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• Introduction to stickball
• Tourneys / Competitions
• Schedule / Contacts
• Equipment
• Celebrities
• Poetry
• Other online resources
• Stickball discussion

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• Stickball Hall of Fame
• Tribute: Steve Mercado, FDNY
• Beating the Big Kids
• Ouch, That Buick Hurts!
• Angel Quinones, Sr. and Jr.




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Old ballgame: Arlee Celebration powwow opens with traditional fun (Missoulian)
July 3, 2009, 2:15 am
The 111th annual Arlee Celebration kicked off Thursday with Native Games, including a type of stickball called double-ball. Incorporating Native Games...

Jon Mark Tiger of Eufaula awarded Best of Show (Muskogee Phoenix)
July 2, 2009, 4:48 pm
Jon Mark Tiger of Eufaula received Best of Show for his graphic work titled "Dance for the New Corn" at the opening of the Competitive Art Show Sunday...

NYPD Reaches Out to Communities With Cricket Bats (Gothamist)
June 29, 2009, 3:43 pm
Forget stickball and midnight basketball: Cricket is the new sport keeping the city's youth out of trouble this summer. The NY Times reports the NYPD is...

"A Monumental Musician": Principal Clarinet Stanley Drucker Plays Final Philharmonic Season (Playbill Arts)
June 30, 2009, 5:25 pm
The end of the Maazel era on June 27 wasn't the only important departure for the NY Philharmonic this year. At the season's close in September, Principal...

Old Fasioned Base Ball Alive in Rochester (KAAL Austin)
June 30, 2009, 12:06 am
(ABC 6 NEWS) -- Baseball's been around for a long time -- more than 150 years -- and you might be surprised at just how much the game has changed. The...

More than curiosity: Cuba an intriguing country (Inside Bay Area)
June 28, 2009, 3:09 pm
Tell friends you have just been to Cuba, and depending on the circles in which you travel, you may be rewarded with a lot of envy. Cuba is hot, and we're...

LEGENDS OF THE ARENA REPORT (Pro Wrestling Insider)
June 28, 2009, 10:30 am
First, it was nice to meet Mike in person at the Arena yesterday and discuss our memories of WM XXIV in Orlando. Now onto the results: - Joel Gertner got...

Press sketches Jackson's fame and infamy (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
June 26, 2009, 7:13 am
WASHINGTON - From financial broadsheets to tabloid gossip sheets, media around the world have scrambled to report Michael Jackson's death, sketching five...

Winging his way toward the pros (Boston Globe)
June 25, 2009, 4:01 am
Chris Kreider packed up his hopes yesterday, hopped in the family car, and headed for Montreal, where tomorrow night he'll learn the next stop in what...

Part V: Writing in My Father's Footsteps (Forward)
June 24, 2009, 12:18 pm
After the battle at Tamra, my father's commander, Norm Schutzman, moved the men of B-Company up to the coast North of Haifa for more training. In late...

Stickball is perhaps the best known of all urban sports, and we hold it very dear at Streetplay. Welcome to our stickball section, where we not only document the legend of the game, but also cover the still-vibrant world of this one-of-a-kind sport!

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Stickball resources


 Stickball schedule and contacts  Stickball equipment


Coverage 2005
 San Diego Labor Day Tournament
 Stickball Classic
 Bronx Memorial Day Tournament

Coverage 2004
 Stickball in Afghanistan
 Stickball Classic
 Brooklyn Stickball Little League
 'Stickball Commissioner' Curtis Sliwa
 2004 Hall of Fame
 July 4th World Series Tournament
 Bronx Memorial Day Tournament

Coverage 2003
 Stickball Classic
 San Diego Labor Day Tournament
 Hall of Fame
 Bronx Memorial Day Tournament
 Major Stick-ball League

Coverage 2002
 Stickball Classic
 Orlando Labor Day Tournament
 Bronx Memorial Day Tournament
 Hall of Fame - 2002

Coverage 2001
 San Diego Labor Day Tournament
 Stickball Classic
 Bronx Memorial Day Tournament
 Hall of Fame - 2001
 2001 - Opening Shots

Coverage 2000
 The 2000 NYC Stickball Classic
 Bronx Columbus Day Tournament
 Bronx Memorial Day Tournament
 East Harlem League
 Stickball World Series

Coverage 1999
 The 1999 NYC Stickball Classic
 San Diego Labor Day Tournament
 East Harlem League
 Fastpitch in Queens
 McManus Bar's Summer Game
 Pleasant Avenue Reunion
 Back to Brooklyn Festival

Members' stickball stories


 Stickball Hall of Famers' stories
 Beating the Big Kids
 Ouch, That Buick Hurts!
 Angel Quinones, Sr. and Jr.


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