Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Stoop ball is a pickup neighborhood game played near the stoop (outer concrete stairway) of a residential dwelling by a minimum of two players. The rules [5] are based loosely on baseball. The object of the game is to score the most runs in nine innings. One player is the "batter" and the other players are "fielders".
Greased pig contest, Houston A boy holding a greased pig Pig wrestling (also known as pig scramble [1] and with the variants hog wrestling and greased pig catching) is a game sometimes played at agricultural shows such as state and county fairs, in which contestants, try to hold onto a pig.
The Cleveland City Stars played in the United Soccer Leagues from 2006 to 2009, winning the USL Second Division championship in 2008 before folding after the 2009 season. The Cleveland Spiders played in the National League of Major League Baseball from 1887 to 1899. The team folded after the team owners (Robison brothers) had purchased the St ...
Jan. 4, 1981 at Cleveland: AFC wild card game: Oakland Raiders 14, Cleveland Browns 12 The most famous weather game in Browns history. Or, more specifically, the most infamous weather game.
Cleveland Cubs – NNL (1931 only – some games) Cleveland Indians – AL (1932–1946 part time, 1947–1993 full time) Location: 1085 West 3rd Street (first base side); Lake Erie (third base side) Currently: site of FirstEnergy Stadium Progressive Field orig. Jacobs Field Home of: Cleveland Indians / Guardians – AL (1994–present)
This page lists sports and games which have traditionally been played in rural areas. Predominantly they come from the British Isles. Some take the form of annual events in a particular location associated with the tradition. Others have become more widespread, being played in local fairs or festivities in different areas. Some are pub games ...
The "Massachusetts game" or "New England game" was a formalized version with many clubs active in the Boston area. A set of rules was drawn up by the Massachusetts Association of Base Ball Players at Dedham, Massachusetts in 1858. This game was played by ten to fourteen players with four bases 60 feet apart and no foul territory.
The Yanoama people in northwest Brazil played a game using a ball made from the bladder of a monkey, in which the ball would be hit upwards by participants, who would play the game in a circle. [3] Bocce is typically played on a bocce court, [ 5 ] and involves rolling a ball on the ground in efforts to place it near a smaller ball. [ 6 ]