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|Term=Flys-Are-Up, Flies-Up | |Term=Flys-Are-Up, Flies-Up | ||
|Game Family=Fungo | |Game Family=Fungo | ||
|Description=Gregory Christiano | |Game Eras=Derivative | ||
|Invented Game=No | |||
|Description=<p>Gregory Christiano recalls this as a fungo game for times where there were too few players for stick-ball in The Bronx, New York in the mid-1950s. A fielder who caught the ball on the fly went “up” to bat.</p> | |||
<p>Gary Land quotes New York City resident Michael Frank: “Hardball? Never. Other baseball-related games we played included Stickball in the street and “Flies-Up” in the playground. The latter game is not further described, but could be a species of Fungo.</p> | |||
|Sources=<p><a href="http://www.myrecollection.com/christianog/games.html"><span>http://www.myrecollection.com/christianog/games.html</span></a></p> | |||
<p><span>See also G. Land, </span><em>Growing Up with Baseball</em><span> (UNebraska, 2004).</span></p> | |||
|Comment=<p>Was there a pitcher involved, or did a batter fungo the ball to the fielders?</p> | |||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:06, 13 October 2018
Game | Flys-Are-Up, Flies-Up |
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Game Family | Fungo |
Location | |
Regions | |
Eras | Derivative |
Invented | No |
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Description | Gregory Christiano recalls this as a fungo game for times where there were too few players for stick-ball in The Bronx, New York in the mid-1950s. A fielder who caught the ball on the fly went “up” to bat. Gary Land quotes New York City resident Michael Frank: “Hardball? Never. Other baseball-related games we played included Stickball in the street and “Flies-Up” in the playground. The latter game is not further described, but could be a species of Fungo. |
Sources | http://www.myrecollection.com/christianog/games.html See also G. Land, Growing Up with Baseball (UNebraska, 2004). |
Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
Comment | Was there a pitcher involved, or did a batter fungo the ball to the fielders? Edit with form to add a comment |
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Has Supplemental Text |
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