stickball
Urban sandlot game
Stickball is an informal street game resembling baseball, played with a broomstick or similar stick and a rubber ball.
Popular in American cities, especially New York, it adapts baseball to urban spaces without proper fields or equipment: We played stickball in the alley after school.
Bat-and-ball team sport
- softballVariant with larger ball
- cricketChirping legged insect
- roundersEnglish batting game
- stoopballGame played against steps
punchball · kickball · sandlot · pickup game
Flying mammal or sports club
- broomstickCleaning tool's handle
- pitcherPouring vessel or hurler
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- catchSeize or snag
throw · strike · inning · run · score · outfield · batter · swing
Covered underground entry
- sewerUnderground drainage pipe
- stoopSmall entry porch
- sidewalkPaved pedestrian pathway
- playgroundChildren's outdoor recreation space
asphalt · curb · fire hydrant · chalk lines · urban · neighborhood · block · alley
Life's earliest phase
- memoriesStored past experiences
- youthState of being immature
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
- bygoneOf earlier times
vintage · old-fashioned · reminisce · pastimes · sentimental · simpler times · 1950s · Brooklyn
baseball
Bat-and-ball team sport
stoopball · punchball · kickball · sandlot · pickup game
bat
Flying mammal or sports club
- broomstickCleaning tool's handle
- pitcherPouring vessel or hurler
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
catch · throw · strike · inning · run · score · outfield · batter · swing · bounce
manhole
Covered underground entry
playground · asphalt · curb · fire hydrant · chalk lines · urban · neighborhood · block · alley · lot
childhood
Life's earliest phase
bygone · vintage · old-fashioned · reminisce · pastimes · sentimental · simpler times · 1950s · Brooklyn · Bronx
- gamesboard games, card games, board game, card game, video games
- pickup gamespickup soccer, streetball, street hockey, street soccer, shinny
- sandlot gameskickball, four square, dodgeball, capture the flag, tag
- stick sportsbaseball, cricket, golf, hockey, lacrosse
- street gameshopscotch, kick the can, stoopball, four square, kickball
- street lifestreet food, street fair, street fairs, street music, street vendor
stickballMajor League Baseball
Premier North American ballgame organization
professional baseball · organized baseball · Little League · professional sports · Olympic sports