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Message: [QUOTE="tjhusky, post: 5277587, member: 4449"] Reading all of these brings back tons of memories. My brother is 5 years younger than me. From the time I was 8 until I moved out in my early 20’s we lived in West Have on Forest Rd. a great spot to grow up. We had a basketball hoop in the driveway, decent sized front and side yards. Across from the front yards was a big wooded hill with a pond where neighborhood kids would gather to skate and play pickup hockey. Behind our house were the Yale practice fields where the same bunch of us would gather to play football and baseball. We would make do with whoever showed up. We played standard backyard baseball rules, designated pitchers and catchers, ghost runners, call your field. No called balls, only swinging strikes and fouls. I also spent hours seeing how far out I could punt a football over a goal post (50 yds, but I could never get kick an actual field goal from any distance). Mom sent us out to play year round so we invented lots of games, We made a golf course around our house (pitch and put) with 3 holes. For basketball we played horse, 21 and when alone a game ii made up where I would play to 100 pts. Points doubled on a made shot, shoot from where you rebound. Point value back to 1 on a miss. We had many other adventures. It was a great time and great area to grow up in. [/QUOTE]