Sand Lot

I went to good public schools, had use of a good public library, played sand-lot baseball in a good public ❋ Bill Moyers (2011)

In addition to hiking, other recreational pursuits included sand-lot sports, fishing, stamp collecting, and eventually ham radio. ❋ Unknown (1993)

"I just don't see spending billions for alphabet bombs and then warming our tails on them while these psycho-noseys move in and try to fight these sand-lot wars with voodoo and all that jazz." ❋ Richard Sabia (1963)

America listened to the blatant demagogues, the "sand-lot orators," and excluded the Chinese. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

Dennis Kearney, the notorious sand-lot agitator of California was made chief sergeant at arms, and Susan B. Anthony was allowed to give a suffrage speech. ❋ Unknown (1923)

You will never convince me that this æsthetic sensitiveness, so rare, so precious, so distinctively aristocratic, burst into abiogenetic flower on a San Francisco sand-lot. ❋ Unknown (1919)

The three and four year old Kennetts were now members of our flock, the dull baby was cared for daily by the Infant Shelter, and Mrs. Kennett went out washing; while her spouse upheld the cause of labor by attending sand-lot meetings in the afternoon and marching in the evening. ❋ Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (1889)

On this twilight evening the captain of the schooner, assisted by a portion of his crew, deliberately took down part of the fence which enclosed a sand-lot bounded by Montgomery, Sutter and Post Streets; driving into the centre of the lot; the horses -- four jaded beasts -- were turned loose, and soon a camp-fire was lighted and the entire emigrant family gathered about it to partake of the evening meal. ❋ Charles Warren Stoddard (1876)

Alternatively, Moores is going to keep the ball club, but because his wife took half of his net worth, he’s now slashing payroll, nicknaming the team the Pobres, moving the team to Miami, and forming a sand-lot league with the Marlins. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"Can't you turn into the sand-lot, and make a cross-cut to Mason ❋ Lucia Chamberlain (1902)

Jeremy: "Do you see that [guard] over there?" [Jessie]: "Yeah, what about him?" Jeremy: "He is gorgeous, I'm going to sand lot him." Jessie: "I can't believe you are going to try sand lotting him!!" *sand lots [the lifeguard].* ❋ Joel9128 (2008)