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Message: [QUOTE="and one, post: 3484623, member: 10475"] So they existed and aren't a false memory! There were always balls for all sports to be had although I don't remember anyone getting new ones - certainly not me. My elementary school was across the street from where I lived and had s baseball field and s b'ball court of sorts. The school was two stories and the roof caught a fair number of balls. The janitor would occasionally give us balls he collected. If our ball ended up on the roof we could climb up a big chunky copper downspout to retrieve it and any others up there. Since I'm in the house for the day I'll continue. Behind the school was a 25 yard wide lawn, bordered by a sidewalk and then the ball field (covered in fine black cinder installed by sadistic or clueless adults). At the far end of the lawn was another walk, then 20 yards of grass, then a 6 foot retaining wall on the top of which was a narrow grassy strip and then a chain link fence. A game we often played with three people had a batter stand at one end of the school and hit a ball toward the walk/grass/wall and fence. Any caught fly ball was an out. A grounder caught in front of the sidewalk was an out. A muffed grounder or one caught in back of the walk was a single. Hitting the retaining wall on one bounce a double, and hitting the wall on the fly a triple. Over the wall a home run. Over the fence meant run as that often involved hitting a parked car. [/QUOTE]