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I would not trade my growing up days on the Bronx streets for anything! My Dad once mentioned to me and Andy that he regretted that we had to grow up in the "concrete jungle". We both laughed and told him that we had no regrets whatsoever!
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Absolutely Bob. stoops, spaldeens and schoolyards!
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Yvonne, the only reason I can think why anyone would do that was because the friction tape was notorious for becoming very sticky when wet by perspiration. I very rarely ever used friction tape on the old broom handles. The Candy Stores used to sell the authentic S/B bats with the tape already on it....somewhat expensive
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billy maybe the parks are not used today because most of the moms are out working, or maybe because crime is prevalent. no one has time to do anything with their kids today that is why they are growing up without values or morales. moms are their to teach them and dads aren't there to be role models. you don't hear kids saying i want to grow up and be just like my dad, anymore do ya.its really sad to be a kid today.
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quote: Originally posted by Mike B: Good old spaldeens stickball, stupball, Ace king, queen and punch ball.
Hey, watta 'bout "Curb Ball" and "I Declare War"??? I sure wish I would have saved a Spaldeen so I could just hold one, one more time.
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| Posts: 1263 | Location: Kishacoquilla Valley, PA | Registered: 04 March 2008 |    |
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quote: Originally posted by Mike McWatt: Yvonne, the only reason I can think why anyone would do that was because the friction tape was notorious for becoming very sticky when wet by perspiration. I very rarely ever used friction tape on the old broom handles. The Candy Stores used to sell the authentic S/B bats with the tape already on it....somewhat expensive
I, too, remember those store-bought bats. They were shorter and fatter. To me, there was NOTHING like screwing off the top portion of moms broom and racing downstairs for a game of stickball. Mom didn't like the idea of having about three or four bottoms in the broom closet with no tops there to attach so she could sweep. The other thing about the "home grown" bats was that you had to be a REAL GOOD good hitter to hit with them: for one, they were MUCH thinner than the one's from the store, and two, the one's you stole from the broom clopset had about a 27 degree bow in them, so you had to carefully place the bat in your hand so when you swung, the bow wouldnt affect your hitting. Of course, with a curve ball, the bow COULD be an advantage..... ah, memories of a two-and-a-half sewer shot!!!!!
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| Posts: 1263 | Location: Kishacoquilla Valley, PA | Registered: 04 March 2008 |    |
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I have the updated version of the spaldeen..not the same. The texture and smell of the 60's era ball is just not there.
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I grew up next to jhs 82 175 st and maccombs rd. Now live in suburb of Philly. I won two tickets to game five. Oh well there goes my sixty one years of rooting for da bums (Broolyn and LA). Go Phillies
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quote: Originally posted by Mike McWatt: I have the updated version of the spaldeen..not the same. The texture and smell of the 60's era ball is just not there.
It's sad; they sell them in Bed Bath & Beyond. The young girl at the check-out had only a faint clue. I started to talk about the ball and she said that many people see the canister and start to tell her about the good old Spaldeen. Do you guys remember A sses Up?
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| Posts: 309 | Location: Monument Valley, UT | Registered: 13 September 2008 |    |
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quote: Originally posted by B3EddieB: If you didn't lose it in a sewer, someone would eventually 'roof' it.
I remember that the crappy balls used to go for a dime while the Spaldeens would be a quarter.
There was one called Pensey Pinky. It S*cked!
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Recovery is when Milhouse loses his job.
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| Posts: 2872 | Location: 4 Corners | Registered: 26 October 2008 |    |
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Bronxbob, if you were crazy for smelling spaldeens then so was I...oh that rubbery smell was so good, and "spaldeens" were better than Pennsy Pinkies....I felt so lucky when I found a good bouncy and not flat one up on my roof....it was like covert gold...finders keepers...I'd put my name on it and covet it...Wish I could sniff one now.lol.
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| Posts: 240 | Location: Saratoga Springs, New York | Registered: 10 November 2006 |    |
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