Stoopball

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Game	Stoopball
Game Family	Fungo Fungo
Location
Regions	US
Eras	Derivative, Post-1900, Contemporary
Invented	No
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Description	"Stoopball originated in dense urban areas like New York, where children often lacked the space to play baseball. Rules varied based on the neighborhood, block, or building, but the idea was always the same: A “batter” would fire a ball (in New York, the kids used pink balls they called “Spaldeens”) against the steps of an apartment building, with the number of bases contingent on distance the ricochet traveled." The game is called "largely extinct" since World War II.
Sources	Louie Lazar, "If You Build A Stoop, They will Come: Wisconsin's Stoopball League of America," at Grantland.com., accessed July 23, 2013. Try a <Wisconsin's stoopball league> search. This article features an account of a league operating in 2013, and the 29th World Championship played on a dedicated field and drawing hundred to be part of the festivities. The league's webpage is http://stoopball.ning.com/.
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