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Line 1: {{Short description\|Street game}}{{For\|the traditional sport native to North America\|~~Native~~Indigenous North American stickball}} ~~{{More citations needed\|date=June 2010}}~~ [[Image:Queens stickball.jpg\|thumb\|right\|280px\|Stickball in New York]] '''Stickball''' is a [[street game]] ~~[[Variations of baseball\|related]]~~similar to [[baseball]], usually formed as a [[pick-up game]] played in large cities in the [[Northeastern United States]], especially [[New York City]] and [[Philadelphia]].<ref name="NYTimes1985"/><ref name="BostonGlobe2013"/><ref name="ESPN2017"/> The equipment consists of a [[broom]] handle and a rubber ball, typically a [[spaldeen]],<ref name="NYTimes2005Spaldeen"/> pensy pinky, high bouncer or [[tennis ball]].<ref name="NYTimes1985"/><ref name="BostonGlobe2013"/> The rules come from baseball and are modified to fit the situation. For example, a [[manhole cover]] may be used as a base, or buildings for foul lines.<ref name="NYTimes1985"/><ref name="BostonGlobe2013"/> The game is a variation of [[Bat-and-ball games\|stick and ball games]] dating back to at least the 1750s. This game was widely popular among youths during the 20th century until the 1980s. ==Variants== [[File:Boys Playing Stickball, Havana, Cuba, 1999.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|Kids playing stickball in [[Havana]], 1999]] Many [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas\|Native American]] cultures in what is now the eastern United States played a [[Indigenous North American stickball\|stickball-like game]] that is the ancestor of modern-day [[lacrosse]], using [[hickory]] sticks and a ball made of deer hair or hide.<ref>[http://www.cherokee.org/AboutTheNation/Culture/General/Stickball%28anejodi%29.aspx "Stickball (a ne jo di)"] at cherokee.org; retrieved 09 June 2014.</ref> In fungo, the batter tosses the ball into the air and hits it on the way down or after one or more bounces.<ref>{{cite web \| title =Stickball Basics \| publisher =Streetplay.com \| url = http://www.streetplay.com/stickball/introduction.shtml \| access-date =August 24, 2012}}</ref> Another variant is [[Vitilla]], a popular variation of stickball played primarily in the Dominican Republic and areas in the United States with large Dominican populations. == Stickball in popular culture == * In a scene from the 1976 movie ''[[~~Rocky\|movie~~ Rocky]]'', a group of youths play [[Half-rubber\|halfball]] (a variant of stickball) on the streets of [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Rocky \|url=https://www.awesomefilm.com/script/rocky.html \|access-date=2022-08-27 \|website=www.awesomefilm.com}}</ref> In the 1979 sequel ''[[Rocky II]]'', the main character himself plays stickball/halfball in one scene.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=1979 Topps Rocky II #3 Stickball Champ! {{!}} Trading Card Database \|url=https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/85597/cid/6181703/1979-Topps-Rocky-II-3-Stickball-Champ! \|access-date=2022-08-27 \|website=www.tcdb.com}}</ref> * The season 4 episode, "[[Lisa's First Word]]", of the animated series ''[[The Simpsons]]'' has a scene taking place in the Lower East Side of Springfield (visualized like a typical 1930s urban [[New York City]] neighborhood) where a boy says to his friends if they want to play stickball and they agree; instead of actually playing stickball, the group of kids head over to an [[amusement arcade\|arcade]] and play a [[arcade video game\|video game]] of the sport. * ''[[White Collar (TV series)\|White Collar]]'' TV series (Episode 2.02 - "Need To Know") protagonist Neil Coffrey comes up with a clever plan to create a park in honor of the fictional boy Timmy Nolan, who loved to play the old-fashioned game of stickball. * During the opening credits of [[Big (film)\|Big]] starring [[Tom Hanks]]. ~~==Nictendo==~~ ''[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiQ7C1duaUIHXPGd0bB5MKg: Abonniert Nictendo]'' (2022) Directed by UwUme ~~isso~~ ''[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe8An5qi278R612zFa6cuMQ/videos?view=0 sandtoast92]'' (2022). diractut bi sanny monne''[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe8An5qi278R612zFa6cuMQ/videos?view=0 sandtoast92]'' (2022). diractut bi sanny monne ==See also== Line 30 ⟶ 27: ==References== {{reflist}} \|refs= <ref name="NYTimes1985">{{cite news \|last=Dandes \|first=R. B. \|date=May 5, 1985 \|title=For These Boys of Summer, the Game Is Stickball \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/05/nyregion/for-these-boys-of-summer-the-game-is-stickball.html \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|url-access=subscription \|access-date=July 2, 2024 \|archive-url= \|archive-date= \|url-status=live \|quote=New York City was the hotbed of stickball interest. Devised in the 1920s, for many years the game was called ''One-Bounce.'' A pitcher would bounce a ''spaldeen'' - the little pink rubber ball that cost a nickel - to the plate. When it was hit with the sawed-off broomstick handle that served as a bat without being caught, the batter advanced to impromptu bases (sewers, for instance). [...] Stickball's popularity peaked in the 1950s. By the 60s, with the increasing number of cars that clogged city streets and the mass exodus to the suburbs, the game fell into decline.}}</ref> <ref name="NYTimes2005Spaldeen">{{cite web \|last=Koerner \|first=Brendan I. \|author-link=Brendan I. Koerner \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/business/yourmoney/the-spaldeen-is-back-even-if-the-dodgers-arent.html \|url-access=subscription \|title=The Spaldeen Is Back (Even if the Dodgers Aren't) \|date=March 13, 2005 \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|access-date=February 18, 2017 \|archive-date=September 13, 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913091540/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/business/yourmoney/the-spaldeen-is-back-even-if-the-dodgers-arent.html \|url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="BostonGlobe2013">{{cite news \|last=Dupont \|first=Kevin Paul \|date=May 26, 2013 \|title=Stickball in New York is a vanishing game \|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/05/25/stickball-new-york-vanishing-game/V4bLlDjnO2zlxwCOqkGXFP/story.html \|work=[[The Boston Globe]] \|place=[[New York City]] \|publication-place=[[Boston]] \|access-date=July 2, 2024 \|quote=What’s more quintessential New York than stickball, right? Uh, no, not right. Stickball doesn’t live here anymore. At least not in the way it does in the mind’s eye, how it did when a young, vibrant Willie Mays swung a broom handle in the street outside his old home in Harlem in the 1950s or when Joe Pepitone did as a stylish Yankee in Brooklyn in the ’60s.}}</ref> <ref name="ESPN2017">{{cite news \|last=Gold \|first=Jonathan \|date=September 11, 2017 \|title=Welcome to Stickball Boulevard \|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/20670727/welcome-stickball-boulevard \|work=[[ESPN]] \|access-date=July 2, 2024 \|quote=Stickball was once an integral part of the urban youth experience. Images of ragtag groups of children playing in the street became iconic depictions of New York City and helped shape the world's perception of New Yorkers as the street-smart, rough-and-tumble class of America. Slowly, like so much of Americana, it has faded from the streets, cars and buses rendering the roadways perilous, Xboxes and iPhones commandeering kids' attention.}}</ref> }} ==External links== {{Team sports}}▼ ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2GOplwV_BA: Fast pitch Stick ball (An Unheard Pastime)]'' (2007) Directed by Jesse Tornabe ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL73zv3XTNc: Coverage Of Stick ball Opening Day] (2008) '' ''[http://www.braggingrightsmovie.com/ Bragging Rights: Stick ball Stories]'' (2006). Directed by Sonia Gonzalez. *''[https://vimeo.com/54036852 Stick ball Night Coverage: Stick ball Highlights]'' (2006). Directed by Ross O Fomerand. ▲{{Team sports}} [[Category:Baseball genres]] [[Category:Sports originating in the United States]]