sandlots
Improvised baseball grounds
Sandlots are vacant lots or open patches of ground, typically in urban areas, where children play informal games—especially baseball.
The term evokes American neighborhood life before organized youth sports, when kids gathered on whatever dusty or weedy ground was available: He learned to pitch on the sandlots of Brooklyn.
As an adjective, sandlot describes amateur or improvised play: sandlot baseball, sandlot football.
Lacking systematic arrangement
- scrappyAggressively spirited despite odds
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- impromptuWithout advance preparation
- amateurNonprofessional participant
recreational · casual · unofficial · grassroots · ragtag · pickup · backyard · streetball
unorganized
Lacking systematic arrangement
- scrappyAggressively spirited despite odds
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- impromptuWithout advance preparation
amateur · recreational · casual · unofficial · grassroots · ragtag · pickup · backyard · streetball · freestyled
nostalgia
Longing for the past
memories · carefree · summer · imagination · freedom · adventure · friends · games · afterschool · barefoot
pickup
Small open-bed truck
catcher · infield · outfield · homeplate · shortstop · grounder · flyball · dugout · error · strikeout
sandlotsstadiums
Large sports venues
big leagues · Yankee Stadium · Fenway Park · sports complexes · recreational facilities
- sandlot baseballInformal youth field game
- The SandlotInformal community ballfield
- sandlot sportsUnorganized recreational athletics