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|Term=Flys-Are-Up, Flies-Up
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|Game Family=Fungo
|Game Family=Fungo
|Description=<p>Gregory Christiano recalls this as a fungo game for times where there were too few players for stick-ball in New York. A fielder who caught the ball on the fly went “up” to bat. 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>
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|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 &ldquo;up&rdquo; to bat.</p>
<p>Gary Land quotes New York City resident Michael Frank: &ldquo;Hardball? Never. Other baseball-related games we played included Stickball in the street and &ldquo;Flies-Up&rdquo; 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>
|Sources=<p><a href="http://www.myrecollection.com/christianog/games.html"><span>http://www.myrecollection.com/christianog/games.html</span></a></p>
<p><span>G. Land, </span><em>Growing Up with Baseball</em><span> (UNebraska, 2004).</span></p>
<p><span>See also G. Land,&nbsp;</span><em>Growing Up with Baseball</em><span>&nbsp;(UNebraska, 2004).</span></p>
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|Comment=<p>Was there a pitcher involved, or did a batter fungo the ball to the fielders?</p>
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Glossary of Games
Curated by Larry McCray and Jeffrey Kittel
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Game Flys-Are-Up, Flies-Up
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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).

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