Dodgeball and Kickball Leagues Look Out: There’s a Skee ball League in Boston

All, Drinking Games, Random Jason McIntyre July 20th. 2011, 1:00pm

Skee ball, by far, was my favorite game to play at Chuck E. Cheese back in the day. (A closer runner up: Air hockey.) Like UNO, chess and ping-pong, I was fairly dominant at Skee ball as a youngster. Frankly, I’m surprised more bars don’t have the game in them.

I frequently take glee in knocking Boston, but for a moment, I’ll give Beantown a pass because it is home to a Skee ball league. Very cool. Three dollar Rolling Rocks and Skee ball? If you can get Wonder Years playing on a loop on one TV, and an All-80s jukebox, this could be the coolest place in the history of Massachusetts. [via Boston.com]

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33 Responses to “Dodgeball and Kickball Leagues Look Out: There’s a Skee ball League in Boston”

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wilhelmreems Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:04 PM
Frankly, I’m surprised more bars don’t have the game in them.
that’s just asking for trouble if you set those up in a bar.
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TheGilly Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:05 PM
I frequently take glee in knocking Boston
You aren’t from NY are you?
/wanking motion at rivalry
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SouvenirCity Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:05 PM
If you can get Wonder Years playing on a loop on one TV, and an All-80s jukebox, this could be the coolest place in the history of Massachusetts.
This was funny.
Sidenote: I have never played the game of UNO before and have no idea what the rules are.
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payaso Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:06 PM
Pop-a-shot > Skee ball, without question.
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cassino Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:06 PM
that’s just asking for trouble if you set those up in a bar.
Not really any different than pool balls
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spencer096 Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:06 PM
If you can get Wonder Years playing on a loop on one TV, and an All-80s jukebox, this could be the coolest place in the history of Massachusetts.
ooo, i dunno…the altered state of drugachussetts is pretty cool.
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spencer096 Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:07 PM
that’s just asking for trouble if you set those up in a bar.
Not really any different than pool balls
agreed.
/steven seagal’d
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Badger Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:08 PM
Frankly, I’m surprised more bars don’t have the game in them.
This is my feeling about tabletop shuffleboard. Should be a requirement in all bars.
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traderjack21 Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:10 PM
Bubble hockey should be everywhere.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:12 PM
Bubble hockey should be everywhere.
This.
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spencer096 Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:12 PM
speaking of bar games type shit…i think it’s straight up preposterous that we can send satellites out millions of miles into space and yet we can’t figure out how to make a non-malleable ping pong ball.
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Chief Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:13 PM
Sidenote: I have never played the game of UNO before and have no idea what the rules are.
What in the hell is wrong with you?
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Chief Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:14 PM
This is my feeling about tabletop shuffleboard. Should be a requirement in all bars.
There’s only one bar near me that has one of those. I’m always one of the very few people that play it.
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traderjack21 Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:15 PM
Vlad, during my freshman year of college, there was a bubble hockey game in one of the student centers. It was rarely unoccupied. Sadly, it went away after that year
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SouvenirCity Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:16 PM
What in the hell is wrong with you?
It’s not like a posted a picture of Oden’s dong on here.
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ButtersBC Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:16 PM
This is my feeling about tabletop shuffleboard. Should be a requirement in all bars.
Preach
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WheresWallace Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:18 PM
Sidenote: I have never played the game of UNO before and have no idea what the rules are.
Just played on Saturday. Does anyone play the way if someone puts down a Draw Four and the next person has a draw four they can put it down and it accumulates? We had someone that had to Draw 12 on Saturday. She was pissed and said we made up rules.
/insert make me a sandwich joke
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Chief Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:18 PM
It’s not like a posted a picture of Oden’s dong on here.
I didn’t mean it as that severe, but for someone to go without playing UNO seems really sad.
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bstr0142 Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:21 PM
Sidenote: I have never played the game of UNO before and have no idea what the rules are.
Played two intense rounds with my son just last night. Love making him pick up more cards just as he’s getting close to winning! And Wallace, we tried that way – where you accumulate pickups – but it got a little ridiculous so we stopped.
Bubble hockey should be everywhere.
Absolutely agree. I want to track one of these down and have it at home.
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devang Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:22 PM
how to make a non-malleable ping pong ball.
If it were any denser or heavier, you wouldn’t have the same spin or rotation. Plus they could take an eye out.
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coop247 Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:23 PM
That place is also the official PSU alumni bar of Boston, so they are obviously classy.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:24 PM
Skee ball, by far, was my favorite game to play at Chuck E. Cheese back in the day. (A closer runner up: Air hockey.
/the ‘er’ makes it okay
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wilhelmreems Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:24 PM
I want to track one of these down and have it at home.
all sorts of varieties at amazon.com.
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johndewar Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:24 PM
Sidenote: I have never played the game of UNO before and have no idea what the rules are.
Love UNO. Everyone seems to play a slightly derivative version of the rules anyway. In the couple of years after college, UNO became a drinking game at times (i.e.–drink on a Draw card, in addition to taking cards, drinking for not saying “Uno” when you had one card left, etc.).
Bubble hockey should be everywhere.
Would love to own one of these.
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spencer096 Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:24 PM
If it were any denser or heavier, you wouldn’t have the same spin or rotation. Plus they could take an eye out.
im sure there’s some sort of synthetic material that can be a suitable replacement…kind of like titanium for metal alloys and whatnot.
this is a god damned leftist conspiracy designed to prop up the ping pong ball industry. fucking lobbyists.
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Rusty Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:26 PM
Did two skeesons of this in Cleveland. It’s fun.
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spencer096 Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:27 PM
That place is also the official PSU alumni bar of Boston, so they are obviously classy.
no wonder ladies night is also all you can eat wing night. the domesticated pennsyltuckian hippopotami need deep fried sustenance before mating.
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bstr0142 Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:28 PM
all sorts of varieties at amazon.com.
Good to know. I may have to wait though, the good ones are a little pricey!
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wilhelmreems Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:29 PM
I may have to wait though, the good ones are a little pricey!
yeah, upwards of 3grand or more. when i win the lottery and build a gamewing addition to my house i’ll get one.
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devang Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:32 PM
no wonder ladies night is also all you can eat wing night. the domesticated pennsyltuckian hippopotami need deep fried sustenance before mating.
I enjoyed this paragraph immensely.
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cleet Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:35 PM
I enjoyed this paragraph immensely.
/Co-signed
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coop247 Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 1:46 PM
That paragraph sucked, despite my initial chuckle.
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BulletJoeBush Says:
July 20th, 2011 at 2:16 PM
whirly-ball!