Peanuts and Crackerjacks The Bronx 1946 “Mom, the Yankees are playing the Cleveland Indians and Bobby Feller is pitching. Can I go?” “Who doesn’t go school, but goes to a ballgame? It’s mishugeh. There will be a ballgame on the weekend. That’s when normal people go to a game.” But this is Bobby Feller. He… Continue reading Peanuts and Crackerjacks
Tag: Yankee Stadium
Stickball, The Rational Pastime
Stickball, The Rational Pastime In the Bronx, The National Pastime evolved into The Rational Pastime – Stickball. The year was 1946. No sneaking onto the subway, no three quarters-of-an-hour walk to the Yankee Stadium, no charge of .55 cents for a seat in the bleachers, no coming home with a medium-rare sunburn. Stickball was the… Continue reading Stickball, The Rational Pastime