His brother, Charles, spoke of schoolyard stickball and punchball games.
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But the king of Spaldeen games all over New York City was punchball.
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The greatest punchball player I ever saw was Ronnie Salmonson, who could punch the ball to Queens.
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"' Punchball "'is a sport spawned by and similar to baseball, but without a pitcher, catcher, or bat.
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I'm talking about games you've heard about but probably never played _ stickball, punchball, stoopball, hit the penny and a million others.
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He was a legend and now he's a dentist on Long Island, but he still signs his e-mails, " The punchball champion of Brooklyn ."
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She offered to instead meet three male boxers in two-round bouts, but this too was cancelled, and Newton was only allowed to give an exhibition of her skill with the punchball.
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Other present-day bat-and-ball games include softball, stickball, rounders, stoolball, pes�pallo or Finnish baseball, punchball, kickball, and British baseball, which has similarities with both cricket and baseball.
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As a teenager in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, he celebrated when the Miracle Mets won the 1969 World Series, and Thursday he rattled off the names : not just Tom Seaver and Jerry Koosman, but also Gary Gentry, Jerry Grote, Bud Harrelson, Ed Charles, Ed Kranepool, Cleon Jones, Donn Clendenon and Ron Swoboda . " I played stickball and punchball in the streets, I played baseball at the Parade Grounds, " he said . " The first Mets game I went to, the Cubs'Billy Williams hit three home runs.
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