[qwerty49]

Tony “Push em Up” Lazzeri played at Galileo and made the HOF. My Mom swore that Joe D was in her class for about two weeks at Gal. He learned how to play at North Beach Playground... on an asphalt surface... with sliding.

I lived up the hill from North Beach Playground for quite some time and often saw the local guys sliding on the asphalt.  The most popular version wasn't a full-fledged leave-your-feet slide but rather a running, flat-footed slide, knees bent kind of like skateboarding into third base.  A lot of sneaker rubber got burnt on that playground.

[qwerty49]

Tony “Push em Up” Lazzeri played at Galileo and made the HOF. My Mom swore that Joe D was in her class for about two weeks at Gal. He learned how to play at North Beach Playground... on an asphalt surface... with sliding.

I lived up the hill from North Beach Playground for quite some time and often saw the local guys sliding on the asphalt.  The most popular version wasn't a full-fledged leave-your-feet slide but rather a running, flat-footed slide, knees bent kind of like skateboarding into third base.  A lot of sneaker rubber got burnt on that playground.