Stickball vs. Baseball — What's the Difference?

Stickball is a street game related to baseball, usually formed as a pick-up game played in large cities in the Northeastern United States, especially New York City and Philadelphia. The equipment consists of a broom handle and a rubber ball, typically a spaldeen, pensy pinky, high bouncer or tennis ball.

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding. The game proceeds when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball which a player on the batting team tries to hit with a bat.

A form of baseball played with a rubber ball and a stick, such as one made from the handle of a broom, for a bat.

A ball game played between two teams of nine on a diamond-shaped circuit of four bases. It is played chiefly as a warm-weather sport in the US and Canada

A street game similar to baseball, played with a stick, a ball and various ad hoc materials; found primarily in large cities in the northeastern United States.

A game played with a bat and ball by two opposing teams of nine players, each team playing alternately in the field and at bat, the players at bat having to run a course of four bases laid out in a diamond pattern in order to score.

The ball used in this game.

The ball that is used in this game.

A form of baseball played in the streets with a rubber ball and broomstick handle

A game of darts in which the players attempt to score points by throwing the darts at a target laid out in the form of a baseball diamond.

A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.

The ball used to play the sport of baseball.

A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.

A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds (four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball.

The ball used in this game.

A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run;

A ball used in playing baseball