1. All hits were "up the middle". A pulled ball was an out. The curbs were the foul lines.
2. The hanging trees were in play and made for some interesting fielding. Parked cars were also in play.
3. Man hole covers were the hit designators (5 per block).
4. We played one bounce pitching using a Pensy Pinky which was softer than a spaldeen and could be made to make "movement" tricks.
5. Games were typically 7 innings.

We used the manholes as the distance markers for single, double, triple, etc. One day, our trusty bat (a broom handle) splintered near the end of a tense game. What to do? Suddenly, someone remembered a lady had just hung her wet mop out on her first floor clothes line to dry. Figuring she wouldn't need the mop soon, we unscrewed the mop handle, finished our game, and gently reconnected the handle to the drying mop head. She was unaware that it was "borrowed."