It's batters up, but instead of bats they use broomsticks, and instead of baseballs they use rubbers balls. The game is Stickball.
Rather than a field like the one here at MCU Park, the century-old game is traditionally played on city streets. All you need is a sewer cap or a tire for bases.
"It feels great in Brooklyn at Cyclone Park," said Chuck Reichenthal, a stickball player. "We all played it when we were kids. It was either stickball or punchball."
Chuck says the game of stickball was a rite of passage for neighborhood kids who couldn't afford baseball equipment. Instead they played their own version of the game and copied the legendary players of the time.
"I'm a native Brooklyn guy and from one neighborhood to another, 94th Street was stickball or punchball heaven. Every day mothers were not too thrilled to find their brooms had suddenly vanished!" Reichenthal said.
These longtime players are thrilled the game they love is not only alive and well – but also that Brooklyn Borough Hall officially declared Sunday "Stickball Day".
"I think it's important not only for New Yorkers who have a connection to stickball but for the newer generation to see how much the sport meant. Let's not make this sport die out," said Jay Cusato.
That's why Cusano created the documentary "When Broomsticks Were King," which was screened during the game to honor the longstanding sport and its players.
"It wasn't about money, it was about bragging rights. It was all about that pride!" Cusato explained.
"Any kid who grew up in New York City you had to play it,” said NY1 reporter Roger Clark, who was participating in the game. “And how cool to play it on a grand stage like this!"
If anything, it’s proven that stickball is living on as an important piece of New York History.