Avenue Quote by Ramon Rodriguez

Growing up in Harlem, I was always in the parks playing ball.

— Dave East

My neighborhood, Coconut Grove, we always played in the streets. It was corner against corner. We all had football teams. Different neighborhoods.

— Frank Gore

I used to live on Riverside Park in New York, on the Upper West Side.

— Kevin Bacon

I grew up in Dolton, just south of Chicago, about a 20-minute drive from old Comiskey Park.

— Richard Roeper

I grew up in a trailer park in Bellingham, Washington.

— Hilary Swank

Asbury Park's a special place for me. It's where I really began playing.

— Clarence Clemons

I grew up in Imperial Beach, surfing and going to the beach - my son plays baseball at the park.

— Sonny Sandoval

I grew up playing in an alley on the south side of Milwaukee.

— Jane Kaczmarek

I grew up in Albany Park in Chicago and then went to Lake View High School.

— Gary Sherman

I remember going to the East Village for the first time as a fifteen-year-old and going to Tompkins Square Park. That really seemed like…

— Mike D

I grew up in New York City. And I lived in the Bronx in a place called Parkchester.

— George A. Romero

I remember going to Shibe Park, Connie Mack, when I was a kid with my dad and my mom. I felt more neighborhood-esque. And…

— Joe Maddon