Heart of the City by Steenz for July 02, 2010

Your grounding is now tripled.

Yes, stupid, she was listening.

Quick recovery there, Heart….unfortunately, you won’t be able to play ‘half-ball’ from that stool in the corner…

Heart’s Mom: “What do you think, honey?”

Mom, be happy she’s saying “stupid” and not another adjective.

Did anyone else notice Dean only has half a ball in his hand? Awesome.

JSW, That’s the way the game is played.

Yes Heart, your stupid mom’s stupid ears work just fine. :) Now, on with the stupid grounding!

Half ball? Is he that poor?

I didn’t think they still played halfball in the Philadelphia area. I played it throughout my childhood. You only need 2 players, one to pitch and one to hit. The game has to be played on a city street lined with row houses on either side. The pitcher throws from the curb across the street to the batter who stands on the opposite sidewalk. The bat is a broomstick handle. Hit the ball to the opposite curb for a single, in the air to the opposite sidewalk is a double, in the air hittting the opposite house is a triple and if you hit the ball to the opposite roof you have a home run. The best players hit opposite three story buildings to make homers harder to get. Skillful pitchers can make the halfball curve in any of 8 directions. Games go so quickly that we used to play a dozen games a day in the summer.

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