1999 NYC Stickball Classic

1999 NYC Stickball Classic section guide Intro / highlights • 1999 Stickball Classic home • Kickoff ceremony coverage • Finals coverage • Event rules • Go to Stickball section Discussion • 1999 NYC Stickball Classic discussion • Stickball: general discussion • Streetplay discussion home Finals (10/3/99) • Finals coverage • Photo galleries: 1 | 2 | 3 Semi-finals (9/18/99) • Semi-final coverage • 4th Str. vs. Emperors • Latinos vs. Bombers • Knights vs. Old-Timers Staten Island (9/11/99) • Staten Island event overview New Jersey (8/28/99) • NJ event overview Queens (8/7/99) • Queens event coverage • Essay: Caledonia Old-Timers • Essay: Family values • Essay: Positively Fourth Street • Photo galleries: 1 | 2 | 3 Bronx (7/24/99) • Bronx event coverage • The Latinos, Bronx champions • Longball contest • Einstein's team • The Emperors • Curtis Sliwa speaks • Photo galleries: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Manhattan (7/17/99) • Manhattan event coverage • Longball contest • The Clean Machine • The Bronx Old Timers • Photo galleries: 1 | 2 | 3 Brooklyn (7/10/99) • Brooklyn event coverage • Photo galleries: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 Event kickoff (6/29/99) • Kickoff coverage • Photo galleries: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

1999 New York Stickball Classic kickoff Click for bigger picture Joe Torre takes a swing. (MANHATTAN, 6/29/1999) The 1999 Stickball Classic commenced today with a kick-off (perhaps better described as a "hit-off") at Police Plaza in Manhattan. A number local baseball heroes stepped up to the plate to take a cut, including Joe Torre, Willie Randolph, Art Shamsky, Ed Charles and Bobby Thomson. There was also a stickball competition between the NYC Police Department and the NYC Fire Department. The Stickball Classic has been around for several years, but 1999 is clearly special, marked by the return of the "spaldeen," a fondly remembered product. Throughout the summer competitions will be held in each of the boroughs. The finalists will then meet in September and play to determine which team, and borough, will be this year's champ. The Stickball Classic is being sponsored by Spalding, Modell's, The Daily News and WABC radio. Curtis Sliwa of the Guardian Angels and WABC is the Stickball Commissioner. The members of the Fire Department were the big stars at this year's event, winning in the distance competition. The Police Department finished second, and if we had been measuring, the former pro ball players would have finished third! Streetplay provided live coverage for the event, as we will for many of the weeks coming up. Prizes will also be given out to winners of the "Streetplay Replay - Blast from the Past" for great stickball stories.   NYC Stickball Classic Kickoff coverage Photo gallery: Setting up Photo gallery: Opening ceremonies Photo gallery: Celebrity sluggers Photo gallery: Final shots Stickball Classic Kickoff coverage home

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