Stoop Ball
Baseball at its finest
Baseball
The interpolations of formulas solving for multiple variables does not have as many iterations as the game of baseball.
There is baseball and softball as the basics two. I played both starting with little league when I couldn’t be 8 years old fast enough. My brother was 8 and I watched his games wishing I could be playing too. I stopped playing baseball at 21 and played softball into my mid-forties. Coaching the kids shortened my career which is what I tell people rather than it being the aches and pains of an aging body.
The Iterations
Kick Ball: Played in the streets of suburban New Jersey. Summer nights was the best time. Any number could play and teams didn’t have to be equal numbers. Usually a sewer or fire hydrant would serve as first and third base and a manhole cover would be second. Chalk could also mark the bases. The pitcher would roll a soft rubber ball and the batter would start from behind home plate, run up and kick the ball. The ball had to land in the street to be fair. Caught on the fly was an out and you could retire a base runner by throwing the ball and hitting them.
