Stickball West Coast Invitational
Watch the streets of Little Italy come alive this weekend (8/30-9/1), with the good ol’ American (East Coast) past-time Stickball! Every year local teams come together to play for the right to call themselves the king of the block. This year’s tournament is an invitational for teams from New York and Puerto Rico to attend.
Stickball emulates baseball, but is played in the street. Buildings, curbs, parking meters, signs and balconies are all playable in fair territory. Bronx rules are applied; no gloves allowed, the batter pitches to himself, and he gets one swing of the stick to hit the rubber ball. People play to either recapture their youth, or simply to take over the streets and have fun.
There’s taunting and heckling and lots of fun from 8:00am to 6:00pm on Columbia Street, between Beech and Cedar Streets, and State Street, between Ash and Beech Streets.
For more information, call Stickball Willie at (858) 279-1924.
Photo credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/28622838@N00/510365934/
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