Thanks, Roy

This is a "spaldeen," beloved of stickball players. Born and raised in Queens, New York, Roy was part of perhaps the last generation in America to play stickball seriously. Stickball, a product of the urban streets, suited Roy's temperament perfectly: it was an unpretentious, broadly democratic game, playable anywhere by anyone, flexible and adaptable; organized from the bottom up by the people who played it; with rules derived from custom and not authority, it blended teamwork and individual effort in equal measure.