stickball
noun
stick·ball
ˈstik-ˌbȯl 
: baseball adapted for play in streets or small areas and using a broomstick and a lightweight ball
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The takes, visible on documentary film, of Mays playing stickball up on St. Nicholas Place are also reminders that New York at that time was largely segregated.
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
As a player for the New York Giants, Mays lived on St. Nicholas Place, blocks from work, and would play stickball with kids in the street in the mornings before and evenings after games at the Polo Grounds.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 19 June 2024
There was no stickball in the streets of San Francisco; when Mays bought a home in a white neighborhood, a brick was thrown through his front window.
—Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
For example, many Native Americans played stickball, a lacrosse-like game in which players hurl a ball down a field, to settle disputes between tribes without resorting to violence.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
As a player for the New York Giants, Mays lived on St. Nicholas Place, blocks from work, and would play stickball with kids in the street in the mornings before and evenings after games at the Polo Grounds.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 19 June 2024
There was no stickball in the streets of San Francisco; when Mays bought a home in a white neighborhood, a brick was thrown through his front window.
—Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
For example, many Native Americans played stickball, a lacrosse-like game in which players hurl a ball down a field, to settle disputes between tribes without resorting to violence.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
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stickball
noun
stick·ball
ˈstik-ˌbȯl
: baseball played on the street or in a small area with a broomstick and a lightweight ball
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