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Posted: Aug 22 2011 01:28 pm

One of my all time favorite "sports" as a kid, and a few years ago as an adult. Anyone else miss, like, or currently play kickball either pickup games or in a league? I wish more forumers were near so we could have our own league.

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My sister plays in a league out in Denver. I've never heard of anything like that here in CT, though we used to play as little kids.

Posted: Aug 22 2011 01:44 pm

There are a lot of leagues here in Portland. You should move here.

Posted: Aug 22 2011 01:44 pm

It is a sport our Young Professionals organization plays here, and A friend of mine, his sister plays in a league in Brooklyn, I would love to play though.

Posted: Aug 22 2011 02:53 pm

I was actually just in a Charity Kickball tourney 2 weekends ago. It was a lot of fun, we probably would have done better if we didn't have 6 girls and 3 guys on the team though.

Posted: Aug 23 2011 02:20 am

For some reason in my city wall ball was more popular, kids would line up to take turns at the wall and basically play sideways pingpong.

Posted: Aug 23 2011 11:54 am

I loved kickball as a kid, It would be a blast to get out there and dragon kick a ball again.

Now that you mention it, I miss 4-Square too. Dropping the good ol' Cherry Bomb on some unsuspecting kid.

Posted: Aug 23 2011 12:21 pm

Atma wrote:

I loved kickball as a kid, It would be a blast to get out there and dragon kick a ball again.

Now that you mention it, I miss 4-Square too. Dropping the good ol' Cherry Bomb on some unsuspecting kid.

Our school banned 4-square, because kids would purposely slam the ball as hard as possible into the other kids face. I don't see why I mean this was how the game was supposed to be played right?

Posted: Aug 23 2011 12:44 pm

We played kickball last year at the church I go to. Had a special Memorial Day weekend picnic. I think we played about 2 innings worth, and the score was something like 24-23.

Posted: Aug 23 2011 01:02 pm

Slayer1 wrote:

Atma wrote:

I loved kickball as a kid, It would be a blast to get out there and dragon kick a ball again.

Now that you mention it, I miss 4-Square too. Dropping the good ol' Cherry Bomb on some unsuspecting kid.

Our school banned 4-square, because kids would purposely slam the ball as hard as possible into the other kids face. I don't see why I mean this was how the game was supposed to be played right?

That's the Cherry Bomb. Jump in the Air and power slam the ball into the ground usually at an angle that will make it bounce back into the face of your opponent while screaming "CHERRY BOMB!"

Posted: Aug 24 2011 04:03 am

Speaking of balls to the face, I got in a bit of trouble for organizing an impromptu dodgeball game during recess using basketballs and accidentally beaning a kid square in the nose with a ball thrown as hard as I could chuck it. Wasn't the best thought out plan in retrospect.

Posted: Aug 24 2011 10:58 am

I used to get in trouble on a regular basis as a kid during recess when playing kickball I would inevtiably end up putting a ball up on the roof on occasion, they weren't found of that, good times good times

Posted: Aug 25 2011 08:58 pm

I never played kickball because so many kids played, you only got about one at-bat per game.

I was more of a dodgeball and wall-ball guy.

Posted: Aug 25 2011 11:34 pm

Kickball, wall-ball, dodgeball and 4-square are all awesome. That is all.

Posted: Aug 26 2011 02:35 am

Anyone here play buildup? Kind of like tag but with two safe zones across a field/ parking lot and if you were tagged you were basically "zombified" into a tagger and eventually it was a whole lot of kids verse 1. Had a good time with that until I slipped and slid into one of the bases with my head. Fun.

Posted: Aug 26 2011 09:30 am

I don't know if it is a PA thing, but growing up in Central PA (Lebanon, Lancaster, Harrisburg Areas) we played a similar game called shadow tag, whereas a shadow of say a tree or builiding was a base, if someone tagged you physically, you were out, but if someone, and this lead to fights, stepped on your shadow you became like you said a Zombie tagger as well

Posted: Aug 26 2011 06:18 pm

That sounds like it has the potential for trampling.

Posted: Aug 26 2011 08:39 pm

Not "has" but does and is in fact a trampling

Posted: Aug 26 2011 09:32 pm

Trampling is the state sport of Pennsylvania. After deer hunting. And bowling.

Posted: Aug 26 2011 10:24 pm

Indeed, we believe in culling the heard in this state, well that, killing dear, being violent at sporting events (God I miss the jail at the Vet), and eating copious amounts of pork in an infintessimal amount of ways

Posted: Aug 26 2011 10:27 pm

King wrote:

Indeed, we believe in culling the heard in this state, well that, killing dear, being violent at sporting events (God I miss the jail at the Vet), and eating copious amounts of pork in an infintessimal amount of ways

Even though I'm young (17) I remember Eagles games at the Vet... Good beer-falling-on-my-head times.

Posted: Aug 26 2011 10:33 pm

I remember a Giant's fan sitting in the home section at a game back during the Cunningham days, and being thrown off of I think somewhere between the 500 and 700 level onto the section below and almost dying, yet no one saw anything

Back on track, nothing so satisfying as hitting a runner in either a kidney or back of the neck with a kickball as he or she runs to home, even better if male and lands face first mere inches from home

Posted: Aug 26 2011 10:46 pm

Blackout wrote:

Speaking of balls to the face, I got in a bit of trouble for organizing an impromptu dodgeball game during recess using basketballs and accidentally beaning a kid square in the nose with a ball thrown as hard as I could chuck it. Wasn't the best thought out plan in retrospect.

When we did warm up dodge ball for Volleyball we made it a rule that you couldn't hit in the head if you were standing. But kneeling you were open for anything

Posted: Aug 26 2011 10:50 pm

Did you just infer that if someone is kneeling they are asking for a shot in the face?

Posted: Aug 26 2011 10:57 pm

King wrote:

Did you just infer that if someone is kneeling they are asking for a shot in the face?

I was just saying, if they were on the ground kneeling, expect a bunch of balls to be hurled at their face.