sandlots

Marichal, who began playing baseball on the dusty sandlots of the Dominican Republic, mesmerized hitters with his changeups, off-speed curves, sliders, and his famous kick-to-the-sky delivery.

It’s What’s Inside the Lines That Counts Fay Vincent 2010

By then Willie had already shown that he might play ball beyond the sandlots of Fairfield, but a damaged arm could change all that.

WILLIE MAYS JAMES S. HIRSCH 2010

Major-league rules discouraged teams from signing players directly from the sandlots; prospects signed to minor-league contracts were compelled to put in time there.

Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

Amid baseball diamonds, backyard slides, and sandlots, another child was listening to the croak of frogs and watching for the stars.

Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010

They had played together in sandlots and the makeshift playgrounds in the projects.

Hidden Secrets, Hidden Lives J. Leon Pridgen II 2010

They had played together in sandlots and the makeshift playgrounds in the projects.

Hidden Secrets, Hidden Lives J. Leon Pridgen II 2010

She played sports on neighborhood sandlots and signed her professional contract with the Peaches at age 17, making more money than she could have in most jobs available to women in those days.

In a League of Her Own 2010

Its great open spaces, among them the Sheep Meadow and the Great Lawn, were well on their way to becoming sandlots.

Barefoot in Central Park 2010

Amid baseball diamonds, backyard slides, and sandlots, another child was listening to the croak of frogs and watching for the stars.

Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010

Major-league rules discouraged teams from signing players directly from the sandlots; prospects signed to minor-league contracts were compelled to put in time there.

Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010