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Stickball is a street game similar to baseball, usually formed as a pick-up game played in large cities in the Northeastern United States, especially New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston. Another variant is vitilla, a popular variation of stickball played primarily in the Dominican Republic and areas in the United States with large Dominican populations.

  • In a scene from the 1976 film Rocky, a group of youths play halfball (a variant of stickball) on the streets of Philadelphia. In the 1979 sequel Rocky II, the main character himself plays stickball/halfball in one scene.
  • The season 4 episode, "Lisa's First Word", of the animated series The Simpsons has a scene taking place on the Lower East Side of Springfield (visualized like a typical 1930s urban New York City neighborhood) where a boy asks his friends if they want to play stickball and they agree; instead of actually playing stickball, the group of kids head over to an arcade and play a video game of the sport.
  • In the song "I'm The Man" by Anthrax, Scott Ian is said to like playing stickball.
  • White Collar TV series (Episode 2.02 - "Need To Know") protagonist Neal Caffrey comes up with a clever plan to create a park in honor of the fictional boy Timmy Nolan, who loved to play stickball.
  • In Billions TV series (Episode 2.09 - "Sic Transit Imperium"), character Bobby Axelrod plays stickball and shares a related story of how he grew up playing stickball.
  • Billy Joel's song "Keeping the Faith" mentions the lyrics, "Learned stickball as a formal education".

See also

  • Cork ball
  • Gillidanda
  • Half-rubber
  • Vitilla
  • Street cricket
  • Street Sports Basketball
  • Street Sports Baseball

References

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  • Fast pitch Stick ball (An Unheard Pastime) (2007), directed by Jesse Tornabe
  • Coverage Of Stick ball Opening Day (2008)
  • Bragging Rights: Stick ball Stories (2006), directed by Sonia Gonzalez
  • Stick ball Night Coverage: Stick ball Highlights (2006), directed by Ross O. Fomerand