streets of San Francisco; when Mays bought a home in a white neighborhood, a brick was thrown through his front window.
—Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
For example, many Native Americans played stickball, a lacrosse-like game in which players hurl a ball down a field, to settle disputes between tribes without resorting to violence.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
The stickball games close three blocks: India Street between A and Ash streets; Columbia Street between Beech and Date streets; and State Street between Ash and Beech streets.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
The stickball tournament started in Little Italy but climbing costs don’t make things easy, said Joe Jennings, president of the local stickball organization.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
Oscar recalls one day as a kid playing stickball on his East Los Angeles street when the ball went into the street and he was nearly hit by a speeding car that left him lying on the ground.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 24 July 2023
Modern background Petitti, the son of a former New York City police officer who reminisced about playing stickball with his dad on the streets of Queens, played baseball at Division III Haverford College near Philadelphia.
—Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 28 Apr. 2023
Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
As a player for the New York Giants, Mays lived on St. Nicholas Place, blocks from work, and would play stickball with kids in the street in the mornings before and evenings after games at the Polo Grounds.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 19 June 2024
There was no stickball in the streets of San Francisco; when Mays bought a home in a white neighborhood, a brick was thrown through his front window.
—Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
For example, many Native Americans played stickball, a lacrosse-like game in which players hurl a ball down a field, to settle disputes between tribes without resorting to violence.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
The stickball games close three blocks: India Street between A and Ash streets; Columbia Street between Beech and Date streets; and State Street between Ash and Beech streets.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
The stickball tournament started in Little Italy but climbing costs don’t make things easy, said Joe Jennings, president of the local stickball organization.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
Oscar recalls one day as a kid playing stickball on his East Los Angeles street when the ball went into the street and he was nearly hit by a speeding car that left him lying on the ground.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 24 July 2023
Modern background Petitti, the son of a former New York City police officer who reminisced about playing stickball with his dad on the streets of Queens, played baseball at Division III Haverford College near Philadelphia.
—Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 28 Apr. 2023
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stickball
noun
stick·ball
ˈstik-ˌbȯl
: baseball played on the street or in a small area with a broomstick and a lightweight ball
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