Heard in a movie, The Fourth Protocol:

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:35 PM -0500 3/2/11, Paul Johnston wrote:
>Anyone know the term "soccer baseball" for this game?  This was the
>usual term in N IL, as opposed to NJ "kickball".
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>Paul Johnston

Definitely kickball in NYC and environs.  Chinese was just for
handball, checkers, and of course eating out.

LH

>On Mar 2, 2011, at 10:22 PM, Sarah wrote:
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>>  On 2011-03-02, at 7:14 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>>>  On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Sarah <puellaest at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>  "a game played very much like softball, only one kicks a
>>>>(usually red) rubber ball that was also used to play
>>>>dodge/murderball ..."
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>>>  Now, it all makes sense! In an episode of the anime cartoon, The
>>>  Boondocks, based on the comic strip, a "kickball" team from *China*
>>>  comes to town to challenge the local champions. A *red*,
>>>  European-football-sized ball is used, and the game is played on a
>>>  *softball* field, with infielders and outfielders. One child "bats" or
>>>  kicks from home plate and another child "pitches" or hurls the ball
>>>  from the pitcher's mound.
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>>>  Youneverknow.
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>>>  Thank you, Sarah!
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>>  You're welcome!
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>>  I knew I wasn't the only one who called this game by that name.
>>However, I am still curious about the origin and migration of the
>>term.
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>>  S.
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