http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/localtraditions Questions tagged with 'localtraditions' at Ask MetaFilter. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:48:02 -0800 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:48:02 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/94030/How%2Ddid%2Dyou%2Dplay%2Dsports%2Din%2Dyour%2Dneighborhood What alternate rules did you follow when you played specific sports as a kid? So, my wedding anniversary is a month and my wife and I are going to treat our friends to a big outdoor party in a local park. We've been talking about activities that would be a little more unusual than the normal summer park activities.<br> <br> Writing up <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/72511/Whither-Aaron-and-Robinson-and-Mays-and-Griffey-Jr-and#2147962">this comment</a> in the Blue got me to thinking about how much fun I used to have playing three person whiffle/tennis/baseball. I'm thinking it might be fun to abandon the adult rules of some traditional sports and play by playground rules at our cookout thing.<br> <br> So, when you were a kid, did you have specific rules for playing sports that were, to the best of your knowledge, unique to your town or neighborhood? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.94030 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:48:02 -0800 childhood localtraditions neighborhood playground sports Joey Michaels