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|Game Family=Baseball
|Game Family=Baseball
|Location=Urban Areas
|Location=Urban Areas
|Game Tags=Contemporary, US, post-1900,
|Game Regions=US
|Description=<p>A game usually played in urban streets. The ball is rubber -- a &ldquo;spaldeen,&rdquo; now virtually the same that used in racketball, and bats vary but include broom handles. Allowances are made for traffic of various sorts, and the bases are specified at the start of play. (Verification needed.) One variation of the game is found in a recollection of New York play by Gregory Christiano.</p>
|Game Eras=Contemporary,Post-1900
|Sources=<p><a href="http://www.myrecollection.com/christianog/games.html" target="_blank"><span>http://www.myrecollection.com/christianog/games.html</span></a></p>
|Description=<p>A game usually played in urban streets. The ball is rubber -- a “spaldeen,now virtually the same that used in racketball, and bats vary but include broom handles. Allowances are made for traffic of various sorts, and the bases are specified at the start of play. (Verification needed.) One variation of the game is found in a recollection of New York play by Gregory Christiano.</p>
|Sources=<p><a href="http://www.myrecollection.com/christianog/games.html"><span>http://www.myrecollection.com/christianog/games.html</span></a></p>
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Game Stickball
Game Family Baseball Baseball
Location Urban Areas
Regions US
Eras Contemporary, Post-1900
Description

A game usually played in urban streets. The ball is rubber -- a “spaldeen,” now virtually the same that used in racketball, and bats vary but include broom handles. Allowances are made for traffic of various sorts, and the bases are specified at the start of play. (Verification needed.) One variation of the game is found in a recollection of New York play by Gregory Christiano.

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